(December 10, 2013 at 11:19 pm)MarxRaptor Wrote:(December 10, 2013 at 11:03 pm)cato123 Wrote: I hope you are being facetious. I don't know you we'll enough to assume so.No, I'm not. I'd love to hear the "libertarian" solution to how capitalism can somehow fix this problem.
First, you apparently missed the part of the report that indicated the practice was illegal. The dickheads responsible will get theirs. Greedy bastards will always exist, which is why I'm always amused by the faux shock and outrage when one of them is caught. Some owners do it right, think Costco instead of Wal-mart. Punish the transgressors in accordance with the law.
Socialism is not the answer to anything (neither is unfettered capitalism). Controlled economies lead to starvation and ruin, it's been proved several times. Pure capitalism fucks over our most vulnerable.
The solution is the wealth creation inherent in free markets, but this must be tempered by mechanisms (state or private) to ensure everyone's basic needs are met (no, Xbox's and play stations aren't basic needs). I mentioned state or private. I am perhaps one of the few libertarian leaning people that think the state must initiate all safety nets. Although there is a lot of 'in principle' discussions on how to replace state welfare with private charity, I'm not confident we're mature enough to attempt it.
