“What is your position on the economy?” the moderator asks one of the candidates at the Ukrainian presidential debate.
“I believe in capitalism!” one candidate declares. “Capitalism is the best system! For instance, a factory owner takes 90% of the profit the factory makes for himself and only gives 10% to the workers. That’s wrong! The owner should only get 50%, at most, and the rest should be distributed among the workers.”
“That isn’t capitalism, though,” the moderator suggests.
“Yes, it is! Because this is what’s fair!”
“Capitalism doesn’t know the word ‘fair,'” the moderator persists. “It knows the word ‘profit.'”
“Laws make capitalists do whatever is good for society!” the candidate exclaims. “That’s how it works everywhere in the world!”
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Whoever that is, I’d really like to know the author of the pop-up book he’s living in.
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I know, the guy is so deluded. 🙂 But it’s cute in a way, this faith in a “good, fair and kind” capitalism.
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LOL. What a fantasy. If it weren’t for labor laws, capitalism would happily invest in slavery.
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He said “Laws make capitalists do whatever is good for society!”, so I think he does understand. Just can’t express himself well.
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@Fie
I think most of us living in the West are already invested in it. It just isnt necessarily right in our backyard.
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