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re: My feeling on capitalism
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:57 pm to stuntman
Posted on 3/27/14 at 9:57 pm to stuntman
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When you eat, did that food get there because some farmer and truck driver cared about you or because they cared about profits?
Yeah, cause people didn't eat before capitalism. And btw, your farmer is now a rather large corporation pumping your nutritionally lacking super-vegetables with copious amounts of chemicals. You're right, they most certainly care about profits.
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 9:58 pm
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:02 pm to Creoleshmuck
You know corporations are government, not capitalist, creations, right?
quote:Insert Alex Jones commercial here.
pumping your nutritionally lacking super-vegetables with copious amounts of chemicals.
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:05 pm to Creoleshmuck
People didn't eat NEARLY as well before capitalism. Hell, our "poor" are FAT. That has never happened in human history.
Another thing about capitalism...you can CHOOSE not to do business w/ those companies (in the sense that you don't have to buy their products off the shelves. We are forced to do business w/ them through govt guarantees and subsidies). Other companies supply foods which don't have those chemicals, right?
Another thing about capitalism...you can CHOOSE not to do business w/ those companies (in the sense that you don't have to buy their products off the shelves. We are forced to do business w/ them through govt guarantees and subsidies). Other companies supply foods which don't have those chemicals, right?
Posted on 3/27/14 at 10:16 pm to Creoleshmuck
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Yeah, cause people didn't eat before capitalism
no, they did, but mostly because they and their kids would wake up before dawn and bust their arse on the farm or performing their trade to eat what they could afford.
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pumping your nutritionally lacking super-vegetables with copious amounts of chemicals.
So we should regulate the producing capacity of our farmers to help the nutrient depleted hungry kids and our ability to export grain/corn/whatever we produce?
If it was not about profits, the country would be unable to meet the needs for our ethanol demand, our hungry children and world hunger. Government regulations on farming would not help. The poor quality produce gives the FREE market a niche to create whole foods, fresh/farmers markets and higher quality food for those who care and can afford. I understand your propensity to have gov solve everything, but free market/capitalist solutions are the answer. While some bad exists in capitalism, it's usually from crony (government regulated) capitalism and greed which exists regardless of the system of economy in place.
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