In defense of Capitalism...

Throw me your arguments against capitalism. Keep it on topic as well.

"I find it odd that the so caleld "laissez-faire" capitalists do not mind the government interfering if it somehow benefits their own profits."

They are obviously hypocritical.

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"There is nothing "communistic" about the government of a nation giving hundreds of billions to corporations and big business so that they can continue their same greedy, risky, and self-destructive practices under the guise of "free-markets." What a communist society would do, and certainly any socialist one, would not be to hand a blank check of trillions from the public to save corporate institutions...instead we would nationalize them, so that the public could have a minimal a say in how they are run... Giving billions to capitalists is the last thing anything or anyone "communistic" would do. "

Actually, those bailouts ended up giving the government massive (Negative) influence on the companies that recived the bailouts. Not to mention the fact that the government over-regulated these companies in the first place with shit like fuel standards and whatnot.

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But if "capitalism" means you can force me off my land, raze my house to the ground, plant a bajillion tomatoes with pig genes in them and sell them to me for an arm and a leg (meanwhile controlling the prices of all other tomatoes), no go.
I think I like capitalism with ethics and morals. If we need government involvement to make sure everyone plays fair, then so be it.

Actually, private companies can buy your land, but they can't force you off. The government unconstitutionally does that. GM foods should be banned, they are toxic. Compnies also can't exert controll over the prices of competitors, unless they are lowering their price, in which case the competitor does the same thing.