Conservative/Libertarian Environmentalist Unite!!!

[Woodsprite]

Originally Posted by Fosus

To be honest, the biggest problem in the world right now is: Global Capitalism.

What happens when you have a big corporation with way too much power? Just watch Avatar again and focus closely on RDA.

I think you have a misunderstanding of the word "capitalism", because you seem to think that all corporations are bad, and money-making is bad, and capitalism is only fueling their "badness". But in fact, the corporate world is quite small, and does little in comparison to what the rest of the world's private businesses do.

A corporation is owned by shareholders, not by a set of individuals. And capitalism deals with freedom to make money on your own standards. If the world were communist, even if we all worked in perfect harmony, your paycheck at the end of the day would not be yours, but rather the state's. All private property you once owned would belong to the state, ultimately. Such movies like "Lord of the Rings" and "Avatar" could never be made outside a capitalist system, because their production would be regarded as "unnecessary to the welfare of the state". And even, if by some slim change such films were created, their production would be guided over by the government. If they don't like something you're doing, you must oblige. Environmentalism isn't in their interests? Scrap it. Anti-war conflicts with agendas? Remove it.

No individual would have any private rights, and no profit could be made by any particular person. Capitalism = rights of men. Communism/Socialism/Fascism = rights of man. The greater good of "man" is what's focused on, and individuals (men) have no way to advance themselves to their prosperity.

There remains corruption in the capitalist system. That's a fact; no question. But it's worlds better than supplying for a collective where no one person can left a finger without the government giving him/her permission to do so.