Food tends to expire, especially the staples like milk, eggs, and bread.

Cars don't (except GM products and Yugos).

All this is, is evidence that our successful economy has become hidebound and is sometimes slow to respond to disturbances in the market.

We need to prepare better for potential hard times and focus on resilience.

The only people who denigrate capitalism are those with misguided notions about it.

Capitalism is just the defense of personal property and the right to freely barter, writ large. It's evolution's economic system.

Yes, there are winners and losers, just as in life. But, in the alternatives, there are only tyrants and losers. At least with capitalism, there is a chance to win without becoming a villain.

Before any turd-minded peeps out there object, yes, I'm fully aware that capitalism can be subverted by cronyism and corruption and all that shit.

The subversion of capitalism is NOT capitalism, by definition.

Food tends to expire, especially the staples like milk, eggs, and bread.

Cars don't (except GM products and Yugos).

All this is, is evidence that our successful economy has become hidebound and is sometimes slow to respond to disturbances in the market. We need to prepare better for potential hard times and focus on resilience.

The only people who denigrate capitalism are those with misguided notions about it. Capitalism is just the defense of personal property and the right to freely barter, writ large. It's evolution's economic system.

Yes, there are winners and losers, just as in life. But, in the alternatives, there are only tyrants and losers. At least with capitalism, there is a chance to win without becoming a villain.

Before any turd-minded peeps out there object, yes, I'm fully aware that capitalism can be subverted by cronyism and corruption and all that shit.

The subversion of capitalism is NOT capitalism, by definition.

Food tends to expire, especially the staples like milk, eggs, and bread.

Cars don't (except GM products and Yugos).

All this is, is evidence that our successful economy has become hidebound and is sometimes slow to respond to disturbances in the market.

We need to prepare better for potential hard times and focus on resilience.

The only people who denigrate capitalism are those with misguided notions about it. Capitalism is just the defense of personal property and the right to freely barter, writ large. It's evolution's economic system.

Yes, there are winners and losers, just as in life. But, in the alternatives, there are only tyrants and losers. At least with capitalism, there is a chance to win without becoming a villain.

Before any turd-minded peeps out there object, yes, I'm fully aware that capitalism can be subverted by cronyism and corruption and all that shit.

The subversion of capitalism is NOT capitalism, by definition.

Food tends to expire, especially the staples like milk, butter, eggs, and bread.

Cars don't (except GM products and Yugos).

All this is, is evidence that our successful economy has become hidebound and is sometimes slow to respond to disturbances in the market.

We need to prepare better for potential hard times and focus on resilience.

The only people who denigrate capitalism are those with misguided notions about it. Capitalism is just the defense of personal property and the right to freely barter, writ large. It's evolution's economic system.

Yes, there are winners and losers, just as in life. But, in the alternatives, there are only tyrants and losers. At least with capitalism, there is a chance to win without becoming a villain.

Before any turd-minded peeps out there object, yes, I'm fully aware that capitalism can be subverted by cronyism and corruption and all that shit.

The subversion of capitalism is NOT capitalism, by definition.