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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat
Not all of them oppose capitalism, some of them oppose capitalism in a particular form (one could say that there's only one form of real capitalism but that's obviously not true since there's no area or country where business is done in a 100% free environment) or just propose capitalism with a more human and responsible face.
They see many disadvantages of capitalism, such as :
- the fact that capitalism results in constantly increasing economic disproportions (both within one country as well as globally)
- the fact that capitalism promotes or equals commercialism in its worst forms and leads to a decrease of valuable, non commercial activities, or higher forms or expressing yourself
- the fact that pure capitalism concentrates on solely economic gain and growth at the same time ignoring the enviroment, natural resources etc (which is long term dangerous)
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- you cannot deny that capitalism is also responsible for a rising tide.. yes, there are vast discrepencies in the sizes of the ships.. but ALL SHIPS RISE IN THE TIDE.
- This only happens in the short-to-medium run. A free economic system will always recognize value in a tangible way over the long term. If something contributes to society (ie the economy) it will assume a tangible value. Take the "services" economy we live in now... such a thing didn't exist 100 years ago.
- A truly free economic system will pass the cost of economic degredation into the system, there are MANY mechanisms for this. It happens right now, everyday.. but the science of environmental economics is VERY new..there are not enough tested models.
Just because something isn't apparent doesn't mean it's not there...