IdleRich
IdleRich
Maybe, but surely ideological capitalists believe (or claim to believe) that it is the system that maximises the amount of prosperity for humanity as a whole and that it if it working properly the poorest people will still be better off than they would be under communism - that to have smaller share of a much bigger pie is better than the alternative. Hence all the talk of absolute versus relative poverty, trickle down, rising tide lifts all boats etc"personally i think the great victory of capitalism is on an individual level, its appeal to self interest. on that level it is almost indissolubly powerful. if any of you were among the excluded rather than than beneficiaries i expect you would feel differently."
Obviously, as much discussed, this is controversial and also as an analysis it ignores factors other than prosperity as a way to measure human success and happiness.