Xcellent post SamuelRSmith. (EDIT both of them) It's exactly how I see it.

Everyone complaining about capitalism and globalisation:

Look, the very basis of those two ideals is that some people have to be poor. There have to be poor people to do the jobs that nobody else wants to do. People have to die to make room for other people being born. If one person is profiting, another person SOMEWHERE must be making a loss.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but in my opinion, it's the best system we've thought of. Communism is, of course, the alternative, but it fails to reward work, and full equality is impossible. Communism vs. Capitalism is a debate for another time, anyway.

Ahmadeninejad's system is not Communism, it's Sharia law (I dare say, dictatorship). It takes away personal freedoms and forces people to follow the laws of a religion which is, like all religions, somewhat outdated.

Maybe worldwide Communism could work. Worldwide Sharia could not.

EDIT: Oh, he can do what he wants in his own country. When he starts to threaten other countries, criticise the most popular form of government and (for god's sake) develop nuclear weapons, he needs to be stopped, and quickly.

Too late. He's probably got an Arsenal with more depth than that of the football team.

Doesn't mean the West and China export a crap load of resources out of Africa into Europe/USA/China. Yes, aid is wasted money and corporations won't invest in Africa because of the many corrupt regimes that exist there, I never denied that. Many of the dictators in Africa were supported by the USA during the cold war might I add. Like Mobutu in Congo and the murder of Patrice Lumumba(joint effort of the Belgian and USA government basically, with the Belgian government taking the moral guilt)

I hope you do know that the West dumps its goods(food, etc) into Africa for very very cheap prices disrupting the local systems that exist there which as I said before is an important way for them to survive. People are driven into cities because of this dis-rupture. American second-hand clothes for example are the most important import good in Tanzania. Dumped there at extremely low prices. Pretty much unfair competition.

And as I said is Lake Victoria a good example of what I'm trying to say. They released the "nijlsbaars"(dutch word don't know the english word for it, sorry) in the Lake so industrial fisheries could make millions of dollars from them. The fish they released however started to eat other fishes disrupting the local communities around the Lake(local fishermen). They also disrupted the biodiversity in the Lake(ecological cost) They were forced to leave their land and test their luck in the city.   

You can't deny that the West/China is importing all the resources and "exporting" all the social and ecological costs. 

You can most certainly blame the modern global economic structure. Yes, people have different visions about this subject(which is shown in the international debate), but that doesn't mean only one vision is the truth and all others are false. 

To be honest, my original comment was made in passing and didn't expect a debate. So I'll keep this short.

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The foundation stone of western society is freedom of speech. We recognise that we are not perfect in any form, and we allow our population to voice their opinion on what they believe would build better the society. People are allowed to influence a change in their government, people don't have to accept the way society is ran, nobody is forced to follow any doctrine other than free speech (which in itself can be questioned).

But people in Iran don't have this freedom of speech, they are ranked by 'Reporters without borders' as 172/175 for press freedom. People in Iran cannot question their government, or at least not for long. The Iranian government doesn't feel as though it should be questioned, it feels as though it has some divine infallible right to run the country how they feel, and everyone has to follow suit.

Now you said at the end of your first statement "Why should people be forced to follow something?", which society best suits your view?

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You talk about (in essence) how western society driven by capitalism is destroying the world and ploughing through resources. I recognise that this is true, and I am a sceptic of both capitalism and communism. We may not know of a better system, but we also facilitate change. Can you think of how this space age economy is going to be ran? Then suggest it to your government and your countrymen, I'm sure they'll be most impressed.

Yes, things are far from perfect and if a better society exists which would allow for equality and a high standard of free living, then I would be the first in line, and our system provides the key for adopting any future forms of government that may operate better. 

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This has gotten derailed fast. Let's go back to my original point. President Ahmadinejad would only want peace if his opposition are either eradicated or converted. I think our method of keeping peace is somewhat better. This is the central point to my original argument, and I think I have a valid point there.

Ok, I just re-read my last post. I wasn't very good lol.

I'll only comment on the on topic part seeing as you want to keep this on topic(and you pretty much agreed with what I said actually, you just have a different vision on how things need to be done)

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Now what you just said about Ahmadinejad actually reminds me of Israel. Yet most of the Western countries support them.

And yes you have a valid point. But just because the current method of keeping peace is better then in the past doesn't mean it can't be improved upon.  

Yes, I think we agree that there is a problem. We just disagree on how it should be approached, which is fine.

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I recognise that our current method is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, and I don't think it ever will be perfect, just continuously adapting and improving. But I also believe that our current system is a good way to facilitate change for a better system in the future.

@Samus Aran
I dont see how making the west look bad makes the president of Iran a peaceful president.Yes the west has problems ,but it certainly doesnt make us as bad as a megolamaniac who has visions of armageddon.

What big religion doesn't have visions of armageddon? That's more then 3 billion people that believe in that "crap".  

And does the USA have any proof Iran is making nuclear weapons? Nope, just like they attacked Iraq because they had proof of nuclear weapons in Iraq, but they found nothing.