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Bemoaning Ohio results, Santorum says ‘pure democracies’ aren’t how to run a country (thehill.com)

submitted 11 months ago by seahorse@midwest.social to c/usa@midwest.social

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Saying the quiet part out loud

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[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

My problem isn't capitalism, my problem is that capitalism has determined that a democracy is hurting it's profits.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago

My problem is definitely capitalism.

[–] awesomesauce309@midwest.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have you heard about Central America? Or any oil rich country? Capitalism is a double edged sword, they’re just swinging it at home now.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago

Capitalism would be great if we could run it under constrained conditions that don't exist outside of a single pub somewhere in Birmingham.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

The frustrating part is that hybridizing socialist-style societal safety nets with reasonable, regulated, capitalism-with-guardrails is possible and has been done. It’s just that in most western countries, huge corporations, “too big to fail” banks, and rich people have successfully worked themselves into positions of regulatory capture, which lets them operate with zero consideration for anything besides short-term profitability.