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Originally posted by moon@Jun 9 2005, 08:01 PM
I don;t know why you seem to thinkt hat everyone that isn't against big corporations or supports capitalistic ideas must be brainwashed and that there is some huge society wide conspiracy to perpetuate this, but it sounds a little paranoid to me.
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Well we live in a society based on capitalism. Why would those in charge (the rich elite) want anything to change? They don't. Therefore it's in their best interest to promote capitalism, restrict change and they have the resources to do so. It's not paranoid, it's not a conspiracy, it's all quite transparent IMO. Our education system encourages things like capitalism and democracy for the most part. And we are propagandized to believe that corporations might for some reason care about the environment or the 3rd world when in reality their legal mandate is to make the most money possible and this is usually at the expense of the environment and the 3rd world. Most systems do the same thing, they will try to keep their system in power, that's logical. It's the same in political systems as it is in economic systems. And of course worldwide capitalism benefits the rich countries the most. We are gaining by exploiting the 3rd world. That gives us a better quality of life. So to some extent it's not in our nature to give that up.
Why do I think people who believe firmly in capitalism are brainwashed? Because when confronted with the evidence of the problems it has caused, it doesn't make logical sense to defend it unless you're looking after your own self-interest. That's my opinion anyways. I tend to believe the good in humanity. I'm an optimist. I think most people would prefer that nobody starve, that everybody have access to clean water, food, shelter and health care. Those are some of the ideals that North Americans supposedly believe in strongly. That's why it doesn't make sense to me that people would promote a system that encourages disparity between rich and poor, that allows us to have a huge percentage of the population living without the things we consider basic human rights just because they weren't lucky enough to be born in our country.