Fuck Capitalism

Capitalism, capitalism. How do I loath thee? Let me count the ways….

Few would argue with the conclusion that greed, selfishness, ruthlessness, and egocentrism are qualities that all of us humans possess, to varying degrees of course. Equally compelling is the argument that nearly all of us are capable of acting with kindness, compassion, justice, honesty, generosity, and empathy. Yet despite the sweeping epidemic of unnecessary suffering caused by torrential waves of avarice, self-centeredness, and brutality, our filthy moneyed elite, their well-compensated sycophants, and countless millions of deeply inculcated members of the working class defend the sacred cow of capitalism with the zeal of the Sicarii. What a brilliant way to conduct human affairs and organize ourselves socioeconomically! Not only do we embrace the inevitability of our human frailties; we willfully and perpetually embrace a system that ensures that the worst elements of the human psyche will predominate AND which amply rewards those who act the most reprehensibly.

One of the idiocies advanced as a logical argument to justify the continued existence of the abomination of capitalism is that while it may be flawed, it is still better than any alternative. If capitalism is the best humanity can do, it's time to cash in our chips and leave Earth to our non-human animal counter-parts. They may not have opposable thumbs and formidably sized frontal lobes, but at least they don't engage in the systematic destruction of themselves and the rest of the planet. However, before we act too hastily and engage in mass seppuku, perhaps it would make more sense to implement a mass reorganization of our socioeconomic structure, basing the new paradigm on far more egalitarian, sustainable, democratic, just, and rational principles. Or we could just keep destroying each other and the fucking planet….

Perhaps most disturbing of all is the way in which capitalism's relentless advocates have managed to bamboozle billions of people into equating it with democracy. Diabolical to its core, but sheer genius nonetheless. Concluding that capitalism and democracy are somehow synonymous is a bit like saying that Dick Cheney and the milk of human kindness relate to one another in even a very remote fashion. (Have you seen the myriad pictures of his evil grimaces floating around the Internet? Despicable creature that he is, he doesn't even attempt to mask his malevolence). Capitalism is naturally hierarchical, authoritarian, and brutal. Corporations, the legal vehicles for the plutocracy to maximize their profits while minimizing liability, are structured as tyrannies. What the hell is democratic about dog eat dog, law of the jungle, and every man for himself? Besides, if we uber-capitalists here in the United States are truly "democratic," and we "elected" a depraved idiot like W. to what is ostensibly the most powerful position in the world, what does that say about us?

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Under that arrangement freeloaders will just vote no to everything to avoid paying tax and the burden of maintaining society would fall on the best people in society, obviously this would cause some complications, I'm sure there are some situations where it is the best system but then there are some situations where regular democracy is best. Your argument would be far more compelling if it were directed at proving that certain things we take for granted as practical necessities are in fact not necessary at all and only perpetuated by politicians as being so, whilst at the same time confirming that certain things are necessary and the environment the system is in, I like to consider myself open minded and I agree that cannabis should be legalized and treated similar to alcohol but when this is combined with throwing away democracy like a baby with the bathwater it doesn't really help communicate things.

You don't have to make compromises but you do if you want to live and cooperate with other people, the idea I mentioned would not completely eliminate tyranny of the majority but it would reduce it, you would be able to move to an area where the local government has legalized cannabis if it meant that much to you. Obviously further analysis is required, I'm not trying to prove anything here just trying to elaborate on the situation a bit more, at the moment I have 2 perspectives on "what is best" being a practical minded perspective which accepts that I cannot make sense of the world and so should do what seems outwardly reasonable and secondly a theoretical perspective where I'm trying to piece together what I can and deduce what is best based on my model of the real world. You seem to have taken the theoretical route too far and failed to factor in your own limitations.