Great Businessman My Ass.

[Brian37]

Too naive, Brian.




I'd say that in the past they were less obnoxious about trying to grind the poor and middle class into the ground but that is not true, either.  The Robber Barons of the late 19th century were every bit as bad as the corporate scum we have running the show now.

The vast individual and corporate fortunes, the vast combinations of capital which have marked the development of our industrial system, create new conditions, and necessitate a change from the old attitude of the state and the nation toward property... More and more it is evident that the State and if necessary the nation, has got to possess the right of supervision and control as regards the great corporations which are its creatures.

– Theodore Roosevelt, 1901

Minn, "Capitalism" is not a form of government. China allows private business too. Gadaffi was a billionaire who owned stock in General Electric. Fidel Castro had an estimated wealth of 800 million. 

But sorry, we are mostly on the same page on just about every issue. I don't see how you can end the global market. Humans compete over resources and power, so I find it absurd to suggest that you can end the global market or the private sector on a planet of 7 billion. What you can do if you raise your voice is insist on anti monopoly concepts. But the end of the private sector really would only concentrate wealth to the fewer.

I value my ability to buy a burger 1 day, and a pizza another, and I love my beer. All those things are made by private companies. 

What I do not love, is the amount of power corporations have currently. But why should I condemn a mom and pop shop and lump them in with the bullies? Abuse is what needs to be addressed, monopolies, not wealth itself.