| vivster said: Government intervention is required to give everyone a chance to be free. The "freedom" capitalists love to talk about is only for a minority of the population. Leaving a society to their own devices leads to chasms and elites that only benefit a few people at the top. We wouldn't need intervention if the human nature was altruistic. But alas, it's the opposite. |
I pretty much agree with this, whether it's conglomerates or goverments calling the shots; someone is still calling the shots and decisions will benefit some and hurt some. The idea that capitalism sets us free is quite dated and linger from a time where people themselves were commodities and whole swaths of the population could be ignored to benefit the few. It creates a caffee late society where the majority is the brown sludge filling most of the glass to keep the excellent foam afloat up top.
