CEOs make 380x as much as the average worker?

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mrstickball said:

bouzane said:

SamuelRSmith said:

bouzane said:
You will never convince me that Capitalism works, never.

I suppose all those videogames you play were the result of some bureacrat barking orders.

 

What kind of rebutal is that? That's a terrible guage for quality of life. I live in an area that has decaying infrastructure, lousy education and non-existant health care while I can drive a couple blocks and look at all the millionaires' homes. This system is inherintly flawed, like all systems sadly.

Compared to......Where?

You live in Canada. One of the most capitalistic nations in the world. Would you rather live in a very non-capitalist nation like China, North Korea or so on? On average, the Canadian system is one of the best in the world. If you think it is bad where you're at, I highly suggest you visit elsewhere to see what non-capitalism brings you.

I've never been to North Korea, but I think its situation has more to do with the fact that it has military enforced trade sanctions against it, and is generally treated as an enemy by most of the rest of the world. I have, however, been to China multiple times - and it is actually more capitalist than most places here in Europe - it is also very cheap, DVDs (for example) cost less than 1 USD.

You are also taking examples of poor countries, that is like saying "if you like capitalism so much, why not move to a country where Laissez Faire capitalism reigns like Sierra Leone."

Communism has only arrived in poor countries, and the truth is that those countries generally became better off economically under communism. Look at Russia for example, it emerged from the icy diseased dirt as a world super-power. It is only in such countries that communism arises, because it is only in such countries where people become desparate enough to rebel.