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Originally Posted by AidanRyuko
Fipherion makes a good point. Things won't change because human nature is to be selfish. It's down to survival and instinct, you're making X amount of money, but you could potentially make X amount more if you hurt X amount of people. Human nature doesn't care about others as long as you, yourself, survive.
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Ah, now that raises an interesting point which was first made by the political philosopher and economist Adam Smith, who observed that because of the inherent selfish nature of capitalism, there is, in effect, an altruistic outcome. A buyer gets what he/she wants from the seller, and the seller gets what he/she wants by selling to the buyer. Nobody can deny that when you find something you want and are willing to buy, you are happy when you get it. Similarly, if you're trying to sell something to make a bit of money, you are happy when the item is sold (and as before, the buyer is happy because they've got what they want).
I don't dispute that capitalism can be the cause of corruption, but it is a flawed system like all others. The position 'capitalism is bad, therefore communism is good' is one of a naive nature, because we all know communism can also cause corruption. Or, to be more accurate,
people are the cause of the corruption of the system in place. It's important to remember that an economic system and a political agenda aren't the same thing, however.