Given the
evidence of the superiority of capitalism in achieving prosperity, isn’t it
astonishing we still debate its merits?
Filmmaker Michael
Moore actually made an anti-capitalism “documentary” called “Capitalism: A Love
Story.” Moore says: “Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You
have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all
people.” Is it relevant that Moore’s net worth is reported around $50 million,
give or take a few mil, and that his accumulation of wealth occurred within the
system of free markets that he trashes?
Another Hollywood
leftie, Ed Asner, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. In a
tax-the-rich cartoon video narrated by Asner, an evil rich man urinates on the
poor. Charming……Aid is just a stop-gap. Commerce (and) entrepreneurial
capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid. … In dealing with poverty
here and around the world, welfare and foreign aid are a Band-Aid. Free
enterprise is a cure.”……To ReadMore….
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