Post #68
Some musings
Chris put something on his myspace blog about he was becoming increasingly doubtful of capitalism.
Capitalism doesn't seem to be necessarily bad but the version that has evolved over the last 15 years or so seems to be the more aggressive US winner-takes-all version, rather than the older UK (or European or Japanese) version. The irony I suppose is that the power of the 'free' market seems to be far greater now under a labour govt than under the Thatcherite 1980s. I'm sure Tescos (along with the other supermarkets)never used to be so profit-driven and obsessed with getting total dominance in the market with such contempt for everyone else. Our football has become dominated by foreign mercenaries and in 5 years every premier-league club will be foreign-owned (how can this be a good thing?). And now every club seems to want to build a new stadium (despite having been at the old one quite happily for the last 120+ years) to accommodate new fans that are currently being cultivated somewhere. Then people seem to be told from a social point of view that everyone can get to the top, and it is quite realistic to expect Yeovil Town, say, will be a successful top-flight club….I just don’t understand it.
posted by anton @ 10:49 AM
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Well if the theory of capitalism actually works in reality, the invisible hand of the market should correct some of the problems you mention as more and more people who put their money where their mouth go through the same sort of realisation as Chris and yourself have mentioned and change there purchasing styles accordingly.
However I'm not convinced that Capitalism and the invisible hand of the market reckoned with large scale apathy present in todays society, and a general attitude that somehow problems are always everyone elses responsibility or fault. As Rocky said "...you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that! "
However there is always hope. A great quote I came across recently. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
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