Life of a Chinese Gold Farmer

Re:Life of a Chinese Gold Farmer by rms on Monday June 18, 2007 @10:40PM (#29079)

I of course recognize that capitalism is all we have. It still pains me that politics in the USA are corrupted by corporations and that a billion people live in absolute poverty. Still, the average standard of living is higher now than it's ever been.

I just can't get past this feeling that there's something horribly wrong with our society... from pharmaceutical companies keeping AIDS medication locked away to an invasion of the Middle East to take their energy. This can all be explained through rational self-interest but it's pretty horrific to contemplate. Is there a better way? Will we ever achieve real Globalization?

Can and will global poverty be solved before humanity achieves a post-scarcity economy?

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Re:Life of a Chinese Gold Farmer by lupin_sansei on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @10:35PM (#29714)

"a billion people live in absolute poverty"

They live in poverty because of a lack of capitalism, not because of capitalism. You might find this hard to believe but every poor country has a lack of capitalism. Check here: http://www.heritage.org/index/countries.cfm there's not a single contradiction.

If you really care about the poor I challenge you to take a few hours to read this PDF just to hear the other side of the argument: http://www.mises.org/books/conquest.pdf

Feel free to email me at lockster 4T gmail d0t com if you feel like a friendly debate ;)

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