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Capitalism Saves Lives

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  • TruckerT
    TruckerT Posts: 1,714 Forumite
    TruckerT wrote: »
    Capitalism doesn't satisfy demand - it creates it.

    It creates a demand for better technology, which in turn creates a demand for more science.

    But it also needs to create a demand for its products and services.

    The end result is not really much better than the lifestyle of wild animals who are not encumbered with over-sized brains.

    TruckerT

    If it is true that Capitalism and technological advances go hand in hand, then it is also true that Capitalism has brought not only wealth to the masses, but also war.

    In times gone by, war took place on battlefields, but these days non-combatants are regarded as fair game.

    In times gone by, the poorest 10% starved - these days they get bombed!

    TruckerT
    According to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    TruckerT wrote: »
    If it is true that Capitalism and technological advances go hand in hand, then it is also true that Capitalism has brought not only wealth to the masses, but also war.

    In times gone by, war took place on battlefields, but these days non-combatants are regarded as fair game.

    In times gone by, the poorest 10% starved - these days they get bombed!

    TruckerT


    read some bloody history
  • TruckerT
    TruckerT Posts: 1,714 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    read some bloody history

    It's on the news every night!

    TruckerT
    According to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've missed the history on the news every night.

    You clearly don't know any.
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