Capitalism worships evil? What does the ideal or utopian society look like anyway, what is it?
Gerald
its human, whatever dogma we will corrupt it and blame the dogma
Luke
Utopia means "no place" because the perfect society cannot exist
exactduke
And yet capitalist countries have the highest standards of living & the most freedoms of any countries on earth. Communist countries (and dictatorships) have the lowest standards of living of living & fewer freedoms. Socialist countries have high standards of living, but also very high taxes to pay for all their wonderful entitlement programs. I always thought the best form of government would be a benevolent dictatorship. Problem is, they rarely stay benevolent. Power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely. I'm perfectly happy with capitalism & our representative republic. No system is perfect. All have their flaws. And there are ALWAYS people that will try to exploit them. Venezuela has vast oil reserves. They tried to create a socialist utopia. Instead they've created a nightmare.
Mr. Interesting
Uh, capitalism has NOT failed. Where are you getting this bad information? Religion has failed. It has always failed but people are so desperate that they cling to anything when they don't understand reality.
Anonymous
Methinks capitalism is devastating when not controlled, like a flood that needs to be channeled. Its mechanisms can be used and directed for good deeds too. Having a capital allows you to develop projects that you couldn't otherwise. The problem right now is that capitalism is the only driving force, there's nothing to counterbalance it. And the only rule of capitalism is "if it generates a profit, do it". We need a few additional rules or it will devastate everything. I also think, rather than speaking of "evil", it's more useful to speak of "unconsciousness". A lot of people is doing harmful deeds because they are like numb inside. When they "wake up" they change their behavior automatically because they no longer see the point of creating suffering and loneliness. Of course, in people who are very unconscious, ignorance and evil are so extremely mingled that are difficult to differentiate. Hopefully the human race is in a march towards the light. How long will it take? I don't know, but more and more people is noticing that what we have right now does not work, and we can do so much better than that.
7Flightsup
No money, everyone sharing, so there is no conflict, no poverty, no greed and everyone is virtuous.