Before dissing capitalism, try living under one of it's alternatives for a while. Generally speaking, they haven't worked out so well in practice.
It's funny how a marginal increase in wealth ratios has people spitting out their Starbucks and throwing down their XBOX controllers in disgust. Meanwhile people in China are clamouring for as much capitalism as they can possibly get, to lift their families out of grinding poverty.
That doesn't mean there aren't issues to resolve. Clearly there is some recalibration required in terms of an equitable redistribution of the benefits of our economy, but I think some degree of perspective is in order.
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Before dissing capitalism, try living under one of it's alternatives for a while. Generally speaking, they haven't worked out so well in practice.
It's funny how a marginal increase in wealth ratios has people spitting out their Starbucks and throwing down their XBOX controllers in disgust. Meanwhile people in China are clamouring for as much capitalism as they can possibly get, to lift their families out of grinding poverty.
That doesn't mean there aren't issues to resolve. Clearly there is some recalibration required in terms of an equitable redistribution of the benefits of our economy, but I think some degree of perspective is in order.