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Originally Posted by Riverman
Ah, OK I see. You are anti capitalist. No sense continuing with this conversation then.
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FYI: Just for perspective, the following comments are from a guy who used to be a pretty much dyed-in-the wool "conservative" about many things.
IMO actual "capitalism" doesn't really exist anymore, if it ever did. What we see in so many businesses is "corporatism"; companies merging with or taking over the competition (or simply choking it into oblivion) to the point that there are very few companies in real competition with each other. Not good for consumers, not good for workers, not but apparently great for stockholders.
Toss in some truly criminal (again, IMO) planned obsolescence of many products and you also add in environmental degradation to the mix. Build something that breaks in two years (or becomes obsolete) and make sure it can't be fixed or updated. Uses up resources and energy at an alarming rate. Crappy for the planet, but again, great for stockholders.
Personally, I can see why people become "anti-capitalist". Again, IMO.