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Has capitalism increased hatred in the human race?

Has capitalism increased hatred in the human race?


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Hate and greed are human trait's, capitalism causes these behavior's to express themselves no more then in any other form of a ideaology/system.
 
Nah, this is actually the most peaceful time to live in all of human history. And to an extent, I believe capitalism has contributed to that. But so has socialism for that matter. Which is why we should really be seeking a sort of mixed economy.
Peaceful? Not in the time of U.S. history. Because the push for wealth distribution has divided this country beyond belief. How dare someone think they are deserving of what another EARNED by the sweat of his brow and think it is alright to have their government by FORCE take it from those who actually put their life on hold to get the education needed to land a job that would produce a good income? It's time to address the fact that too many are making poor life choices and do not expect to take any personal responsibility for them. I truly believe in a safety net at a state level, but what is happening now is outrageous. The safety net is being abused. But that is a no brainer when the federal government is pulling the strings.
 
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Has anyone even hinted that they have the slightest proof that "capitalism has INCREASED HATRED in the human race?"

Why am I confident the OP author isn't going to say WHAT HE CLAIMS EXISTED before capitalism for which humans were LESS hateful?
 
That may be true. It also perpetuates hated filled right wing propaganda, so it cancels out.

Nothing cancels out. The existence of right wingers isnt a good argument against Capitalism, no more than mentioning the USSR and Socialism.
 
I am so tired of naive advocacy of the medieval serfdom system enforced by torture chambers by those who think they are cleverly enlightened by cursing capitalism.

Lot of words there, but nothing of substance.

Your messages of your hatred of the USA and hatred of economic freedom - which is capitalism is - do not equate to "hatred in the human race."

You are wrong that my message is one of hatred. But you are right that the message does not equate to hatred of the human race. Perhaps you meant something else, try again.

Claiming your hatred - or accuracy your envy other leading to you hate others - is shared by everyone is mistaken.

Envious of what? Persons who cannot see their inevitable destruction? I'm sorry, but there is nothing to be envious of.

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Don't get me wrong, he did his best, and it is nice to see that he has loved ones, but he had it all and he is doomed. Sorry, it just does nothing for me.
 
Lazy asses claim it is unfair that they don't get more of other person's paychecks.

What I said was capitalism creates huge imbalances in the distribution of wealth. That is true. You have taken a true statement and gone off the deep end.
 
Well whose fault is that? Not the one who obtained his wealth by taking advantages of a system that allows one to.

The system is flawed. That is the truth. If you want to start playing the blame game, that is an endless finger pointing exercise.

First check who is considered the poorest among us in the U.S. You will find that the majority are single mothers. They have either given birth out of wedlock or their spouse abandoned them and their responsibilities.

Some of that is due, IN PART, to historical injustices that are the result of greedy people who cared nothing about the humanity of others in their pursuit of profit. That is not to say that those disadvantages cannot be overcome, but the truth is that the causality is partly rooted in that injustice and greed.

The next group who are considered the poorest among us are those who dropped out of high school by choice and do not have any skills.

Even people who have college degrees have difficulty making ends meet these days.

The third group who are considered the poorest among us are senior citizens often widows and widowers. They didn't do a good job of providing for their retirement years. Probably believed the big lie that Social Security was going to take care of them.

And part of that is due to the systemic flaws in capitalism that result in huge imbalances in the distribution of wealth.

Out of the top three who make up most poverty, the majority can be traced back to poor choices in life and nothing to do with capitalism.

There are quite a few people who are in poverty who have done the right thing, but who nonetheless find that well into their career their job was shipped overseas. That is due to capitalism.

In fact capitalism when allowed to do what it does best without government interference, creates jobs so folks can provide for themselves.

In fact, the only reason why this capitalist system works at all is because of government interference. Otherwise the system would have collapsed long ago.
 
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you misunderstood what I said.

Assuming that is the case what exactly did I misunderstand?

Then why did you include it if it had no bearing on your point? I merely responded to your words.

Again you missed the point. The point you missed this time is that your response had nothing to do whatsoever with the point that I was making. What I said supported the point that I was making.
 
Nah, this is actually the most peaceful time to live in all of human history. And to an extent, I believe capitalism has contributed to that. But so has socialism for that matter. Which is why we should really be seeking a sort of mixed economy.

Perhaps you are kidding that this is the most peaceful time in human history. But regardless, I agree that there needs to be a mixture. My point is that capitalism has a tendency to cultivate the quality of hate in human beings.
 
Nothing cancels out. The existence of right wingers isnt a good argument against Capitalism, no more than mentioning the USSR and Socialism.

What I am saying is that what you said about hateful left wing propaganda supports my point. I just added that hateful right wing propaganda supports my point as well.
 
Peaceful? Not in the time of U.S. history. Because the push for wealth distribution has divided this country beyond belief. How dare someone think they are deserving of what another EARNED by the sweat of his brow and think it is alright to have their government by FORCE take it from those who actually put their life on hold to get the education needed to land a job that would produce a good income? It's time to address the fact that too many are making poor life choices and do not expect to take any personal responsibility for them. I truly believe in a safety net at a state level, but what is happening now is outrageous. The safety net is being abused. But that is a no brainer when the federal government is pulling the strings.

Perhaps you are kidding that this is the most peaceful time in human history. But regardless, I agree that there needs to be a mixture. My point is that capitalism has a tendency to cultivate the quality of hate in human beings.



Steven Pinker: Why Violence Is Vanishing - WSJ
 
Capitalism leverages the greed in humans to fuel productivity. However, greed is based on selfishness, which produces hatred of others.

As such, has the advance in capitalism resulted in an increase in hatred in the human race?

Capitalism isn't the problem. The people who misuse the system and call it capitalism are the problem. Any ism can be bastardized.
 
Capitalism isn't the problem. The people who misuse the system and call it capitalism are the problem. Any ism can be bastardized.

I agree with you on that. But what I would put forward is that capitalism by its nature, has a tendency to bring out the negative quality of hate in humans in general. Of course, it is there choice to nurture it, but a system that leverages greed will do that more so that a system that is more based on the notion of sharing. That is why, as someone else has indicated, there needs to be a balance.
 
Capitalism leverages the greed in humans to fuel productivity. However, greed is based on selfishness, which produces hatred of others.

As such, has the advance in capitalism resulted in an increase in hatred in the human race?

Capitalism is a hypothetical set of rules to deal with the meanness of human nature.

Of course, the ruthless hate it.
 

Well first of all it presumes that we presently know exactly what has happened throughout human history. And quite frankly, our understanding of what has happened in human history goes back 5000 years in a practical sense. Beyond that, it is very highly speculative. Next of all, even for that 5000 year period that we know something about, we have no way of trying to accurately quantify everything that has happened to make a comparison.

That's right off the top of my head.
 
Capitalism is a hypothetical set of rules to deal with the meanness of human nature.

Of course, the ruthless hate it.

Well it is an abstraction. Actually some ruthless people love it. But it is likely that some ruthless people hate it as well.
 
Well it is an abstraction. Actually some ruthless people love it. But it is likely that some ruthless people hate it as well.

The really ruthless would go for tyranny.
 
Capitalism leverages the greed in humans to fuel productivity. However, greed is based on selfishness, which produces hatred of others.

As such, has the advance in capitalism resulted in an increase in hatred in the human race?

No, capitalism has not increased hatred in the human race. Political agendas and $10's of millions in messaging have.
 
What does that mean exactly?

That the ruthlessness of the capitalist is not only made possible by restrictions on the use of force and is so with an ameliorated form of brutality. It is also not the path of preference of the truly ruthless, who's systyle capitalism would cramp.
 
I agree with you on that. But what I would put forward is that capitalism by its nature, has a tendency to bring out the negative quality of hate in humans in general. Of course, it is there choice to nurture it, but a system that leverages greed will do that more so that a system that is more based on the notion of sharing. That is why, as someone else has indicated, there needs to be a balance.

I've no problem with a balanced system, because as it stands now capitalism under our current system is far from the economic system put in place to breed competition. It smashes it to pieces and breeds power and force.
 
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