Comments on: Back to the needs of Capitalism

By: Capitalism: A Bull Market Concept | Journey Across the Sky

Capitalism: A Bull Market Concept | Journey Across the Sky — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:19:56 +0000

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By: db0

db0 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:50:24 +0000

This guy clears it up once and for all

By: db0

db0 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:14:49 +0000

I found something

By: kouk

kouk — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:03:38 +0000

what do you base that on? I think most economists would disagree.

By: Yoo

Yoo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:27:33 +0000

Unfortunately, it also happened in anti-capitalist societies such as the Soviet Union or North Korea, where they end up with black markets that are basically the ultimate in unregulated free markets. As soon as the government loses its tight grip, black market tycoons start growing into even worse versions of regulated corporations.

By: Making My Way » Blog Archive » What capitalism needs - a response

Making My Way » Blog Archive » What capitalism needs - a response — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:35:01 +0000

[...] Division by Zer0 (db0) has responded to the above in a new blog on his site entitled “Back to the needs of Capitalism“. He’s clarified his argument somewhat, but it still remains fundamentally [...]

By: db0

db0 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:42:43 +0000

I agree that education is a necessary step before any move to a better world. I am personally of the opinion that our main purpose should be to educate and make as many people as possible sceptical, critical and epicurean.

Once a critical mass of such people is achieved, change will come.

I believe the change will be towards socialism because of the flaws inherent in capitalism but of course that is meant to be seen.

There is a big problem however in the sense that the people in power, wether those are Priests, Politicians or CEOs, as always – as has always happened in history – need the lower classes ignorant and struggling. What better way to sway them to their own agendas.

In any case, I suggest you check what Marxism has to say on these issues and you may be surprised. I know I was, when I first started, as I expected foaming at the mouth revolutionaries and found out brilliant minds. You owe it to yourself to see the alternatives before you dismiss them.

By: db0

db0 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:40:01 +0000

And indeed, people who produce food have invested ways in cheaper or more productive food like geneticaly modified seeds…and then imposed artificial scarcity to keep the prices up.

By: db0

db0 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:30:10 +0000

Alex, the system was putting that comment in moderation. Not eating it. There should have been a message or something. There is no limit to the number of nested replies. If you want the system to remember you simply register an account with intensedebate

By: db0

db0 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:51:32 +0000

I'm not certain what you mean. You're saying that since regulations happened before they can happen again? I'm not saying it won't happen again, I'm saying that it will be dismantled more quickly and that it's merely postponing the problem for a while.

You saw how monopoly regulation has ended up as a weak slap in the wrist. The "punishment" given to Microsoft in the start of the century was a joke.