- Capitalism and Alternatives -
This is what we've done in America
Posted by: Ted ( T R U, Madison, WI, USA ) on July 16, 1997 at 08:58:31:
In Reply to: We can give them democracy and capitalism and liberate the world posted by Michael Owens on July 15, 1997 at 10:18:06:
: When Americans like me say that the US is a great nation and that the people are pretty well off, we are right, by any standards. We do not, however, mean that all the people in this nation are rich, nor that they deserve to be, but simply that they CAN be with work. We also are not saying that the rest of the world is prosperous and that they deserve no help from us. : Certainly we can help other nations - by saying, "Here, this is what worked for us, now YOU try it."
That's not a very convincing sales pitch. How about this:
"Savages, stop growing those ridiculous little subsistence crops. Sure
you've done it for thousands of years without interference. But this
is the millenium, and we're America, the most unnaturally rich and
bloated nation in history. We didn't get that way by being happy just
to feed ourselves. So here's what you do. Let our friendly corporations set up shop in your country. You'll work for us for
enough money to keep yourselves alive and that's all. Any worker even
thinking about a union will have an extremely unpleasant experience.
When the peons are laboring hard for poverty level wages, those few of
you with the requisite cruelty to be bosses will enjoy an excellent standard of living. The rest can ease their suffering with nostalgic daydreams about the time when there was enough to go around for everybody. This is what we've done in America, and it sure worked for us."
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