One can only image how much further civilization would be if Capitalism didn't have to carry the dead-weight of socialism, communism, feminism and statism on it's back. If pure Capitalism were unleashed - we got close during the Industrial Revolution and 1920s America - we might even be a space-faring civilization by now. The essence of capitalism is very simple:
Property rights
Enforcement of private contracts
Everything else, namely free markets, small government, free speech, the non-aggression principle etc. result from the two tenets above. There is NO COERCION and NO VIOLENCE in Capitalism.
A few further arguments for Capitalism:
Capitalism can exist without socialism, but socialism cannot exist without Capitalism. After all, the wealth that socialism seeks to distribute BY FORCE first needs to be created by voluntary, willing, free men.
If socialists are so hell-bent on "equality" through re-distribution of others' wealth, why don't all the socialists gather and redistribute their own wealth amongst themselves? This has never happened in the history of humankind.
One can only image how much further civilization would be if Capitalism didn't have to carry the dead-weight of socialism, communism, feminism and statism on it's back. If pure Capitalism were unleashed - we got close during the Industrial Revolution and 1920s America - we might even be a space-faring civilization by now. The essence of capitalism is very simple:
Everything else, namely free markets, small government, free speech, the non-aggression principle etc. result from the two tenets above. There is NO COERCION and NO VIOLENCE in Capitalism.
A few further arguments for Capitalism:
You need to run for politics, or start a new town.