In both first and even now in third world countries excessive caloric intake is more of a problem. There is also a huge “immigrant” community that gets paid below minimum wages under the table which has consistently been able to save and aquire their own capital.
And you don’t think that has anything to do with populism/labor movements (social services [not capitalized, meaning churches, food banks, general charity, and state social services]?
Your still trying to make a laborer vs capitalist class distinction
I would kindly ask you to tell Lilliiburne and Libertychild to stop doing it as well. And I never said anything about classes. I made a distinction in people individually. To not make that distinction is just burying your head in the sand.
All professional capitalists work for someone. It may even be the consumer, shareholder, whatev..
Fair enough. Owners working for consumers i would say indirectly. But point taken.
It’s the pessimism that you represent which the poor often subscribe to
What pessimism? Did I say it was hopeless? I merely listed some things outside of their control, that are holding them back; namely that corporatism has consolidated most meaningful capital into illegitimate hands. It is a real problem that I see not how you can deny. You deny that 1% of the populace holds over 30% of its private wealth? You deny that this is due to corporate socialism? Once again, I am against all forms of tyranny, even the ones that benefit business.
If people aren’t buying because they cannot afford it, the price will drop eventually to the point that they do
In a pure capitalist system it will. Are you saying there is real capitalism anywhere in this world? It seems you are acting as if leftists are the only ones who use state cooercion to their advantage. Are you saying there are not businessmen who will let workers starve to increase their profits, and then use the state to maintain their position of power against market forces?
Incorrect. People are hiring. They just aren’t hiring you
I said the same; they either are not hiring, or I am overqualified. This is where you need to differentiate theory from reality. In theory, there are thousands of oppurtunities for me. In reality, I haven’t found them yet, ergo, I am stuck in my job until I do. I can, but I have not. Theory vs reality.
See, you are still trying to win an argument (easily seen in your “thanks” comment where you take one place I agree with you and disregard the rest of the post) To me it is not an arguement, it is an understanding. As long as you deny that I am not a professional capitalist, and that I am stuck in my job… or conversely affirm that I am a professional capitalist and not stuck in my current job… we will never come to a better understanding. You can feel you won an argument all you want. You won against an opponent that wasn’t playing.
Once again, I did not start this argument. But I did go back and read that chart you showed me
Also, economic freedom is not necessarily the same thing as “conservative” or “small government”: “good government” often pushes up the economic freedom score).
http://baselinescenario.com/2010/05/27/heritage-index-good-government-vs-less-government/ is what is meant by “good government.”
it is likely that the causation works both ways: higher GPD per capita means better education (because of more investment in education) and better education means higher GDP.
So I guess we should have free universal education right?
You really should read these things before you link them.
