The Bottom Line vs. Humanity
A woman's husband gets a terrible sickness, and is denied coverage from their carrier. The husband dies. The woman says "we were covered, but they decided not to pay- I thought they were here to help us." WRONG. And that's the problem with our capitalist system: It's focus is THE BOTTOM LINE- nothing else. It assumes that the "best" business (meaning the one that helps the most people) will be rewarded the most. Under the classic capitalist idea that would be true, but it is NOT true in practice. I'm a BIG Ayn Rand fan and all of that, but there's no point in arguing theory versus truth. The ONLY focus of a business is to count the profits, so it gets more investors, who want to grow their profits together, there is NO OTHER CONCERN. That means if a product is dangerous, but it makes money- it is JUSTIFIED. If a business kills people (or, more to the point, lets them die), it is JUSTIFIED. The BOTTOM LINE is never looking out for Humans. It has ...