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Those who oppose capitalism

There are those who oppose capitalism and globalization. At the recent G8 meeting, some of those protesters decided to cause trouble.

What I cannot understand is, if they are so against capitalism, what is the alternative?

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3 Responses

  1. rob says:

    as someone who has embraced communist philosophy i am opposed to capitalism and the way it screws people over. however, i am also a realist and realise labour is the closest we will get to a socialist government and also that helping Africa is not an example of capitalist oppression but quite the opposite:- a real stride for equality. those who rioted were just looking for an excuse to cause trouble like football hooligans, and do not represent any political idea except anarchy.

  2. W says:

    The only problem I have with communism is their opposition to private wealth and property ownership. This is a no no for me.

    I think capitalism, if injected with social responsibility, will provide a lot of answers to current problems.

  3. Hazri says:

    There’s more to communism than the abolition of private property, at least in the Marxist sense of the word. It carries with it a completely radical outlook on life, a materialist philosophy that reduces the vastness of this world into an “economic” one and the history of the world into a history of class struggle plain and simple.

    As a believer of free will I think the problem with communism is not in its opposition to private property. It is itself the problem.

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