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Capitalism Is Not the Only Choice (Original Post) egbertowillies Nov 2017 OP
Most definitely YES.. pbmus Nov 2017 #1
Maybe it's humans who are the failures, not the economic system? nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #2
Free Market Capitalism is an absolute failure. It encourages monopolies, democratisphere Nov 2017 #3
Its based on encouraging personal greed Kablooie Nov 2017 #4
And Amen.... pbmus Nov 2017 #7
Thanks, very informative link! n/t KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #5
continuous growth Locrian Nov 2017 #6
Here's why I find flippantly throwing out "the 99%" so tiring... brooklynite Nov 2017 #8
No Progressive dog Nov 2017 #9

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
1. Most definitely YES..
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 02:09 PM
Nov 2017

‘“Everyone can put solidarity values into practice—to live in solidarity—starting in whatever ways we can. And that is the transformative power of solidarity economics, that it doesn’t have to scale up only by building larger and larger organizations and systems. It can scale up by many people in many places pursuing economics of social justice. It will require taking back government to dismantle the systems that privilege capitalism and to redirect public resources toward solidarity economies. We can all begin by spreading the word, sharing our radical imagination of the world that we want to live in.”

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
3. Free Market Capitalism is an absolute failure. It encourages monopolies,
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 02:21 PM
Nov 2017

price gouging and has created American Oligarchs that attempt to control everything with their wealth.

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)
4. Its based on encouraging personal greed
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 03:27 PM
Nov 2017

And needs many government controls to keep it in line.
If the greedy rich take charge of government the system topples from too much wealth in too few pockets.
I’m not against capitalism but it does feel like the stabilizing factors are being eliminated.

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
7. And Amen....
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 06:06 PM
Nov 2017

I’m not against capitalism but it does feel like the stabilizing factors are being eliminated.

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
6. continuous growth
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 04:40 PM
Nov 2017

It's based on continuous growth, and hording of capital.

Can be amazingly efficient at some things - but when it hits boundary limits (natural resources, overcrowding, concentration of wealth) it becomes a cancer that kills its host.

brooklynite

(94,719 posts)
8. Here's why I find flippantly throwing out "the 99%" so tiring...
Sun Nov 19, 2017, 07:07 PM
Nov 2017

...because if "the 99%" was actually 99% of the electorate, you'd be able to change the Government and economic system. Meanwhile, socialism continues to be an economic system that no countries' voters seem to want.

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