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Old 08-25-2015, 10:19 PM   #12
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airdale,

I agree with many of your points. I disagree on your definition and condemnation of Capitalism, but many of your issues are also mine, and I have presented them here before.

I choose to buy american products as much as I can, and will pay more for local products than cheap imports.

I have posted here before that I will drive past a convenient cheap store to shop at a further but more aligned and respectful place, and had some on this board attack me for it.

I own no Apple products personally, and do not care for their business model on several factors, not just their manufacturing. I believe their hardware and products to be very good, just do not care for their policies.

US capitalism is not what it was, and surely there have been abuses, but I personally believe it is because the United States is so much more socialist than it ever was in the past. There have been major corruptions of both the political class, and the labor class. Unions own politicians, every bit as much as business own them. Most all US politicians are for sale, and anyone with money is buying them. (This is hardly a US problem, but the decline of the US system is the topic at hand)

There is plenty of fault to go around in this area. If US consumers had a higher standard than just the cheapest price for their products, then much would be different. But it is not the case.

So, Capitalism is a problem and while not the best system out there, it happens to be a whole lot better than the 2nd best one out there...
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