Posted 02 August 2010 - 03:25 AM
People usually associate the United States with a Free Market Economy while associating countries such as North Korea, Soviet Union, Cuba, and Venezuela with Communism. However, it has been pointed out in this thread that there is not a country currently existing. Even North Korea has a private economy and over 50% of their economy is based on black market trade. Even if black market trade is not publicly endorsed by their government, if something consist of 50% of your economy, you won't make too much noise about it.
It has been proven again and again that a pure free market economy is a recipe for failure. The fact is that companies are out for profit and will do anything, no matter how immoral, in order to maximize profits. No matter how much they make, they will always push the limits to make more. In fact, when a free market is not regulated, it leads to Communism. When there is no regulations, companies turn people into slaves. They pay you as little as possible and put you in the worst conditions if it saves them money. That is really how labor unions got started. Companies paid low wages despite making record profits, and they put employees in terrible work conditions for the sake of saving money. Workers were dying left and right, but it was cheaper for companies to replace them rather than find ways of prevention and put them into effect. That is what really lead to labor unions. Workers organized and they literally revolted. If you look at every Communist country, that is what happened. People revolted against greedy corporations who paid the lowest of wages and treated workers more like livestock or slaves. The people revolted, replaced their government, and put corporations under state control. Some people try to say that we are more moral now, and companies wouldn't do that, however, they are still doing it. You have companies such as Walmart opening sweatshops in third world countries for cheap labor and they subject those people to terrible work conditions and unacceptable wages by human standards. We look the other way, but we would be in the same condition of the U.S. didn't regulate businesses. The U.S. regulates businesses within the U.S., but encourage deregulation in other countries as a means to boost the U.S. economy at the expense of the lifestyle and humanity of people within other countries.
If you look at all Communist countries, they generally developed after revolting against governments who were controlled by Western Nations and supported Western corporate interest. The people revolted, installed their own government, and took over corporations and put them under the state's control. The initial intentions were to provide freedom, liberal, justice, and equality. That vision only deteriorated after Western Countries decided that it was in their best economic interest to overthrow such governments through bribery, coups, and assassinations, and then reinstall a puppet government that would support greedy U.S. and British companies and their unethical practices (which includes exploiting these countries of their natural resources). This forced Communist governments to crack down and put a sort of marital law in place simply to remain in power and keep the control of their country outside of the hands of Western capitalist. Why do you think North Korea really closes itself off as it does? Do we really believe that the country is full of crazy people? Lets remember that North Korea and South Korea is technically the same and was divided by the United States and Soviet Union. So we must act ourselves why there is a distinction between the two nations. I don't support North Korea's actions in way, shape, or form, but they are really doing what they have to do to not be overthrown by the U.S. and Western nations. People know better than to attempt to overthrow a government or assassinate the leader of a nation with nuclear weapons. Especially if you believe that a segment of the population is crazy and bent on destorying the West. You don't know who may get their hands on those nuclear weapons. People in Communist countries have to suffer because outside forces attempt to make their government unstable do so through any and all means necessary. In fact, look at the United States during the cold war. Look at how our government, during that time, transformed from the beacon of democracy to a military state. Now image if the U.S. was the size of Cuba or North Korea, and we were up against the Soviet Union spies, military, assassination attempts, and coups. You would have a state with little or no rights given to the people. We say the cold war is over, but we are still engaging small communist nations like North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. People need to really understand what capitalism is and stop associating it with democracy. Any economic system, no matter if it is capitalism, communism, or a mixture can have freedom, justice, and liberty. It simply depends on the stability of the government and the threats that it faces.
Some people will try to say that the U.S. doesn't target these countries, but they do. The U.S. has attempted to assassinate several leaders of different countries across the world based on their economic decisions. Even if you look at Zimbabwe. What is the primary reason that the U.S. is against Zimbabwe? It is because of the economic reforms. It is not because of the lack of democracy. If it is because of the lack of democracy, why do we deal with Saudi Arabia? We deal with Saudi Arabia because they support our economic interest. We don't care about the rights of their people or the rights of the people of any country for the matter. Whenever we support the rights of the people of a nation, it is because that nation does not support our economic interest. It is all about U.S. national interest and every action made reflects our national interest. When Hugo Chavez began to nationalize his nation's economy, the U.S. attempted to coup his government and they almost succeed. The U.S. has made hundreds of unsuccessful assassination attempts on Castro. They have attempted to overthrow the government of North Korea and Iran. So when you wonder why Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela don't seek closer relations with the U.S. since President Obama is in office, it is because they understand the game that the United States play. They know that it is all about corporate and U.S. interest, and unless they are willing to surrender to that, there is nothing more in existence than insincerely smiling faces. There is a public partnership, but in the darkness of night there is assassination attempts, coups, and sabotage. It is almost like the Mafia, they smile in your face and next thing you know a bullet is in the back of your head. People need to understand how government works. The government classifies information in order to keep people knowing this stuff. Even when something is declassified these days, all of the vital information is marked out in jet black.
I believe that the best form of government is a mixture of capitalism and state government, with tough regulations on corporations to ensure that they are ethical. However, I also believe that those regulations should extend to how corporations who are based in the U.S. operate in foreign countries. We should also change our foreign policy approach, and only use our military in "DEFENSE" and not as a bargaining chip or threat. However, I guess that will probably never happen because economic and national interest come before morality. This is way you see children in third world countries digging through trash for food. The majority of 3rd world countries have the means to feed their own people, and provide them with a decent life, however, their resources are exploited and used in order to fuel the American lifestyle. Why do you think that we have an economy double the size of a nation with 1.4 billion people? It is not because we are so brilliant and superior. It is because we have the big guns and we are willing to use them.
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