Mr Bojangles Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Not only my family, but the system I have enriched by my very being. As you rightly say our existence is not about money. It is about just reward, and under this system of reward the true and deserving ones do not recieve it. I have trancended bitterness, as up to a point I consider I have done reasonably well from the system If the Industrial Revolution had not occurred, then Engineers would not be required. But then again, the capitalists could not have made their fortunes without engineers could they? No capitalist has ever made a difference to this world, except to degrade it. Every engineer makes a difference for the better every day. Without the capitalists, we would never have learned that we needed oil, electricity, engines, computers and the rest - because inventions and discoveries do not reach the public until capitalists market and sell them. How would you moan about it all without your laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Come to think of it. Labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I wonder if Isambard Kingdom Brunel could be described as a capitalist? I remember going over one of his bridges on a train as a youngster, bit of an engineer are we Bojangles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Though if pigs did start to fly, I would still consider voting for them, so I think I'll go for that option. Does this count? Another dozen Tory votes netted, get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSY86 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Would only vote conservative if held at gun point whilst balancing on the edge of a cliff and hungry sharks were waiting for me at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bojangles Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I remember going over one of his bridges on a train as a youngster, bit of an engineer are we Bojangles.I believe Balpin is, but that he believes engineers are used and abused by capitalists. Plenty of capitalist entrepreneurs have been engineers, none more so than Brunel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 UKIP should be a good option. They were right about the EU anyway. I reckon the Tories will win the next election. If we've left the EU by then, hopefully, then there'll be fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Would only vote conservative if held at gun point whilst balancing on the edge of a cliff and hungry sharks were waiting for me at the bottom. What if you were on fire too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 The exact opposite, I have worked and given the capitalist the benefit of my labour and intelligence all my life, at very cheap rates I may add. I am still providing them with my ability at turned 60. And at least I have the warm feeling that when I go to my grave, I have passed on my knowledge to fellow men. I will also have imparted to them what stinking trash we are working for, and that all our skill and ability goes to enriching beings who are not fit for cat litter. If that's the way you have viewed it, why didn't you set your own business up, so you could benefit from your own labour and intelligence? Would you have remained fit for cat litter if you'd been the owner of your own company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Without the capitalists, we would never have learned that we needed oil, electricity, engines, computers and the rest - because inventions and discoveries do not reach the public until capitalists market and sell them. So what happened to get civilisation to the point of capitalism? Did the wheel fail because nobody was willing to invest in it? No. Society doesn't need capitalism, it is just one theory. I'm neither anti-capitalist nor pro-capitalist, but to argue that without it everything would fail does no good at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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