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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Your post is so full of retardation i cant even begin to understand where you would get such ideas....oh wait you are a sociology major arent you?

Oh and when i refer to "capitalism" i mean a FREE MARKET with no STATE CONTROLS whatsoever, what we have here today in the US is not CAPITALISM but a quasi form of it more properly called CORPORATISM where big buisnesses deal with politicians of the STATE to put up barriers for entry so that they can dominate the market and abuse their oligopoly position.

People love to equate CAPITALISM and CORPORATISM so much because they never take the time to understand it and just decide to hate all forms of markets. Or if people do understand the difference they argue that it would lead to corporatism anyways.

I would never put democracy and free markets in the same category because democracy is the majority imposing their PREFERENCES on the minority and the minority having to pay for the enforcement of the majorities preferences. Democracy is "mob absolutism" its not civilized it is barbaric and brutal.
Democracy is not sustainable, there will be people that "exploit" it.

"Similarly, if some company proclaimed itself the creator, interpreter and enforcer of law, taxes, prisons, defense, regulations, and managed the elections, we would call this company psychotic and pay them no mind. But when the company called “The United States Federal Government” does this, then it’s not only okay but a somber service crucial to civilization itself. And of course companies that are connected to the state can engage in arbitrary actions as well. Sometimes even more arbitrary because they don’t even have to deal with the rather limited regulation that elections sometimes provide. So a company keeps plugging candidates that run, keep giving them money, and lose because of it. Then the company pays the next candidate, and does this over and over, and everyone gets butthurt over this lulzy exploit hack of democracy. I think it’s funny, though statism is kind of a joke to me at this point, and democracy a children’s game. Arbitrary meaning disconnected from the demands of society, which is to say statism is antisocial."

Free markets at least let people choose whether they want to interact with it or not, democracy forces the minority to abide by the majority's choice and sustain it as well.