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02-18-2008, 09:58 AM
Capitalism itself is not meant to promote equality, but efficiency.
As the last poster said, efficiency leads to competition, innovation and development.
Communism have a problem with incentives. What's the point on doing things better if you're going to get the same as someone who didn't?
You can call it fair in the way that under capitalism, supposedly, you gain the benefits of your own effort. If you didn't put enough effort, then you won't have the same benefits as someone who did.
However, here comes the poor people. Say the born poor people start at -10 and a born middle classer starts at 0. The poor one would have to make much more effort to get the same as the middle classer.
And now let's talk about the born rich ones, they start at like +20. Ok, their parents did an effort before and they want their childs to enjoy of their success. Ok, I'll give you that. But, what happens to poor people who starts at -10? A central authority such as the government should provide them support in other to start at 0 as a middle classer.
Also, there are another aspects as education and health that are a must for the government. The government participating in the economy is a must to control abuses and organize the country's activities.
I think you should blame neoliberalism which basically states the government should have less participation in the economy, so the market flows better and the system becomes more efficient. If you weaken this economy controller, then companies abuses are more likely to happen. And, if you decrease this asistance to poor people from the government, then of course the gap between poor people and rich people increases.
What's causing nearly all the problems in the world is neoliberalism, not capitalism.
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