Is Capitalism Evil?

American Thinker via CDS ^ | 3/3/2010 | Jim Gammon

[ezfindit]

We hear people speak of “business” and “capitalism” as being somehow evil, including comments about capitalists victimizing employees and customers in pursuit of the goal of “maximizing profits”.

In conversations with supposedly educated people who lean to the left, the concept is an accepted axiom, that maximizing profits – at the expense of everything good in the world – is the one and only purpose of business. It is the socialist rallying cry these days.

[ezfindit]

This really frosts me. I have been in business for 35 years, and there are many shades of business management styles, and only one puts “maximizing profits” first. In my opinion, “maximizing profits” as a management goal is the most ill-conceived and destructive business management style. It causes loss, not gain.

[Poe White Trash]

No. Next question...

[gunsequalfreedom]

Is capitalism evil?

No, our system that allows campaign contributions to corrupt capitalism is evil. Fix that and captialism works well.

[ronnyquest]

"Is Capitalism Evil?

No. Some people misuse everything they touch, including economic systems. Governments are made up of people; most notably ungoverned.

[Dilbert San Diego]

The Michael Moores of the world think capitalism is evil. He is a poster child for absurd hypocrisy. He makes idiotic movies designed to push an agenda. He became wealthy because of those movies. Enough people buy his books and movies to make him wealthy. Though his viewpoints are moronic, in my opinion, he was able to sell his product through capitalism and make his profits.

[EGPWS]

It shouldn't even be addressed as a question to ponder.

It just lends credence to the socialist cry that it is.

[ezfindit]

You’re right, but it helps conservatives take over their language and get search engine placement ahead of the Marxists and socialists when they type in “Capitalism is evil.” :) It’s the new media war and we’re winning!

[70th Division]

It is only evil when the heads of business loose their morals.

[DHSMostWanted]

If people like him and other Hollywood hypocrites want to keep making money about Capitalist greed, then I say it's ok to distribute pirated copies of their films. Why should they make a buck?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Anyone who believes that capitalism is “evil”, must believe that communism is good.

[FlyVet]

If you think capitalism is at fault for bad management, you know nothing of human nature.

Yes, but the leftists think if we do away with the Constitution, and convert to a socialist or communist system, then kind, selfless and benevolent people will be magically attracted to the seats of power. They won't be corrupt, evil and stupid like the capitalists, even though they will have far more of other peoples' money to play with.

[silverleaf]

answer to leftists:
Michael Novak- Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Democratic-Capitalism-Michael-Novak/dp/0819178233

Capitalism is, at essence, individualism. Is individualism “evil?”

[truthguy]

The problem as I see it is a very poor economics education program. I'll admit that for a while I had some negative thoughts about big business and capitalism. But this was when I was in my teens and not part of the labor force. The teachers I had in high school had almost suceeded in indoctrinating me. Fortunately I got some good free market economics professors in college and I started working and paying taxes.

Also at this time I began to read National Review and Milton Friedman. It was like a light coming on. I've never been dumber than I was in my mid-teens. I'm also still mad as hell at those high school teachers who tried to indoctrinate me. They didn't suceed with me but they did with many others. This is the problem.

[Louis Foxwell]

All alternatives to capitalism are maliciously evil.

[EGPWS]

Anyone who believes that capitalism is “evil”, must believe that communism is good.

Unequivocally so!

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Caiptalism is ONLY freedom.

To remove from life the opportunity to sin is to remove the opportunity to think!

Is that what socialists want...robots?

[TruthWillWin]

Competition has a way of getting rid of business that are not ethical. If a business does not offer a product or service that offers a fair value to consumers it will not be successful.

Wish our government had such a built in cure for it's unproductive, wasteful, outdated, unnecessary, corrupt, programs and elected officials.

[jazminerose]

Uh, we haven’t had actual capitalism in America for decades. We have corporate statism:

http://joytiz.com/2009/capitalism-didn%e2%80%99t-fail-we-ought-to-try-it-sometime/

[Lazamataz]

I will answer this question with a few of my own:

1) Which economic model has killed 100's of millions?

1. Capitalism
2. Communism

2) Which economic model routinely and harshly punishes internal critics and dissenters?

1. Capitalism
2. Communism

3) Which economic model causes massive environmental degradation?

1. Capitalism
2. Communism

4) Which economic model causes massive material shortages, sometimes famine, but always poverty?

1. Capitalism
2. Communism

[Gil4]

Capitalism is the way people naturally exchange goods and services. They only opt for alternatives when forced to do so or when the guns are pointed at someone else, allowing them to profit where they otherwise couldn’t.