[techweenie]

Originally Posted by darisc

friedman's absolutely right about greed being the norm and capitalism being the best system. But that's not really news is it?

The important discussion to be had concerns tending our capitalistic system to ensure that it functions well and is not abused.

Clearly, the disparity between the upper class and the much larger middle and lower classes has grown at an alarming rate over a period of a very few years.

The middle and lower classes are upset about this, not because they are anti capitalism or socialist, but rather that our capitalistic system is being abused by the few who have the most power and it is to the detriment of everyone else.

That's what the 'occupy' demonstrations are all about the way i see it. The demonstrators don't want to bring down capitalism; they want the abuse of the system to stop so that they too can reap the benefits of their hard work and be a productive part of the system as they once were, not all that many years ago.

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