Who are the losers in capitalism? How can ensure that they stop losing from restrictions to resources?

Question

as a result of the inherent nature of capitalism? Capitalism focuses on the principle of scarcity which is less profound than capitalists make it out to be because they have not used all resources to the optimal level. Screw the market naturally guiding resources to optimal levels because that's a load of sh*it. If you consider preventing sustainable solutions to the many problems facing the world and especially the 3rd world who are the real losers to this system an efficient system than perhaps capitalism is efficient, but maybe we need to have a consistent definition. They Did not chose to be but are the result of guided by profit that the 1st world sh*its all over their countries and they cant develop their economies.

We need to consider that demand only accounts those who have purchasing power and sometimes its difficult to gain purchasing power because many in the 3rd world are dramtically effected by the policies of capitalist "free" trade which contributes to poverty there and organizations like IMF, world bank, etc that keep them in debt

If we have a LIMITED amount of resources, how is allocating them to the super rich because they have massive purchasing power because of unethical policies an "efficient" use of resources? Isnt it better to prevent starvation? A market based solution does not exist for erradicating problems. They are fundamentally a result of the capitalist system and therefore it is essential to eliminate the system and not replace it with a state capitalist system(like that in the USSR, the Soviet bloc etc). Instead a community of people working for th common good and developing solutions to problems that would otherwise not be considered profitable because they fix the needs of those who lack purchasing power AND stop producing things we dont need because we have x amount of resouces and therefore we shouldnt allocate land, labour and capital towards inefficeint pursuits (ie catering to the rich and their unsustainable lifestyles)

who loses in this game? 95% of the world, maybe even more

Answer 1

let us look at who really restricts resources...i contend it is environmentalists who keep the third world from prospering...africa is swimming in all natrual resources,yet they are not allowed to build one dam,or farm the "good land" to save rhinos and elephants...same goes with south america...how much money do liberals funnel to these tin-pot dictators to make sure the environment is not touched in any way....it is liberals who keep people down...

Answer 2

You start from an incorrect premise that the "super rich" are the only ones that benefit from resource distribution. Okay, let's assume you are right and the "super rich" get all the resources - what are they going to do with them? Hoard them in some back cave? No, they are going to produce something with them, sell it, and buy more stuff. And guess what, the people who buy it - are going to benefit from it! Crazy cycle that Capitalism. So do the rich get richer? Yes - but the poor get richer too.



Let's take a look at the American example - do we still have the poor? Yes - but look at the poor of today versus the poor at the beginning of the 1900s. Most of the poor today have TV's, most have computers - why? Because competition made these things cheap enough that the poor could afford them. Are the super rich still there?



Any with the "purchasing power" comes the ability to do much good with those resources. Do you think that some of these 3rd world countries have the technology, the educated workforce, etc to efficiently use their resources to better themselves? No, but we do and because of the purchasing power of the American society, we can go out to some of these countries and help them build things like schools, power plants, etc.



Fact is, capitalism is the most inefficient system of resource distribution, except for all the others. I'm convinced that people who complain about the "super rich" are not really in it to help the the "3rd world" as you say - you're just pissed off that you're not one of the producers in society and want a hand out.

Answer 3

too bad you don't know anything about capitalism. capitalism finds scarcity and fills a need. (Have you noticed how expensive computers were and how cheap they are now?, how about that lcd TV?)



If you want an answer to your question: Lazy people do not benefit from capitalism

Answer 4

why don't you go out and get a job??? then you could afford your own food and wouldn't need 'resources' to feed yourself. if you'd spend more time trying to imporve your own life, you wouldn;t make mine more diffiucult (in that i have to provide your resources)....get it???