Since Jerome a Paris has reminded us that We're All Plutocrats Now (*irony*), it might be a good time to get some clarity on Capitalism itself.
I was surprised by people's reaction to the conclusion Michael Moore drew in, Capitalism: A Love Story, that Capitalism Is Evil. I thought people mostly knew that, or at least strongly suspected it, so the idea wouldn't be startling.
Of course capitalists don't think Capitalism is evil. But many progressives, too, were taken aback by Moore's blunt conclusion -- either disturbed by the potential implications, or, more often, apparently not having thought about it deeply enough to have a clear opinion.
But many more people than just Michael Moore have thought deeply about whether Capitalism is Evil, and the arguments and evidence, when laid out (as I will shortly do), demonstrate that Capitalism is indeed evil, by any reasonable definition "evil." In other words, Capitalism is not just evil, it is VERY evil -- or, we might say, Capitalism can be proved Evil beyond a reasonable doubt.
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