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<blockquote data-quote="22LR" data-source="post: 571723" data-attributes="member: 24005"><p>Inequality is at an all time high. The richest 500 people on earth now have more than poorest 50 percent of the world population combined.</p><p></p><p>Despite the fact that the world can produce enough to meet the needs of all, billions suffer from hunger, homelessness, and lack of medical treatment, simply because they cannot afford to buy what they need.</p><p></p><p>Everyday some 30,000 children die from starvation or curable disease. The number of children under five years old that dies each year is equal to the combined number of children living in France, Germany, Greece and Italy.</p><p></p><p>Half of the world’s population lives on less than 2 U.S. dollars a day. One of every five people on earth has no access to clean water, while three times that number has no access to sanitation. At the same time, 1 trillion dollars – more than double the amount needed to provide everyone on earth with clean water, sanitation, healthcare and education – is spent on advertising.</p><p></p><p>Of course major problems do not just affect the poorest countries.</p><p></p><p>Inequality is especially rife in the United States, the richest country in the history of the world … and it’s only growing.</p><p></p><p>While worker productivity in the U.S. has increased 30 percent per hour over the last ten years, wages have not even kept up with the rate of inflation. At the same time, the rich continue to get a lot richer. The share of total income going to the richest 1 percent of the U.S. population has grown from 8 percent in 1980 to 16 percent in 2004. And while ten years ago CEOs earned 30 times as much as the average worker, today they earn around 300 times as much.</p><p></p><p>In the “land of opportunity,” 36 million people are poor by official standards, 43 million have no access to healthcare, and one of every five children lives in poverty.</p><p></p><p>When it trickles it pours!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Source for this claim?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Your point is that capitalism is plagued with cyclical crises?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Except that doesn't happen because the "Free market" is a myth. It leads to disasters like the Great Depression.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't know if you've noticed by capitalism is spiraling into disaster.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because under capitalism profit is the sole motivation. Human needs are disregarded.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for proving my point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So when a professional cook goes home and cooks for his family and himself the quality of the food goes down? Doesn't sound right to me. And that's essentially what we're talking about.. producing for ourselves instead of producing to make others rich.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Already addressed this crap above.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because the price will go down and capitalists are motivated by profit not meeting human need.</p><p></p><p>It is simple. It's rational. But the capitalist economy is not rational.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>HAHAHA. Yeah, there were a lot of options for kids born in coal camps in West Virginia in the 40's. The schools were top notch, universities were nearby and affordable for workers, there were means of transporation to get you wherever you needed to go, parents needed no help from their kids to survive and there were thousands of fields to work in and the jobs paid more than enough to live and store a nice nest egg! He simply chose to work in a coal mine his hole life and retire a few years from death only to live in squalid conditions with posioned lungs.</p><p></p><p>It would be funny if it wasn't so disgusting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="22LR, post: 571723, member: 24005"] Inequality is at an all time high. The richest 500 people on earth now have more than poorest 50 percent of the world population combined. Despite the fact that the world can produce enough to meet the needs of all, billions suffer from hunger, homelessness, and lack of medical treatment, simply because they cannot afford to buy what they need. Everyday some 30,000 children die from starvation or curable disease. The number of children under five years old that dies each year is equal to the combined number of children living in France, Germany, Greece and Italy. Half of the world’s population lives on less than 2 U.S. dollars a day. One of every five people on earth has no access to clean water, while three times that number has no access to sanitation. At the same time, 1 trillion dollars – more than double the amount needed to provide everyone on earth with clean water, sanitation, healthcare and education – is spent on advertising. Of course major problems do not just affect the poorest countries. Inequality is especially rife in the United States, the richest country in the history of the world … and it’s only growing. While worker productivity in the U.S. has increased 30 percent per hour over the last ten years, wages have not even kept up with the rate of inflation. At the same time, the rich continue to get a lot richer. The share of total income going to the richest 1 percent of the U.S. population has grown from 8 percent in 1980 to 16 percent in 2004. And while ten years ago CEOs earned 30 times as much as the average worker, today they earn around 300 times as much. In the “land of opportunity,” 36 million people are poor by official standards, 43 million have no access to healthcare, and one of every five children lives in poverty. When it trickles it pours! Source for this claim? Your point is that capitalism is plagued with cyclical crises? Except that doesn't happen because the "Free market" is a myth. It leads to disasters like the Great Depression. I don't know if you've noticed by capitalism is spiraling into disaster. Because under capitalism profit is the sole motivation. Human needs are disregarded. Thanks for proving my point. So when a professional cook goes home and cooks for his family and himself the quality of the food goes down? Doesn't sound right to me. And that's essentially what we're talking about.. producing for ourselves instead of producing to make others rich. Already addressed this crap above. Because the price will go down and capitalists are motivated by profit not meeting human need. It is simple. It's rational. But the capitalist economy is not rational. HAHAHA. Yeah, there were a lot of options for kids born in coal camps in West Virginia in the 40's. The schools were top notch, universities were nearby and affordable for workers, there were means of transporation to get you wherever you needed to go, parents needed no help from their kids to survive and there were thousands of fields to work in and the jobs paid more than enough to live and store a nice nest egg! He simply chose to work in a coal mine his hole life and retire a few years from death only to live in squalid conditions with posioned lungs. It would be funny if it wasn't so disgusting. [/QUOTE]
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