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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 808298" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>"Selfishness, self-centeredness, that we think is the root of our problem. Arising from a thousand different fears and self-delusions...." No. I do not hold that selfishness is a virtue. I am intrigued by some concepts of the "free market" but am also intrigued by the theories put forth by Karl Marx. It should be noted that Marx much as the title of this thread suggested, that capitalism was necessary to bring about socialism. That the greed and selfishness of capitalism would bring about the "uprising of the proletariat". For that reason he believed the US to be fertile soil for that transformation. What he did not forsee was the ability of capitalism to adapt and even to morph into what we see today. </p><p> </p><p>To think that unbridled capitalism would not revert back to turn of the century abuse of labor and almost robber-baron capitalism is to me naive in the extreme. Think about it. What happens when a natural disaster (Katrina) threatens oil supplies? Do the oil companies lose money? Absolutely not. They raise the price at the pump. No regulation. No nothing. Now take away their subsidies. Think they are going to be selfless and caring. Oh, hell no. They will bleed every cent they can. </p><p> </p><p>The theory is intriguing. The practice impossible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 808298, member: 22662"] "Selfishness, self-centeredness, that we think is the root of our problem. Arising from a thousand different fears and self-delusions...." No. I do not hold that selfishness is a virtue. I am intrigued by some concepts of the "free market" but am also intrigued by the theories put forth by Karl Marx. It should be noted that Marx much as the title of this thread suggested, that capitalism was necessary to bring about socialism. That the greed and selfishness of capitalism would bring about the "uprising of the proletariat". For that reason he believed the US to be fertile soil for that transformation. What he did not forsee was the ability of capitalism to adapt and even to morph into what we see today. To think that unbridled capitalism would not revert back to turn of the century abuse of labor and almost robber-baron capitalism is to me naive in the extreme. Think about it. What happens when a natural disaster (Katrina) threatens oil supplies? Do the oil companies lose money? Absolutely not. They raise the price at the pump. No regulation. No nothing. Now take away their subsidies. Think they are going to be selfless and caring. Oh, hell no. They will bleed every cent they can. The theory is intriguing. The practice impossible. [/QUOTE]
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