Marlo Stanfield wrote:
Also would Europe benefit from a little more capitalism since they are having some issues with racism towards their immigrants in places like Finland, France, and the Netherlands?
aye it's sad but true that in Finland people are getting much more intolerant to minorities and immigrants. They fail to realise the benefits immigration can bring, and that not all immigrants are spongers or, indeed, black. However certain political parties are doing their best to make it a race issue, and sadly succeeding. Many Finns have a very closed mindset and a very aggressive isolationist mentality. Can't speak for France or Netherlands, and it's just my feeling about Finland albeit borne out by various surveys.
As for capitalism bringing people together, I don't think that's the answer, although these days most countries seem to be a mixture of capitalism plus something else. Could a 'purely' capitalist society ever exist? Maybe, but I think societies are much too complex to bother labelling them as 'capitalist', 'socialist' or whatever. Hell most of these terms - including capitalism - have many differing definitions anyway. China for example is nominally a communist country but has embraced capitalism wholeheartedly it seems. Basically there will always be people at the top screwing over people at the bottom in just about any society, and that's more to do with human nature than political ideology. I wouldn't trust Ayn Rand's philosophy about anything really tbh.
