Even Adam Smith, main architect of free market capitalism, said it couldn’t exist outside an ethical context. He never foresaw capitalism untied to any govt regulation. Capitalism will reclaim an ethical & moral center or a younger generation of Americans will replace it entirely

Apr 7, 2020 · 4:03 PM UTC

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FDR said “I’m not destroying capitalism. I’m saving it.” You can’t sustain a free market when it becomes unfree for the majority of people. You can’t be a capitalist when you have no access to capital! Too many Americans are locked out of the party; it’s immoral & unsustainable.
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Our problem among other things is that there’s no force with major political leverage willing to question the fundamental premise on which the system operates. That used to be the Democratic Party and hopefully it will be again. Right now it’s only lone voices; that’s not enough
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It's not Capitalism if companies/banks are "too big to fail". Capitalism needs to have failures for there to be opportunities for new successors.
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Capitalism without Christianity leaves an individual empty without gain and only material possessions. Andrew Carnegie was the best at explaining that. It is like Communism and the void of the soul when faith is replaced by the state.
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Just wondering, in what period of history do you believe capitalism was ethical and moral?
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if America chooses to hook some ethics to a system 30 years out of 300, perhaps its less the people’s fault and more the system’s fault? ditch capitalism. it’s a bad system.
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Exactly! We don't have a failure of capitalism, we have a failure to regulate capitalism to ensure it benefits everyone. Hopefully you aren't getting tired of me plugging Democratic Capitalism.. demcastusa.com/2020/01/17/de…

Democratic Capitalism - the Compromise That Made Our Country Great

Sometimes it seems as if “compromise” has become a dirty word. It’s worth remembering that it was a compromise, Democratic Capitalism, that made the United States the country it is.

demcastusa.com
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One more shameless plug.. theamericanjourney.net/2020/…
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I encourage Democrats to look at the Bible and evidence that God could exist & notice God’s will isn’t in the Democratic platform, but is somewhat in the Republican Platform. Is it really helpful for Dems to officially leave God out of the picture? SomeDems who believe r4JoeBiden
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