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  1. I always find it amusing when people are shocked that there is corruption in capitalism. As if a system where people are constantly working in their self interest for profit wouldn't produce corruption.
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  2.  William Loudermilk  As long as profit is the primary motivating factor of our society, there will be collusion. there will be corporatism, there will be monopolies, oligopolies, there will be oligarchy, there will be corruption. These are natural results of profit and extreme wealth being a primary motivation in our society. People will collude to attain wealth, they will collude to maintain wealth. They will create propaganda, start wars, pollute the environment, and buy politicians to gain and maintain that wealth. Regardless of the "etymological root" of "capital" and "capitalism". The definition today is the ownership of the means of production. Which is entirely different than a "marketplace of ideas". It is basically owning the copyright or patent on someone else's ideas and using that to create and own more ideas. I think capitalism can run certain aspects of our society, but it should be small enough to "drown in a bathtub" as they say.
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