how capitalism breeds a " me " society.

[athoughtfulman]

Yesterday in the UK a property auction was held, run by an American company and conducted in an upbeat, high-energy American kind of way.
The lots were all repossessed properties i.e. people, families had been evicted for failing to keep up with their mortgages, as the recession bites deeper.
Thus the predators were there, individuals looking for a bargain and property speculators looking for the same...............all at the expense of the people made homeless after eviction.
The company was charging 10% on the sale price of the lots....so a nice little earner for it!
Moral of the tale? People are not born nasty, capitalism makes it inevitable.

That's a very simplistic way to look at it. Sure, of course there will be people who through no fault of their own cannot pay their mortgage and they will lose out. But at the same time exist people who are nothing but lazy bastards who see no reason to pay their way in life and will do anything to get out of paying a mortgage and whatever else. Capitalism doesn't fix the problem, but I think it's unreasonable to say that it exaggerates it. Lazy people will always exist, and hard-working individuals who want to go somewhere will always exist also.

Capitalism gives people the opportunity to depend on themselves and be responsible for their own welfare. And to a large extent, it weeds out those who are simply irresponsible with the way they live. But as with any system, there will be failures.

Capitalism breeds a "me" society granted, but that "me" society is the one in which you have the right to make decisions for yourself, to decide which career you want, to decide whether you want to be rich and famous or the simple life and a whole lot of other rights that we take for granted.