Am I an
anti-capitalist? This is a question I've been asked on several
occasions, and not just by others, I also ask myself this same question.
The truth is, I don't think it matters if I am or not, capitalism is
the system we've got and for the time being it's here to stay. What I
want to see is a more ethical, fairer capitalism. Maybe by the very
nature of capitalism there will always be winners and losers, but
there must be a way, probably through some sort of regulation agreed
on a global scale, to increase the amount of winners and address the issue of inequality by reducing the
wealth gap between the rich and the poor.
A multinational company
that makes huge profits while their workers on the factory floor
don't make a living wage, inhibiting them to adequately feed their
families or send their children to school, is quite frankly,
sickening. Capitalism seems to encourage some of humankind's less
admirable qualities such as greed and selfishness, therefore, is it
not common sense to try and restrain those who see no problem in
profiting at other people's expense?
There are clearly some
areas, for example, such as water, electric, gas and other
essentials, that should NEVER be privatised in order to protect the
public from unethical practices that can have a devastating effect on
people's lives. Even in Britain we are seeing utility companies
making record profits whilst continually increasing their prices,
consequently pushing more and more families deeper into poverty. Mass
privatisation of state-owned assets is always a mistake, as we have
seen time and time again. But where and when the private sector is in
control, and there are some good arguments as to why they should
always play a massive role locally and globally, then there should
always be safeguards in place that affords the public some protection
from those who are more inclined to do business in a less scrupulous
manner.
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