Marx on Capitalism

Karl Marx expounds on Capitalism and free enterprise. From play Marx in Soho

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[CosmicFork]

"Capitalism is hegemonic today not because it is the best we fallible humans can do, but because it supports, and is supported by special interests of immense power." David Schweickart argues in his book Against Capitalism that what we need is Economic Democracy: a competitive economy of democratically run enterprises that replaces capitalist financial markets with more egalitarian, more democratic institutions. But, under this present system, we can't even achieve worker control of production!

[usthepeople]

@CosmicFork We are in agreement about capitalism today.

How about a cooperative economy of equally owned community enterprises?

See SF2T - first US cooperative where the farmer/producers, consumers and staff are all equal owners.

[usthepeople]

We are in agreement about capitalism today.

How about a cooperative economy of equally owned community enterprises?

See SF2T - first US cooperative where the farmer/producers, consumers and staff are all equal owners.

[Solkovsky]

The enemy is corporatism, not capitalism. Capitalism is not a system at all, but simply an extension of freedom, because freedom cannot exist without property rights, and with property rights come naturally on the free market.

[midnite22155]

funny how the pro capitalism people attack those that say "no matter what importance our work, we should be guaranteed food and shelter" with more venom than the failure asshole criminal CEO's that got bailed out with our hard earned taxes.

[cbuma]

1:26. Wait what? He's blaming free markets for things that the government screwed up! Does he even understand what free market economics are? NO government subsidy, corporate welfare or interference WHATSOEVER.

[slayer2961]

@MrEducateyourself101 I am pleased to hear some common logic :).

one day mayby youll see that east/west are not all that different...

Have a nice day Sir.

And A merry Christmas :D

[slayer2961]

@0rioni You go brother!

[BillSalem]

Marx's Das Capital was a compassionate response to capitalism's excesses. Even Blake, called Industry, "the dark Satanic mills." And a good case could be made for Capitalism as the anti-Christ of Revelations.

But all systems are vulnerable to human nature. Greed Sloth, Gluttony, et al are deadly sins because they are DEADLY. There are several systems which could work to everyone's benefit But Oligarchy arises in any system due to not to the system itself, but to corrupt humans.

[NicosMind]

"the GOVERNMENTS did nothing for the people and gave everything to the rich""when the GOVERNMENTS smashed all the poor""Children working in factories"

Well there we go. A whole video fo bullshit emotional crap designed to push you around and manipulate how you think. What were his actual complaints? Two of them were against statism!!! Not capitalism. Not free markets. Not private business making it on its own. And the last was from the PAST. Ive got news. Through all of mans history kids worked!

[0rioni]

@TeggDougland

Present day examples?? Are you blind?? Look at Africa! Look at Latin America. There, your present day examples! Don't fool yourself by thinking that you live better than 200 years ago because of capitalism. You live better, because Africa and Latin America is starvng! The North became wealthy by riding the back of the third world for 200-300 years - smell the flowers. But this could not last forever....... people can't be held in chains forever, nor can they be fooled forever!

[MrEducateyourself101]

Crony capitalism needs to end not capitalism people get these two confused unfortunately..look them both up before you bash capitalism..Cronyism is the enemy