interesting video on modern capitalism

[doc_holliday]

http://www.wimp.com/ethicalimplications/

yea I guess we tend to patch problems instead of solving them from the root.

[NeonVomit]

I dunno, capitalism works better than any other system. Communism-nihilism is a nice concept, very idealistic, but entirely impractical in real life and really, who is selfless enough to make it work? It depends on personal honesty, and that's never something you can rely on, let alone base an economic system upon.

Planned economies... well, we saw the 'Great Leap Forward' and how well that worked out. The USSR as well. China is an economic superpower now because it has essentially embraced capitalism.

What else can be done? Capitalism exists because it pretty much works.

Is it fair? Not really, I sit here with ample supplies of clean water, healthcare easily available, and the biggest decision regarding sustenance I have to make today is when to take the chicken out of the freezer. Meanwhile, someone in Africa is using a stick to get bugs out of a hole in the ground to eat.

Am I willing to give up this comfort? No.

[Arkash]

Interesting point!!! But the cinema student I am firstly see the really great technic and visuality of that video! ^^

[doc_holliday]

i'm totally willing to give up my comfort if it means everyone will have a decent quality of life. I'd even give up on video games, which is a big deal for me.

but I'm not sure if you have to give up your comfort in order to have the whole planet happy

[Susie]

No, nevermind all that idealistic crap! Capitalism is the way, forget about all that other s***! 'Cause at least it gives you chance to make money and work hard for what you want and maybe one day you'll get there *to whatever that is that you want*.

I live in a country where they want to f*** all us up in the a*** with that socialism bull****! And trust me: it doesn't pay! How can you create a fair society by DESTROYING everything there was before? You can't f*** people who lives -sorta ok- to give it to the poor and stablish there's no private property because that's unfair on top of unfair! So, I believe it's so hypocrite to do that!

And that's sadly what's happening here. They even wanna start saying to us what we have to f*** eat to make this country "a little more fair" by using a "Happy living card" where they want to tell me "You have to eat 5 tomatoes a month and that's it!" .

Do I have to stop eating so we can be a "better" place on earth because some moron tells me to? No! Do I have to share my income with other people? NO, because that's why I worked for and no one else's. Do I help people? Yes of course, but if I'm screwed how can I help other people?

And I'm so sad, because one day or another I'll have to leave this land if all this useless crap goes on. And obviously I can't compare Latin America to the rest of the world including contries where this system works and it's not just pretty talk.

So, meanwhile, I don't go for it... I live it everyday and I say to you all: it's a LIE!



Oh, and BTW, very well done video! I liked it from the technical point of view =)

PS: sorry if I said too many f words