bridled consumerist capitalism is an unsustainable economic model

Government intervention into free markets which obliterates the "free" aspect of markets is the cause of failure. Once the Government transforms the once free market into a Government-dependent entity which ultimately fails due to politically motivated intervention then the Government can declare the failure of the free market concept and then declare that it must execute the ultimate intervention and assume total and complete control over all "market " activities.
Works like a charm because people are dumb

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Posted by genuineLSUtiger

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Member since Sep 2005

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Posted on 12/14/14 at 5:25 am to wallowinit

It's a 150 year old economic model that doesn't work for the mass of humanity anymore. It benefits a few at the top in mainly western countries. Mass production of more and more shite people don't need scaled up to seven billion people just isn't an economic system that can work on a global level going forward. Where do you put all of that worthless shite? It worked in the late 19th and early 20th century but people are simply going to have to downscale their lives. Americans don't like hearing it because we are spoiled, wasteful and think unbridled consumerism is a right. It's not. It's a privilege we have enjoyed for the last 100 years but it doesn't work for the mass of humanity anymore and causes untold social problems like we are seeing in this country today. And if a more equitable system isn't worked out, social strain will only get worse.

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