The idea of Capitalism is generally a good thing as it encourages econimic growth. However, it is also geared towards profit and the bottom line. In fact, those two things are what it centers around, and if it is left unchecked you end up getting things like monopolies and overly rich folks twisting and manipulating the government to ensure that they continue to make as much profit as possible at the expense of everyone who is not them (that is, rich and affluent).

Oligarchy is a government that is controlled by a small, elite group of people – usually the rich and/or affluent.

In the case of our government right now…that is how it is starting to pan out. There are too few checks and balences to spread the wealth and benifits of the corprations around…and those corporations are, though various means, controlling the government itself.

I want to make it clear that I am not thrashing on Capitalisim. What I am thrashing on is how it is pretty much uncontrolled to the point that the corporations simply exploit people – and our government allows this to happen.

The capitalism I learned about at Wake Forest University (not a liberal school) does not resemble the economy of the BushCo/NAFTA era.

Forget the little blue dress, NAFTA was the worse thing Bill Clinton ever did while in office.

I wonder how many more Mattels there are out there?

/Sarcasim

Right…this is Capitalisim gone totally wrong. These are the sorts of things that have been cautioned against for a long time…and it just keeps getting better and better.

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