Hello DonaldvoTrumpovich,
You are absolutely correct that the opposite occurs. But it simply does not always occur.
Over all, over time, the middle class is evaporating. Some are becoming rich, most are becoming poor.
I won't believe that until you provide me with proof. You shouldn't believe it either without proof. Your video is interesting but many graphs and metrics can be skewed to make a certain point. One thing the video said was "We all know that Socialism isn't the answer" which I wholeheartedly agree with.
Most people don't understand how extreme wealth inequality currently is in the USA. This short video explains the difference between what people THINK wealth inequality is, and what it REALLY is. Bottom line - it's way more unequal than most people think:
Wealth Inequality in the USA
Of course it's unequal. People are different. Some people work harder than others. Some people are smarter than others. Some people have better skills than others. What's wrong with that? There will always be people with more and some people with less. That's life. Do you really think "taking from the rich and giving to the poor" will make things equal or better? I certainly don't. And I don't lose sleep over the video. Just because people have a flawed perception of wealth distribution doesn't mean that something should be done about it. I'm sure people have a flawed perception of the vastness of the Milky Way or the size of an atom. I commend people that work hard and become the 1%ers. They didn't get there by accident. Nothing was handed to them. They EARNED it.
A regular barrage of advertisements and magazine articles aimed at young parenthood by corporations wishing to sell the products for parenting. I believe there is even a magazine of that exact name. Numerous TV shows depicting young families.
Toys for young girls are themed as if it is expected of them to become mothers.
The conditioning begins early. Young girls play with baby dolls, pretend to be like their mom, feeding baby, changing diapers, etc, as play. Capitalism is happy to make a buck supplying the toy baby dolls, etc.
Young girls have been playing with dolls for over 100 years. Come on!!! Capitalism sells what people want. They don't have an agenda to turn young girls into mothers. Their main agenda is to make a profit and what's wrong with that? Like I said before, without the American Free-Market, capitalist system, you don't have the Industrial Revolution, you don't have the Technology/Internet revolution, you don't have what makes America great.
Mostly they don't, aside from some clothing, movies and music that Walmart sells. And those were not the companies I had in mind. When we talk of capitalism we don't get to cherry-pick the most wholesome examples. Capitalism also includes Victoria's Secret, Girls Gone Wild, Las Vegas whores, Strip joints, Hiring a stripper for a bachelor's party, Sex Accessory Shops, peep shows, the porn industry, Nudie magazines, porn websites, Lap Dance bars, etc. Capitalism includes the thriving gun industry, Gansta Rap, Rambo etc, and music glorifying the drug culture.
Look at the movie industry. Certainly, you must admit there are movies which do not promote family values...
With all due respect, you really sound like a prude. Freedom is being able to choose your lifestyle without government interaction. I had a stripper at my bachelor party and many of my friends did as well. It didn't corrupt our minds and turn us into rapists or perverts. To be honest, I think prostitution should be legal and regulated. Making it illegal doesn't make it go away. It just allows the criminal element to profit from it and exploit the women. And I'm not cherry-picking. in fact, you are. You're singling out a few corporate "bad apples" and applying it to the majority. Fact is, most corporations play by the rules, employ millions of Americans, provide good benefits to their employees like health insurance and retirement plans. I grew up middle-class but I worked for a large corporation for 30 years, saved my money, invested wisely and it yielded a seven figure retirement nest egg. I never would've been able to do that without capitalism.
Nope. Just being all inclusive of everything that makes up capitalism.
The squeeze would be the financial stress of being unable to earn enough to own a home despite working or commuting 50-60 hours per week.
No, that's only part of it. Our diversity of cultures, views, creativity and approaches to problem-solving are prominent factors in making America great. And despite the lofty sounding description, we cannot have a completely free-market system.
There must be regulation to prevent the selfish and greedy from taking advantage of the unsuspecting.
I agree we must pass legislation to prevent businesses who break the law but most business play by the rules. In fact, businesses who took advantage of consumers were more prevalent 50-100 years ago but things have changed for the better now. Why can't you see that? Do some research and see what it was like for workers 50-100 years ago.
We do have the largest economy. However there are nations which enjoy more freedom than we do, and there are populations which are happier than we are, healthier, live longer, have fewer shootings, etc. I do not agree we are the envy of the rest of the world. Certainly some, but not all.
It is true many become wealthy.
And all too often the cost of that wealth is investing in things that extract wealth from the poor. A diversified portfolio would include many examples of wealth extraction from the poor. All it would have to have would be a big bank which strings the poor along with credit card debt. The capitalization for 'Buy-Here-Pay-Here' car lots is a huge wealth extractor, just like payday loan joints.
Where are you getting this wealth at the expense of exploitation of the poor? Please provide proof because I don't see it. The poor have just as much rights as the wealthy. They have the freedom to be wealthy and they have the freedom to be poor. They've chosen the latter. They are not poor because of wealthy people. I truly believe that in America, if you work hard, educate yourself and abide by the law, anybody can be as successful as they want to be. I see proof of it every day. People who grew up in poverty who are now at the top tier of the socio-economic ladder.
It doesn't matter whether you trust government or not. It's all we have to regulate our capitalism. If our self-made government is not serving us well then it is up to us to fix it. We have no other choice.
The thing is: we don't have to choose between capitalism and socialism. We already blend the two. The poor in the USA live by a higher standard that most of the rest of the world. Capitalism didn't do that. Socialism did. If we never instituted Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Medicare, Medicaid, The New Deal, etc, our poor would live like rats in ramshackle shanties, smelly and begging on the streets. Capitalism failed to utilize that great potential of possible productivity and failed to provide adequate incomes or wealth for our poor. Government socialism stepped in where capitalism failed.
You say capitalism is not perfect, but what do you mean by that? I have tried to point out some of the ways it is not perfect, but you don't seem to want to admit there are any. Perhaps you could describe what *you* had in mind as an imperfection of capitalism. I think a huge example is right in our face with black poverty in the USA.
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