I’m curious though. How would you fix it?
Don’t get me wrong; I hate capitalism to my core, but I don’t know how we’d have a better and sustainable alternative.
Americans always act like you need to pick between capitalism and communism. There’s a whole spectrum inbetween you know. I live in one of the most taxed countries of Europe and while we all still complain, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else right now.
Well I’m not american nor did I suggest communism. I asked an open ended question.
Also I hardly believe your European country isn’t based on capitalism. Albeit with more social aspects perhaps.
Start regulating companies before they become monopolies.
Stop politicians from engaging in insider trading
Make labor unions the norm
Stop bailing out billion dollar companies without any change in the system
Move towards universal healthcare
It’s not going to change overnight or within a few years, but bending over backwards for a “lesser evil” is only going to raise the level of evil you’re okay with.
The population could have not voted for obvious bad guys consistently, and when half the voting population went further right the remaining half still couldn’t match it and many kept pushing for conservative, but not far right, candidates. Better options were in front of them at the same time but the US population as a whole has a deep-seated fear of anything to the left and they’d rather get fucked by the right than try anything new(new for them, successful examples exist beyond their borders, and sometimes within them but in other states).
Capitalism as a system is an extreme way to run things where money is king. It was created around the time monarchs were being killed off because the parastic nobles and merchants wanted an excuse to keep all their power so they switched from divine right to rule and power based in what family tree you sprouted from to “I totally earned the right to rule please don’t look at this any further it’s not the exact same with extra steps I swear”. You can have money in many other systems but it’s not used as the very basis for morality and your productivity for the owner class is not directly tied to your right to live. Even a small step away from capitalism is a huge improvement.
I’m curious though. How would you fix it? Don’t get me wrong; I hate capitalism to my core, but I don’t know how we’d have a better and sustainable alternative.
Americans always act like you need to pick between capitalism and communism. There’s a whole spectrum inbetween you know. I live in one of the most taxed countries of Europe and while we all still complain, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else right now.
Well I’m not american nor did I suggest communism. I asked an open ended question. Also I hardly believe your European country isn’t based on capitalism. Albeit with more social aspects perhaps.
Not the OP, but they said, “someplace between capitalism and communism” so I think “capitalism with modern social programs” would qualify.
Start by eating the rich.
If you’re really serious:
It’s not going to change overnight or within a few years, but bending over backwards for a “lesser evil” is only going to raise the level of evil you’re okay with.
The population could have not voted for obvious bad guys consistently, and when half the voting population went further right the remaining half still couldn’t match it and many kept pushing for conservative, but not far right, candidates. Better options were in front of them at the same time but the US population as a whole has a deep-seated fear of anything to the left and they’d rather get fucked by the right than try anything new(new for them, successful examples exist beyond their borders, and sometimes within them but in other states).
Capitalism as a system is an extreme way to run things where money is king. It was created around the time monarchs were being killed off because the parastic nobles and merchants wanted an excuse to keep all their power so they switched from divine right to rule and power based in what family tree you sprouted from to “I totally earned the right to rule please don’t look at this any further it’s not the exact same with extra steps I swear”. You can have money in many other systems but it’s not used as the very basis for morality and your productivity for the owner class is not directly tied to your right to live. Even a small step away from capitalism is a huge improvement.