[ExI] Capitalism, anti capitalism, emotional arousal

Giovanni Santostasi gsantostasi at gmail.com
Fri Nov 11 20:19:40 UTC 2011


Then money is the problem.
Giovanni

2011/11/11 spike <spike66 at att.net>

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> *From:* extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:
> extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On Behalf Of *Giovanni Santostasi
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Capitalism, anti capitalism, emotional arousal****
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> >…"these people have so much money that they don't care about money
> anymore, it is all about power".****
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> >…This why spreading wealth is not possible in any form of capitalism
> because its end game is for few people to gain unlimited power through
> hording resources in the fewest hand possible.****
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> Giovanni****
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> This argument leads to a paradox as soon as one considers the
> alternatives.  Capitalism leads to concentration of wealth which leads to
> concentration of political power in the hands of those with wealth.  But
> the alternatives lead to concentration of political power, used to
> redistribute other people’s wealth, which leads to further concentration of
> wealth and power in the hands of those who redistribute other people’s
> wealth.  ****
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> In one system, money is power.  In the other, power is money.  ****
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> Different openings, same endgame.****
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