Capitalism has it's good points and bad ones and same for socialism. In the end the model isn't bad, it's the people and how they use it. Kinda like hows guns don't kill people, it's the person who pulls the trigger that does it.
Coporate capitalism doesn't have to exploit but when it does it exploit people it's simliar to imperialism. Imperialism wasn't about dominanting people, it was about using and exploiting a country's resources. Tyranny was a byproduct
Lothar,
Taxes do help but they can be bad. You insisted taxes are bad when they serve a purpose. If they didn't taxes us we have no army, no schools, no freeways etc etc... Again it's how efficient the government spends and what they spend it on. If they go blowing the money on things we don't need then yeah, it's inefficient. Might be the case for France but might not be for other countries.
It's just bothersome that your arguement is purely being hey, they ain't capitalist that must be the source of the problems type of thinking, very republician like. US wouldn't have survived the depression without socialist policies. There is a time for socialism and a time for capitalism. Government should be a correct balance of both. It seems to me the US is focusing too much on the capitalism part right now.
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