Faults with Capitalists

Lead to Regulation

          As long as human society places 'value' on goods and services, some form of capitalism will always be here.  In a free society, however, capitalism should be heavily regulated to preserve the overall system.  Capitalists, by themselves, have traits in common with royalty of the past, and royalty did not like to admit it was wrong about anything.

          For a few centuries before the creation of the USA, most of the capitalism in the western world was in the hands of monarchs and noblemen.  Royalty was, in basic terms, capitalists who ran the government.  If the subjects of the realm did not like the fact that money deals were done behind closed doors, that was too bad.

          The freedom in the USA gave the privilege of capitalism to the common people.  Naturally, some individuals pursued wealth as a symbol of 'power', as if there would actually be such a law in a free society.  Since capitalists fail to recognize that resources are provided by working people, government is forced to regulate the capitalists in order to preserve the system.

          This process makes government larger, while capitalists insist they want smaller government.  Like royalty, with which they have so much in common, capitalists are unable to admit that their own actions cause a problem.  In general, the 'solution' is to find someone or something else to blame.

          In recent years, some American attitudes have shifted toward socialism.  The obvious response from capitalists is to offer horror stories of socialism under fascist governments during the 20th century.  No one bothers to mention that American voters have the freedom to choose socialist policy, then change the system back if they don't like the result.

          Within their own philosophy, capitalists are the master salesmen.  With this same thought, if the master salesmen can't sell capitalism to the public, they have only themselves to blame.  Much like royalty, capitalists like to believe that everyone wants to be like a capitalist, even though the idea may not be true.

          The reality is that human beings are part of nature and human minds work differently.  Not everyone is comfortable with misleading their fellow citizens about the alleged 'value' of goods and services.  Along with that, some people don't like to earn money to buy 'things' simply because capitalists have something to sell.  And not everyone is a believer in 'status' when capitalists, like royalty, claim to offer it.  The master salesmen are definitely out of their element when dealing with diversity in human attitudes.

          Capitalism has shown that it thrives at its best only when playing a supporting role in the free society.  Capitalists have a hard time dealing with this concept.  Without restraint, capitalists would overrun the system, reversing social progress to a condition where the wealthy would rule over the people, just as royalty had done.  To prevent this situation, government becomes larger in size.  In an ironic twist, however, as government strives to protect the people, it also preserves the role of capitalism.

          Capitalists waste a lot of effort making claims that they have all the answers, even when they don't.  Instead of sales cliches and false hopes, the master salesmen should offer a detailed plan, showing precisely how capitalism is a benefit for all people.  This would be the easiest way to convince citizens of the USA not to be lured by socialist policy.

          America was created and built by innovation and the ability to accept change, along with strong support from capitalism.  The role of these intangibles tends to confuse capitalists because there's no way to put a firm dollar amount on abstract ideas.  Until capitalists can show the proper insight, which may be never, government will continue to regulate and protect the voice of the people.