Capitalism doesn't give perfect results. Just best results overall. Other systems just give better results to a more limited set of people.
Like sure, communism killed like 150 million people, mostly through starvation. But Stalin and Mao had pretty cool digs.
As compared to capitalism where obesity is a big problem for poor people.
No system is perfect, but capitalism gives most benefit to most people.
Like sure, communism killed like 150 million people, mostly through starvation. But Stalin and Mao had pretty cool digs.
As compared to capitalism where obesity is a big problem for poor people.
No system is perfect, but capitalism gives most benefit to most people.
Oh. And Bill Gates having digs that Mao and Stalin can only dream of is just a bonus. And Bill Gates doesn't have an easy way to have you put against the wall and shot on top of that.
Capitalism. It's just... less bad than everything else.
Capitalism. It's just... less bad than everything else.
@xianc78
Corruption is part of being human and will happen in all systems. Capitalism just gives people more money to play around honestly or dishonestly.
Besides, let's be fair, Billy G going to the UN and bribing them for some reason is better than Stalin forcing everyone to apply Lysenkoism in the collective farms.
Corruption is part of being human and will happen in all systems. Capitalism just gives people more money to play around honestly or dishonestly.
Besides, let's be fair, Billy G going to the UN and bribing them for some reason is better than Stalin forcing everyone to apply Lysenkoism in the collective farms.
@nerdman He's actually pretty dissatisfied with the UN and he has openly said that it needs to be replaced with an actual world government.
He's just using the same tactic the Rockefellers used which is to bribe governments in the name of philanthropy. Which results in more restricted markets and an increase of global cooperation.
@xianc78
Fortunately he's not rich enough. I mean. I read that if you actually sold all the US billionaires property at the stated value you wouldn't have enough money to cover 1 year's GDP.
Even Bill Gates is pretty inconsequential in the big picture.
Fortunately he's not rich enough. I mean. I read that if you actually sold all the US billionaires property at the stated value you wouldn't have enough money to cover 1 year's GDP.
Even Bill Gates is pretty inconsequential in the big picture.
@nerdman Really all he needs to do is fund a much bigger global crisis than COVID. It seems like every global crisis creates a bigger call for more globalization.
@xianc78
The man is not an evil genius. The man is just a successful businessman who did the right moves at the right time. Nothing he tries next will likely have much success, his time's past.
The man is not an evil genius. The man is just a successful businessman who did the right moves at the right time. Nothing he tries next will likely have much success, his time's past.
@xianc78 @nerdman no, that's just life