Greed and Capitalism

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.
- Milton Friedman

Friday, October 21, 2011

Occupy Wall Street wants to shine a light on the inequality of the Capitalist System.



"Rivalry, competition, envy, jealousy, all that is malignant in human character is nourished by the system.  Possessions, money, property -- on such corrupt standards as these do you people measure happiness and success... great segments of your population are deprived of the minimal prerequisites for a decent life, Is that not true, too.  Because your system is basically exploitative, inherently debasing and unjust; there can never be anything resembling genuine equality in such an environment."

-from Portnoy's Complaint

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