dream_weaver Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Steve Forbes talks at Notre Dame about morality of capitalism "The idea of having the word 'morality' associated with capitalism, free markets, free enterprise sounds a little strange because capitalism certainly in popular culture is never seen as a moral system," Forbes said. "It's seen as being based on greed. It puts profits before people. Markets are cold, heartless and hard. The strong crush the weak. The rich get richer and poor always struggle." But in real life, Forbes said, capitalism is moral. Free markets, he said, promote cooperation among people of different backgrounds. They turn shortage into abundance, luxuries into commodities. And the true source of capital, he added, is the human mind — the ingenuity that can take something like oil and make it valuable. Actually, they turn commodities into luxuries, unless he just means the peddling of luxuries. Edited November 7, 2015 by dream_weaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) Overall we've been seeing a definite rise in the idea of Capitalism as a moral system IMO, its certainly progress. I'd attribute it with the rising popularity of the New Left once again, and its associated diatribes about how Capitalism is some inherently exploitative system we must constantly flagellate our entire civilisation and values for. A lot of people dont like that they're all being barraged constantly with how evil they are simply for selling their labour or goods.Also on-topic, one of the guys who runs Whole Foods has been pretty outspoken lately about Capitalism and free markets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rYPp4ofXAs Edited November 8, 2015 by Faust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 What he's saying there is that capitalism makes luxury items inexpensive enough that almost everyone can afford them...so they're no longer luxuries, they're commodities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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