Journal gishzida's Journal: Capitalist Morals versus Human Values 2
Reading through the comments on the report that the SCOTUS ruling to uphold the Affordable Care Act I found one commenter who asked "Don't you believe in Capitalism?"
I started to reply to that remark but decided to instead note it down here.
Capitalism is one of many ways to make a society work. Unfortunately here in the United States we have not learned to "soften" our desire for a profit when it impinges on moral behavior. Hard core capitalists believe in "Profits before morals" -- That is a "dog-eat-dog" Darwinian view of society-- There are certain political groups that love this idea because they believe that the object in life is whoever has the most toys wins. Regardless of what they might say about their "moral code" or "ethical views" or even [for some] their alleged religious beliefs all of it gets checked at the door when it comes to profits.
One of the simplest moral codes ever put forward [by multiple religious and philosophic systems] is the Golden Rule -- "Do to others what you would have them do to you." From what I have seen and experienced, the Capitalist view of this is inverted in the US to mean "Charge the highest possible going rate but cut your losses --- we don't care what the other guy would do to us."
Most people that have adopted this view of life have never had a tragedy strike... have never been out of work with no money for health care... have never had to watch a loved one suffer because there was no way to pay for a doctor... This kind of "moral-less" Capitalism is unacceptable.
Then we come to the brass tacks of: How much is your life worth to you? Do you really trust a "Capitalist" system that is all about profit and has no moral will except to maximize profits? You trust a system that sees you as a profit or a loss rather than a human being? How will you feel when they decide you are one of the losses to be cut?
I don't expect that this law will stand as the forces opposed to it have a lot of money to throw at repealing it... which of course they will take their expenses out of your pocket after they have repealed it.
Why won't they take it out of my pocket? I've got nothing to give. I'm one of those older tech workers that got the boot in favor of a 'younger, cheaper' replacement. So I've been unemployed for 15 months without health care. Prognosis for a new job is not good-- after all who needs a network admin who pushing 59 -- IT is a "young person's field" So I'm a year short of early retirement age so I cannot touch my 401K... So I'm screwed by the system and screwed by the fellows that love their H1B employees.... Do I believe in this kind of capitalism? not by a long shot.
Frankly I come to the believe that American Capitalists are no different that the old Soviet Commissars in their firm belief that lying, cheating, stealing, and otherwise screwing their employees is moral behavior... for a Slave master and Conservative / Libertarian Capitalists are nothing more than slave masters by another name. Of course after the 14th amendment you aren't supposed to call them slaves any more-- you're supposed to call 'em employees.
A foot note:
The ACA is a congressional act that was signed into law by the President. Calling it "Obamacare" is deriding the President [They could not get away with calling it what they'd like to call it as it would reveal what kind of people they really are!] at the expense of who and what debated and put the law on the president's desk. That's right it was Congress not the President that passed the law.
America was once a great country... and who knows maybe it will be again when the cry-baby capitalists grow up and realize that in a truly mature society we all need to move forward not just some of us... Elites can only rob the poor or send them off to fight pointless wars for so long before the poor rise up to smite them. It is sad that libertarians are such children who are lead around by the nose and have no true moral will of their own. .
Of course this is all just my opinion and we know what opinions are worth on \.
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Which of course is the point... Conservatives {with their Libertarian pets] have no morals except the ones they pretend to have to mislead the gullible... Nations succeed of fail by how well they meet the needs of all of their citizens.
For example I have an older brother that looks down on me because I am on unemployment and am not working... It isn't like I am not looking for a job, I am. Still according to his "conservative beliefs", he feels I should not be looking for a hand-out... yet he is living on