Communism vs. Capitalism

[Edgar Erebus]

Do you buy products or services from these corporations? If so, why? Are you the one funding the corporations by consuming their products? Because, personally, I don't buy shit from companies that I don't like.

Heh. They don't even make most of their money off consumers.

And have you considered buying stock in the corporations that sell the products and/or services that you do like? You can buy just one share of stock and get to vote for the directors that sit on the board that run the corporation! I get stuff in the mail almost everyday asking me to vote on an infinite number of issues and corporate decisions just from the dozen or so different stocks I'm invested in.

My moms has been buying a stock in a hotel company for twelve years now and they didn't ask her shit yet. As far as I know she's now, like, a 1,5% owner. Hypo Alpe-Adria bank owns 51% of the company, they make all decisions. All she gets are dividends.

Can you name a system that works better than capitalism? Look, lets be realistic. Capitalism isn't perfect. Nothing in life is perfect. There is no perfect form of government. But ours is pretty damned good. Would you like to fix what is wrong with it through the democratic process? Or would you like to pick up a gun and sacrifice your life to rebel and revolutionize? Or would you like to just passively complain and just go on with life as it is because its not perfect but not that bad either?

What more are you expecting? Besides the average 2-3 bedroom house and car and computer and television and cell phone and clothes electricity water etc. etc. that Americans all have, what more would you have if we lived under communism? How much would your life be improved? Would you work less than 40 hours a week? Would your car be better? Would you have 2 or 3 cars? Would your house be bigger? I mean what the fuck do you expect out of all this? Is communism going to afford everyone a higher standard of living so that everyone has their own personal jet and helicopter and chauffeur? Get real!

I'm completely satisfied with my apartment, car, food and clothes in this capitalism we have now. Just take away all the everyday stress of the possibility me getting fired just because my agency made a wrong investment and my life would be perfect.

What should be fought against is further liberalization of capitalism, because it seems that it leads back to 1843.