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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Ironically, it probably will be capitalism that cures leukemia, in a way -- if it's profitable enough, some corporate executive will figure out a way to do it.
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Actually more like Capitalism will create Wealthy people and some of them will be altruistic, and or just interested in the tax breaks that they will get. Either way Donations will go to a group that will likely fund this research.
::begin rant::
Capitalism is not evil or bad. People are Evil or bad. There are plenty of evil people in "Socialist Utopian society's".
Such as "Smiling Uncle Joe" Stalin, Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler (yes he used Socialism to advance his Plan of a Utopia), Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Mao Zedong, Etc...
Sure are/were allot of lower class people, and very few rich in these societies.
Its easier to work against an evil capitalist then it is to work against an evil Government.
Greed in a capitalist society creates wealth. The greedy want more, so they invest to create wealth generating enterprises, and they get more money in return for a good investment. A poor investment, leads to loss.
Greed in a non capitalist society tends to just make a very few filthy rich, and very little if no regular rich or generally wealthy people. Just taking money from the rich does not create wealth. It is just forced redistribution.
In a non capitalistic society, there will be less wealthy to do this sort of thing. The governments will not do it unless they see some sort of benefit out of it either.
And no one like to have to do anything they are told they have to do. Its human nature. You will get a whole lot more cooperation with a kind word and a reward, then a threat. (most of the time anyway)
The filthy rich will always be the filthy rich. Some will die and give their wealth to their spoiled offspring, other will die and give it all to charity, and others will do a combination of those in varying degrees.
Heck one of those rich might develop some of those afflictions and be very generous donations in order to help find a cure.
::end rant::
It takes all kinds.
