Reply #3: I don't have a problem with many aspects of capitalism [View All]

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in that I think if someone does have a good idea or product or service or smile and they can get paid for that, then that doesn't bother me one whit.

When it does bother me is when it's seen as some panacea for everything (the invisible hand is stroking the free market as we speak...) and when people take advantage of it, but then that's really the downfall of EVERY philosophy and system, is it not? That some selfish prick will try to take advantage of it, which is why we need regulation, a safety net, AND an informed and active populace of citizens who recognize that instead of fearing the government as they've been told to by said people taking advantage of them, recognize that they ARE the government.



EDIT: also I wish we'd learn to value some of the more abstract things in life instead of just money and power, and that hard work does not automatically equal financial success and in fact probably doesn't more than it does. I'd like to see a happy balance between striving to better oneself and being happy with life, as well as between recognizing personal responsibility and that some things are out of our control.