What is better than Capitalism?

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FourWinds F
FourWinds Sep 10, 2003 07:31:15
Replying to Dog 3000

"I also have a lot of faith in technology to make things like fuel cells cost-effective (duh, otherwise why invest in developing them?)"

Well, the obvious answer is, because when it works someone stands to make billions from it :-) It certainly isn't being funded for 'the good of mankind'.

It's like cold fusion. Will it ever work? It doesn't look likely, yet millions are pumped into that area of research every year. The reason those funds are made available is because it might just work and if someone's going to make a fortune out of it then it might as well be 'me'.

You have to speculate to acculmulate etc...

M morfe lux
morfe lux Sep 10, 2003 19:25:51
Replying to FourWinds

The question is, where would the motivation and the money come from if someone wasn't standing to make a profit? I know that sounds cynical, but it's a real question? Capitalism (as i see it) is a slick as Slick Mc Slick, because it profits where it 'fails'. If it polutes, it sells an anti-pollutant.