Do you honestly believe in a Capitalistic Democracy?
By devlab
@devlab (29)
United States
October 2, 2011 1:53am CST
The idea of capitalism is that you work for money.Correct? Well then why is it that harder jobs that consume most of your time(factory working) pay significantly less than a fun job that consumes less of your time(acting). I believe the system needs to change and start making an equal economic system for the masses of america. It makes no sense to me that I have to work my whole life just to be struggling to survive all the time. When people who are rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. What is the point of working all the time when life should be about relaxation and fun... not working just to stay alive. Does anyone else agree with this or am I just the one guy out there who feels that our country has failed us as citizens and needs to start making changes so we don't have to feel like slaves.
2 responses
@Fragab (128)
• Philippines
3 Oct 11
well, who says life is fair huh? yeah, that is the sad reality of life. In fact, there are people who are born rich and will die rich without actually feeling the pangs of hunger or the pain of body aches because of too much work. But hey, I am sure they have their problems. At the end of the day it is how we live life that matters, anyway. But it sure fun to have a huge bank account, eh? well, I just hope, tables will be turned next time.
@urbandekay (18278)
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2 Oct 11
No, that is not capitalism, capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and the market is free.
Contrary to popular opinion no purely capitalist society has worked, perhaps the nearest is Victorian England but even they employed some protectionist measures that compromised the free market. Millions lived in squalor and a few lived in comfort.
USA is heavily protectionist and cannot be said to be a capitalist country, rather it is a mixed economy.
Mixed economies have proved the most successful and provided the greatest living standards for the greatest numbers of their populace.
The condition you describe; being a wage slave, working just to survive is inevitably the condition of the vast majority in any economy that is highly capitalistic.
all the best urban
