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I believe capitalism is a detriment to society as a whole. We will never be a thriving society with it in place. CMV

Capitalism is the primary reason for the lack of advancements in energy, medicine, housing, poverty, world peace, the drug war, ect... It causes a "me vs. you" mentality, resulting in crime committed by, desperate people trying to survive or the sociopaths who are allowed to use there viciousness to succeed in the corporate world. It induces insane greed in those who succeed with it, causing CEO's and others to put profits before humanity and nature. And it is so out of balance these days that small businesses, mostly, don't stand a chance of success against the marketplace titans. It is a broken system and it's literally killing us. Convince me otherwise.

Edit- I'm writing "edit" this because I guess I wasn't too clear in my argument. (forgive me, I am new to the debating type subreddits) Okay, so it would take a long long time to cite every occurrence for the detriment reaches far and wide but I will speak from my observations and cite a few things.

- We no longer have products that last a life time because disposable shit make a company more money. 
- L.A., California lost it's effective subway system to oil, tire, and car companies(look at the smog problem)
- Monsanto destroys some farmers who do/and most farmers who do not buy there products.
- Walmart destroys small businesses buy providing similar product for cheaper by buying shit products from overseas.
- Most medicine (physical and psychological) is based on systematic cures rather than fixing the root of the issue.
- Hemp can solve a lot of issues and why is that not being used? (timber, oil, pharmaceutical, ect companies)
- We(the US) are constantly caught instigating conflict in other countries for profit(directly or indirectly).
- Collecting rain is illegal in some places and so is seed trading among farmers.
- ect ect ect
I believe a socialist democracy with community service based incentive programs would work. If you want more you work towards your community and receive more. It's a very raw idea. I can go more into detail if ya'll would like.

How many times throughout history have we been stifled because the rich used their power to prevent an advancement in the name of profits?(like with tesla for example) The only reason we are advancing nowadays is because humanitarians are able to put their contributions into the public without relying on mainstream media to promote it. Corporations/central banks run the world and it's because they are given the format to do so.

We have had people attempt to come up with alternatives to the whole, you need us for this, and they are snuffed out by big business. And do I really have to cite all the times big businesses have poisoned the environment because it was cheaper? The format of business is corrupt and demands a dog eat dog mentality that makes it so you have to take advantage of any one weaker than you or you don't survive.

Do you really think I have no argument? There is something very corrupt about how this system works. It always comes down to the whole idea of the strong overtaking the weak.

"Oh, but they need us." What the hell happened to self-sufficiency? It was eliminated by big business's good friend, advertising. 

I may come off like I have a blind belief but I pay attention. Most everything that we have available to us today, we only have because someone found it profitable. 

Edit- Also, we have more people than jobs. So much so, that we literally have to make shit up so that people can make money to feed their families. And because we can not make enough jobs for the people who need them... People starve. 

Why don't we automate to stupid stuff- trash, retail, grunt level factor work, ect, and eliminate the, work or die structure. **I do not believe people will cease to be inventors, police, doctors, teachers, ect. The important jobs are mostly done by people with passion. For those who aren't, would you really want a doctor who's in it for the money to be put in charge of finding the best chance of curing your disease or or the guy(or girl) who decided at a young age that they wanted to help people? This question applies to all the important occupations.** 

Capitalism does not allow humanitarianism. It defeats it. How will we have non-corrupt globalism? Please tell me how will we thrive in the future when corporations and central banks own everything?(oh wait...)


Edit- I am convinced. My issues are valid but the cause is not Capitalism as a system. And socialism certainly is not the answer. Corrupt government and lack of regulations seem to be the major issues here. Ya'll changed my view. Deltas will be appropriated later, as I am currently headed out the door.
gpt
What lack of advancements in energy, medicine, housing, poverty, world peace, crime?

We have lots of advanced energy tech, houses, ways to address poverty, the world has never been more peaceful, crime is dropping.