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Ways That Socialism Can Be Better Than Capitalism
Now, before you get all triggered and go off about how capitalism is always better than socialism, just hear me out.
Capitalism is a wonderful engine of ingenuity and there is no way we want to abandon capitalism.
And the old BS about how socialism is a creeping weed that will completely displace capitalism over time is just, well, BS. We've had both for a long time, and that has not happened.
So now that we understand the best economic system is really a mixture of both, let us talk about some of the ways where socialism can be better than capitalism.
I am going to give you two examples of ways you might be getting ripped off by capitalism. There are myriads of ways, but here are two that come to mind.
Charcoal starter fluid and tire wet.
Have you ever purchased either of these two products?
No big deal. Like many of us, you may have bought one or both of these products and used them for the intended purpose. No big deal, right? That's what they are for, right?
Well, they do a good job at what they say they do, but ya got ripped off.
What?
How do I know that?
Well, I hate to spoil the 'ingenuity of capitalism' for ya, but the only ingenuity in both of these products is packaging and taking advantage of an unsuspecting public.
Both of these products are not products at all. They are simply common substances repackaged to appear to be something new, formulated for a specific purpose.
Here's what you are getting when you buy these products:
Charcoal starter is really mineral spirits. If you paid $4 - $7 for a quart of charcoal starter, you could have paid about $7 - $9 and gotten a gallon of mineral spirits and done the same thing. There's more going up in smoke than the charcoal starter. Your money.
How about 'tire wet?' That's really mineral oil. If you spent $7 - $12 or $16 for a bottle of 'tire wet,' you got ripped off. Once again, a greedy corporation took advantage of the fact that you probably didn't know the 'product' is really a common substance that you could have paid far less for.
That's because part of the 'ingenuity of capitalism' is to find a way to exploit an unsuspecting public by getting them to pay more for something than they really have to.
A socialist government department of consumer awareness could alert the public of these and similar scams to keep the worst of capitalism from taking advantage of good people who worked hard for their money.
I'm all for competition and coming up with ingenious new inventions and useful products. Socialism isn't going to do that. What it can do is protect us from shysters and legal 'scams.'
Let's embrace socialism, and stop getting ripped off! This will force capitalism to be at it's true best. Doing what is really beneficial to society, instead of simply (and lazily) looking for easy money, ways to rip people off, and generally just trying extract as many dollars out of the general public as possible, whether true value is delivered or not, to be gathered together for the richest previous holders of vast wealth.
The last thing we really want is a society where wealth inequality grows ever more extreme. But that's what we've got. And that big money doesn't want you to know how you're getting ripped off.
The true measure of a country is not how wealthy the richest are, but how well that country treats the least advantaged members of society.
The richer the richest get, the more taxes they need to be paying to support the least advantaged. And that is just pure logic.
We don't have to abandon capitalism to get smart and stop wasting money.
Remember: Benjamin Franklin was right. A penny saved is a penny earned.
The only difference is these days it is a dollar. LOTS of them.
Capitalism will use all it's power to try to get your money out of your hands. It's time we use all OUR collective power to keep the greedy side of capitalism at bay. We need use socialism to force capitalism to stay focused on creating useful new products and ways to do things that truly help people.
That's a win/win for America.
Because making America greater doesn't always mean making the rich richer.
We all need to consider how socialism can help capitalism provide better healthcare, too.
That's one of the biggest ways we are getting ripped off.
Now, before you get all triggered and go off about how capitalism is always better than socialism, just hear me out.
Capitalism is a wonderful engine of ingenuity and there is no way we want to abandon capitalism.
And the old BS about how socialism is a creeping weed that will completely displace capitalism over time is just, well, BS. We've had both for a long time, and that has not happened.
So now that we understand the best economic system is really a mixture of both, let us talk about some of the ways where socialism can be better than capitalism.
I am going to give you two examples of ways you might be getting ripped off by capitalism. There are myriads of ways, but here are two that come to mind.
Charcoal starter fluid and tire wet.
Have you ever purchased either of these two products?
No big deal. Like many of us, you may have bought one or both of these products and used them for the intended purpose. No big deal, right? That's what they are for, right?
Well, they do a good job at what they say they do, but ya got ripped off.
What?
How do I know that?
Well, I hate to spoil the 'ingenuity of capitalism' for ya, but the only ingenuity in both of these products is packaging and taking advantage of an unsuspecting public.
Both of these products are not products at all. They are simply common substances repackaged to appear to be something new, formulated for a specific purpose.
Here's what you are getting when you buy these products:
Charcoal starter is really mineral spirits. If you paid $4 - $7 for a quart of charcoal starter, you could have paid about $7 - $9 and gotten a gallon of mineral spirits and done the same thing. There's more going up in smoke than the charcoal starter. Your money.
How about 'tire wet?' That's really mineral oil. If you spent $7 - $12 or $16 for a bottle of 'tire wet,' you got ripped off. Once again, a greedy corporation took advantage of the fact that you probably didn't know the 'product' is really a common substance that you could have paid far less for.
That's because part of the 'ingenuity of capitalism' is to find a way to exploit an unsuspecting public by getting them to pay more for something than they really have to.
A socialist government department of consumer awareness could alert the public of these and similar scams to keep the worst of capitalism from taking advantage of good people who worked hard for their money.
I'm all for competition and coming up with ingenious new inventions and useful products. Socialism isn't going to do that. What it can do is protect us from shysters and legal 'scams.'
Let's embrace socialism, and stop getting ripped off! This will force capitalism to be at it's true best. Doing what is really beneficial to society, instead of simply (and lazily) looking for easy money, ways to rip people off, and generally just trying extract as many dollars out of the general public as possible, whether true value is delivered or not, to be gathered together for the richest previous holders of vast wealth.
The last thing we really want is a society where wealth inequality grows ever more extreme. But that's what we've got. And that big money doesn't want you to know how you're getting ripped off.
The true measure of a country is not how wealthy the richest are, but how well that country treats the least advantaged members of society.
The richer the richest get, the more taxes they need to be paying to support the least advantaged. And that is just pure logic.
We don't have to abandon capitalism to get smart and stop wasting money.
Remember: Benjamin Franklin was right. A penny saved is a penny earned.
The only difference is these days it is a dollar. LOTS of them.
Capitalism will use all it's power to try to get your money out of your hands. It's time we use all OUR collective power to keep the greedy side of capitalism at bay. We need use socialism to force capitalism to stay focused on creating useful new products and ways to do things that truly help people.
That's a win/win for America.
Because making America greater doesn't always mean making the rich richer.
We all need to consider how socialism can help capitalism provide better healthcare, too.
That's one of the biggest ways we are getting ripped off.
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