Are we all agreed that socialism is drab, colorless, and boring? Good.
Does that mean the alternative to socialism has to be greed-driven capitalism? Isn't that a false dichotomy?
Couldn't we, like, you know, try to find a happy medium, or something?
Yes, greed-driven capitalism produces great abundance, but it also generates tremendous shortages (of things which are in the public interest but not very profitable, such as efficient public transportation).
Competitive capitalism is casualty-intensive. Some gotta win; they drive Mercedeses and join country clubs and live in McMansions and wear Rolex watches. Others gotta lose, and they get the shitty end of the stick. That's the worst thing about enshrining greed as the highest virtue, or claiming that it's any kind of virtue at all.
But the most annoying debris of capitalism isn't the walking wounded, it's the tastelessness and vulgarity. Anything that sells is good, so Danielle Steele, the only author who's written more books than she's read, is good.
Is there anything more tasteless and vulgar than Christmas?
Yes, there is, and I've found it: Breast Cancer M&M's.
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