Since the subprime mortgage crisis, they have begun to reflect, is capitalism the most perfect system? The documentary "capitalism: a love story" sorts this out, but it mainly starts by following the source of the founding idea of the United States, from the democratic politics of ancient Rome, to the Declaration of Human Rights, to Roosevelt. But financial capital—unlike industrial capital like the Rockefellers of yesteryear—began to influence American politics, draining the foundations of democracy. Probably from the Reagan era to the peak of Bush Jr., the most typical sign is that the Treasury Department is almost all former Goldman Sachs executives, so that when the United States voted to save the investment bank, Congress exclaimed that this is not the Goldman Sachs board of directors.
But unfortunately, politics has been hijacked by naked financial capital in this way.
After the subprime mortgage turmoil, countless American residents' properties were repossessed by banks and became homeless. At the same time, a large number of houses were vacant, waiting for banks to auction. This is as full of sin as we read in our political textbooks back then when the capitalists would rather dump the milk than starve the people.
Is this the beautiful capitalist country we have always imagined? Capitalism is known as the most perfect system in the world, and even gods look at it, is it just a legend?
This is the best socialist textbook I have ever seen. Marx may be the greatest man in the world. Because his vision is still proven to be effective today.
What is capitalism? It is a free market, a competition, and everyone has the opportunity to become rich. This is a beautiful pie, but this pie is just for you to see. The one who ultimately owns the pie is the Wall Street financial tycoon.
Americans began to reflect on the evils of capitalism, because it is far from fairness and justice, success is not because of a person's hard work, but how much capital he has; in the same way, it is always the poorest who suffer.
Capital is always chasing the maximum profit, so workers must be squeezed, and in order to ensure the interests of investors, they must lay off more employees. This is the creed of capital, unchanged for hundreds of years. We used to think that capitalism was a beautiful legend that would make us striving to get into the affluent class, but everyone has this dream, but only 1% of people can achieve this dream. More people died in this American dream. Financial predators demand profit, where does the profit come from, profit = income - cost. So on the one hand, they controlled the income of employees to reduce costs, and on the other hand, they lent them money to increase sales. In the end, the wages of ordinary people could not pay the bank interest, and the bubble burst. So the root of capitalism is that capital is too greedy and people are too poor. This is definitely an irreconcilable contradiction.
I don't know if I don't see it, I think the United States is a paradise, but it turns out that the Americans are also in dire straits. It's just that we shouldn't be too happy too soon. Watching this documentary, what happened in it is also happening in China. What is even more frightening is that Wall Street is constantly extending its claws to China - today's news: qfii has been approved to invest in Chinese futures. The profit-seeking nature of capital is looking for the next lamb to be slaughtered.
The problem is that in the US, at least some members of Congress are going to block the passage of these bills, and we don't even know how these bills are passed; in the US, workers can strike to demand their wages, and we don't drink boiled water. If you drink to death, you must thank the country; in the United States, at least one person, one vote can choose a new government, but we, even knowing that the future is dark, do not know how to help the country correct its course.
The cure for capitalism prescribed by the documentary is democratic politics. Although democracy is not necessarily correct, and public opinion is often held hostage, no matter what, it is always more reliable than the will of a few people?
Coincidentally, when I was about to end this diary, I saw a report that there was a strike at the Honda factory. This is a more reasonable and desirable way to express it after jumping off the building and killing people; while the major media are discussing the Foxconn jumping off the building incident. At the same time, it also mentioned the influence of "shareholder capitalism" - the interests of shareholders are the greatest interests, and workers, as Marx said, create more goods will only make themselves cheaper. In the capitalist process of socialist China, what happened today is a historical inevitability. However, profit is not the reason for our existence. We are not a part of the social factory. Workers should regain the weapons given by socialism to defend their rights and interests. Unions should not become public bribery, and the Internationale is still not outdated.
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