In the USA here Capitalism is worshipped even though it has totally corrupted our politics.
Every economic system corrupts the political leaders. You are singling out capitalism unfairly and blaming it for the flaws in human nature.
The US is one of the least corrupt countries in the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the...-on-the-index-darker-red-means-more-corrupt-1
Transparency International published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, a global ranking of fairness around the world.
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Here's a map of the countries on the index — darker red means more corrupt.
Capitalism has done more to alleviate poverty than any other single factor in human history.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2013/09/capitalisms-triumph-michael-tanner/
" In the last 20 years, for instance, capitalism has lifted more than a billion people worldwide out of poverty "
Here in the US, I haven't met one Trump supporter who doesn't think Trump is trying to protect status quo, i.e. White Western Culture.
How many Trump supporters is that?
Is "White Western Culture" what they said, or are you putting your words in their mouths?
I don't know why anyone would think the status quo in the US is White Western Culture,
US culture includes includes Rock music (African American) jazz music (African) Gunpowder (China) , Algebra (Arab) etc etc,
The US is 16 % Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian. Implying the US is white is wrong. In only 25 years whites will not even be the
majority ethnicity in the US.
And Trump is not trying to protect the status quo. The status quo is the problem Trump is trying to fix:
Socialism - too much government infringing on personal freedom inhibiting economic growth (see below on how this hurts the poor)
Globalism - international corporations profiting at the expense of ordinary people.
Unfair trade agreements with other countries that have led to loss of jobs in the US.
Political correctness - used by liberals to restrict free speech to silence political opposition.
And unrestricted immigration (no country in the world allows that). US politicians want it for two reasons to provide cheap labor for corporations and to increase the number of Democrat voters. Unrestricted immigration hurts poor citizens them most - it make it harder to find jobs and reduces wages and increases competition for low income housing and government resources allocated to the poor. Porous borders also help organized drug gangs and human traffickers to operate ruining countless lives of people the government should be protecting instead of profiting off of their destruction.
OK, fair enough, nothing wrong with that, but isn't that a bias? What is it biased against? How many people here know the history of government supported racism in America? How many know about US asylum and immigration laws and why they are being changed. Why are we rejecting hospitalized foreign children coming to the US for treatment? Why is the US changing its stance against children born to US soldiers in other countries.
How about why is the EPA lowering pollution and environmental safety rules? Opening up protected areas to mining and logging.
Because there is a cost/benefit analysis for everything and the cost is jobs for workers who have children to clothe, house, feed, send to college. Economic growth helps poor people most - it provides more jobs, better wages and benefits when there is a labor shortage.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/04/05/usa-meets-kyoto-protocol-without-ever-embracing-it/
USA meets Kyoto protocol goal – without ever embracing it
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In 2012, a surprising twist and without ever ratifying it, the United States became the first major industrialized nation in the world to meet the United Nation’s original Kyoto Protocol 2012 target for CO2 reductions.
Since Trump is largely supported by the Christian Right. Their legal arm the ACLJ are now filing lawsuits against meditation courses being taught in public schools here. The organization is being run by Trump legal advisor Jay Sekulow, any comments?
Public schools are not the place to teach religious practices to children and there are a lot of
risks associated with meditation. That is something parents should oversee - not government run schools. The absolutely last thing I would want for my kids is to have them taught meditation in public school.
By the way, any opinions on the proliferation of corrupt corporations for profit charter schools in the US.
Can you please say what the evidence is that charter schools are corrupt?
Why do so many parents prefer charter schools to public schools? Because in some areas the public schools are horrible and the only chance children have for a decent education is from charter schools.
How about not forgiving student loans to people duped by fake Universities i.e Trump University.
It irked me David Bailey administrator scolds Steve about some casual political remark on the Sean Webb page, which I found apropos because it goes to the heart of posing to have critical thinking skills. Then David proceeds to go into a little pro Trump tirade that smacks of naked hypocrisy.
This forum is suppose to be, to me, a form of investigative method of discovery, self discovery. That's not what's happening here. What we have is a bunch of biased opinions using politically biased sources and I believe many are not even US citizens.