| Some people believe that pure capitalism can only | | | | freedom of choice, higher standards of living, |
| work in a purely ethical world. They believe | | | | more efficient civilizations and more ability to |
| capitalism in its purest since to be okay, but not | | | | donate funds to the unfortunate. Also it allows |
| the best way to run a civilization. In fact many of | | | | more time to be involved in other causes of |
| these people believe that capitalism in of its self is | | | | interest, all of which help the common good. |
| evil, in that it brings out the worst in human kind. | | | | Therefore it empowers rather than stifles like |
| Recently this topic was debated in an online think | | | | socialism or communism which neither work in |
| tank when one member stated a quote; | | | | their modified or pure form if one considers |
| "The only problem with advancing the concept of | | | | individuality, liberty and freedom to be of any |
| "pure capitalism" is that it can only live in harmony | | | | value. |
| & function smoothly a theoretically purely | | | | Next our anti-capitalism, anti-globalist and anti-Free |
| ethical world." | | | | Enterprise self-proclaimed thinker states; "So |
| This is not correct actually and there is no way to | | | | capitalism may be great at material accumulation, |
| verify it even if in theory it were correct. Since | | | | but its equally terrible at immaterial fulfillment and |
| one, we do not live in a purely ethical world, | | | | social fellowship." |
| because there are humans around everywhere. | | | | In my opinion this is so utterly incorrect that it is |
| And two no human society on Earth practices | | | | should not even been considered. It seems to me |
| pure capitalism. | | | | that so often when someone is so far removed |
| The online detractor and thinker on economic | | | | from something that they condemn it without |
| pure capital policy then quotes; "Capitalism in fact | | | | seeing what it can do. Capitalism builds the roads |
| fosters a stifling environment for psychological | | | | and bridges, communication lines and all the other |
| development & encourages the | | | | assets you use like the Internet to bring you and |
| enhancement of greed, conflict & banality" | | | | your fellow man together in social fellowship. So I |
| This is not true when it was said in "Das Capital" | | | | disagree, in fact I so strongly disagree that I am |
| by Carl Marx and it is not true today. In fact if | | | | not interested in social fellowship with such a |
| you look at what capitalism brings, it brings | | | | clouded mind. Consider this in 2006. |