Posted on 03/13/2019 8:42:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
As AOC notes, the motive in a capitalist economy is profit. But, here’s what she seems to be missing. Capitalist societies create abundance and prosperity by taking our natural desire to improve our lives - to profit - and directing it outward to satisfying the needs of others. This much-berated profit motive is precisely what incentivizes us to meet the needs of others because - wait for it - that’s how you profit.
Whatever your business, you can only succeed in a capitalist economy by meeting other peoples’ needs – your customers. This applies to every business from a roadside lemonade stand to Amazon. The greater the benefits you provide - to others - the greater your success. If you fail to provide benefits to others, you fail, your business dies, and you lose your investment. Period.
Directly contrary to what AOC seems to believe, capitalism represents the truest form of democracy. In fact, we don’t call it “Democratic Capitalism” because democracy” is an inherent element of capitalism. Capitalism can’t exist without democracy.
Under capitalism, consumers – ordinary Americans – vote every day with every dollar they spend on which businesses succeed and which fail. You don’t succeed in a capitalist economy by meeting the needs of a group of government elites or by satisfying the standards - producing the products - they set. You succeed by meeting the needs of ordinary consumers who direct the economy and vote with their dollars on which products entrepreneurs should produce.
Think about your local grocery store or the Amazon warehouse. Each of the thousands of products they offer represents an entrepreneur trying to convince you that they have what you need at a price you can afford. Those who meet your needs will succeed. Those who don’t will fail.
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That is its "guise."
The real goal of socialism is the enslavement of people to benefit a few tyrannical rexes who plan to run the plantation.
People like AOC and good ole Bernie are just good ole "useful idiots."
Because the free market WORKS!
If capitalists like Puzder wanted to help the country they would stop being Cheap Labor Express stooges.
I believe it was Jordan Peterson that said Steve Jobs helped a lot more people than Mother Teresa did.
And he’s right.
And he’s right.
Materially, maybe. Spiritually, not so much.
The article is about material help, though, I believe.
Socialism only helps them at the top who think they’re entitled. The rest of the little worker bees are merely fodder.
Exactly correct. Here are a few more capitalists who helped far more people than *any* socialist/communist:
A similar list of socialist/communist is soaked with the blood of millions of innocents.
"Free markets" means we own the things we produce and grow. We own our labor and can sell it for the highest price to the highest bidder.
Socialism wants to take that all away and dictate to us what we are worth and what we will receive for our labor, our ingenuity/creativity, and our individuality.
If we are willing to fight for our freedom to the death, they cannot take it away.
True.
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Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.
The goal of socialism is to keep you poor and dependent.
When will people wake up to this fact?
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