Tharmas
Veteran Member
Totally agree. Tons of problems with capitalism. There are more than what you listed above. What alternative system do you prefer?
Whether there are alternatives to capitalism or not does alter the fact that capitalism as it is being practiced in many nations has serious flaws. Flaws that most likely make unbridled capitalism unsustainable in the long term. Plus capitalism as it's practiced in the US is not the same as in Denmark, which has a larger blend of democratic socialist policies and a higher happiness index than the US.
The Danes have a larger safety net and pay more in taxes. Have more business regulation. But they are still very capitalist. There's no collective ownership of the means of production. Danes are good competitors in the business world.
My daughter in New York just got a job working for a Danish company. They started out as a family business and are now a multi-national. That's supposed to be the American story.