[theFIRMbss]

>This means that resources -- human resources as well as natural resources and other inputs -- are constantly being sent off in new directions as things are being produced in new ways.

So, just as prairies
get strip-mined, populations
get cut up and used...

[over3Owithabrain]

So, just as prairies get strip-mined, populations get cut up and used...

So who would you like to guarantee a certain job - the government? Labor is what it is - a means for a company to produce something to sell. Getting laid off sucks and I've been there, but when it happens it is MY responsibility to make myself useful somewhere else.

[laredo44]

So, just as prairies
get strip-mined, populations
get cut up and used...

That's one way to look at it. And the great thing about capitalism, as opposed to any other type of economy, is that it provides a mechanism to redress those grievances. To wit, start your own enterprise based upon your own ideals. Good luck (I'm not being sarcastic).