Moral underpinnings of Capitalism

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CAPITALIST SYSTEMS AND MARKET ECONOMIES ARE BASED ON THE IDEA FOR PERFECT RESOURCE

ALLOCATION ON THE MARKET. BUT, CONSIDERING THE NON-EXISTENCE OF PERFECT COMPETITION AND THE

MARKET FAILURES THIS SYSTEMS, THOUGH STILL IMPLEMENTED, IGNITES SERIOUS LACK OF MORALITY AND

IGNITES URGENT NEED FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. WHY? BECAUSE, THE SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES SALE

AND PRICING FOR EVERYTHING THAT CAN COME TO YOUR MIND, MONETIZING IDEALS AND

COMMERCIALIZING FAITH CREATES SLOW BUT CERTAIN SOCIAL DECADENCE CAUSED BY THE DISBALANCE

THAT THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY MECHANISM CREATES. IN THAT MECHANISM OF GLORIFIED TRADE

RELATIONS, FOLLOWED BY FAST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND VALUES LOSS IT SEEMS THAT THE

ELEMENTARY PICTURE FOR HUMANITY AND WORLD OF MEN IS STARTING TO FADE. EVEN MODERN ECONOMIC

MODELS CAN’T EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONING OF TODAY’S NATIONAL ECONOMIES. THE BASIC PRINCIPALS OF

EVERY SOCIETY ARE FORCED TO BE FORGOTTEN WITH THE SIMPLE JUSTIFICATION IN PROGRESS. THE LACK

OF CORPORATIVE AND FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE IN THE FREE MARKET BRINGS CONFUSION WHICH CREATES

PANIC, ANGER, FEAR AND DEVIATIONS. SIMPLY, ALL THE PROBLEMS GOOD HARDWORKING PEOPLE HAVE,

ORIGINATE IN SOME CEO’S PROFIT INTERESTS. THAT CAN NOT BE LEFT TO SMITH’S INVISIBLE HAND. THE

MARKET ECONOMIES MUST BE REGULATED AND MORAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY MUST BE

ESTABLISHED.

ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CAPITALISM

THE LIBERAL’S POINT OF VIEW CLEARLY UNDERLINES THAT CAPITALISM IS NOT A SOCIETY OF EQUALITY. IT

IS REPRESENTED AS AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM FOUNDED ON THE MARKET ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND

DRIVEN BY THE STRONG INDIVIDUALISM, STRIVE FOR SUCCESS, INNOVATION AND PROFIT. THE

INTERFERENCE OF THE STATE SHOULD BE AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE PROVIDING A LOW AND EFFICIENT

PRIVATE SECTOR THAT WILL ONLY HELP THE MARKET EQUILIBRIUM AND MAINTAIN SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.

IN THIS SYSTEM, THAT GIVES THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE T CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS

PEOPLE(ECONOMIC SUBJECTS) CAN CREATE MORE INCOME AND LIVE A WEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS LIFE

FOLLOWING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES:

COMPANIES WORK FOR PROFIT, ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTEREST OF THEIR STAKEHOLDERS,

CREATING GOODS THAT SATISFY THE NEED OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, SO THE ONLY MOTIVE FOR WORK

SHOULD BE HIGHER PROFIT

NOTHING IS FREE. IF YOU ARE GOOD AT SOMETHING NEVER DO IT FOR FREE . EVERYTHING CAN BE

EXPRESSED IN CURRENCY UNIT AND EVALUATED IN SHARES.

THE POWER COMES WITH DEFEATING THE COMPETITION, BUT THE PROFIT CAN

COME WITH COOPERATION BETWEEN COMPETITORS.

CUSTOMER NEEDS ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND KEEPING GOOD QUALITY AND LOW

PRICING IS ESSENTIAL FOR GREAT MARKET SHARE. BUT WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T

CREATE CUSTOMER NEED?

THESE PRINCIPALS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN EVERY DECISION IN THE ECONOMY CREATE

COMMERCIALIZED SOCIETY WHERE EVERYTHING(INCLUDING LOVE, FAITH, IDEALS) CAN

BE VALUED, PRICED AND BOUGHT AND PROMOTE INNOVATION THAT FACILITATE

HUMAN’S LIFE TO THE POINT OF DECADENT LAZINESS AND STUPIDITY IN YOUNG

GENERATIONS. SHOULDN’T WE BE AFRAID FOR THE MORAL VALUES OF THE INTERNET

GENERATION OF KIDS WHO GREW UP WATCHING VIOLENT AND PERVERT MOVIES,

SOCIALIZING ON TWITTER AND FALLING IN LOVE ON FACEBOOK? AND ALL THAT IS A

NORMAL INCORPORATED PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE THANKS TO THE STRONG MARKETING

MIX OF COMPANIES WHICH PRODUCE DEVIATED GOODS AND SERVICES.

CONSUMPTION OF THEIR PRODUCT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL, ONLY BECAUSE IT

GENERATES INCOME FOR THEM, PROVIDING THEM THE POSSIBILITY TO CONTROL.

THAT MATERIALISTIC SYSTEM BASED ON PROFIT, MARKET SHARE AND

CORPORATIVE CONTROL WHICH PROMOTES STATE INTERVENTION AND

REGULATION AS BREAKING THE BASIC FREEDOM OF CHOICE, CAUSES

THE MOST PROBLEMS IN THE KNOWN OVERPOPULATED WORLD. THEY

BEGIN ON A MICRO LEVEL WITH AN INTENSIVE MARKETING AND

COMMERCIALIZATION IN ORDER TO MAKE FORTUNE OR NOT RELEASING

INNOVATION UNLESS IT CAN PENETRATE THE MARKET. THEY EVOLVE AND

CONTINUE AS TAX EVASION, CORRUPTION, EXPLOITATION OF

WORKFORCE AND RESOURCES. AT THE END WE GET THE RECIPE FOR THE

SOCIETY THAT WE KNOW TODAY. SOCIETY WITH GREAT CLASS

DIFFERENCES, ANTAGONISM AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF

POLITICAL PROBLEMS, WEALTH CONCENTRATION AND GREAT DIVISION

BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES. IN ADDITION

PRODUCTION OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND STAFF IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE COMPANIES NEEDS IS REQUIRED. AND THE CROWN JEWEL OF

THAT SYSTEM ARE CLIMATE CHANGES AND POLLUTION.

SOCIALISM

“TO HAVE WHAT YOU NEED”IS THE MOTTO OF THE ANTONYM TO FREE MARKET CAPITALISM TYPICAL FOR THE US. SOCIALIST

SYSTEMS ORIGINATED FROM RUSSIA ARE BASED ON SOCIAL EQUALITY(EQUAL HUMAN AND SOCIAL RIGHTS, EQUAL

POSSIBILITIES FOR EDUCATION, WORK, SOCIAL JUSTICE, PROVIDING WORKPLACES FOR EVERY CITIZEN, EQUAL INCOME,

PROGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM), PLANNED ECONOMICS SYSTEM WHERE THE DECISION WHAT WHO AND HOW TO PRODUCE IS

PLANNED BY THE STATE, TOLERANCE AND MORAL DISCIPLINE.

THIS POSTULATES CREATE MORE DISCIPLINED AND AWARE POPULATION WHICH IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DECISIONS

IS STRONGLY CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. BUT, THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE LACK OF MOTIVATION AND INNOVATION WHICH

COMES WITH EQUAL INCOMES AND SOCIAL EQUALITY AND VALUES THAT CAN REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF A SMALL

POLITICAL ELITE, CREATING REPRESSION FOR OTHERS

WELFARE STATE

THE KEYNESIAN MODEL ACCEPTED OF MANY EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES IS SET ON THE DEMAND TO CREATE A PUBLIC AND

TRANSPARENT SOCIETY WHICH, OPPOSITE OF THE US FREE MARKET SOCIETY IS BASED ON DEVELOPED AND EFFICIENT

PUBLIC SECTOR WHICH HELPS THE STATE TO TAKE CARE FOR THE WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS. THE WELFARE STATE SYSTEM IS

BASED ON EXTENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION, GENEROUS SYSTEM OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND HEALTH PROTECTION. THE

BENEFITS BROUGHT TO PEOPLE ON THIS WAY CREATE COLLECTIVE AWARENESS FOR OTHER’S PEOPLE PROBLEMS AND IGNITE

PEACEFUL COOPERATION, TOLERANCE AND PROSPER IN THE SOCIETY. HOWEVER, THE EXTENSIVE AND INCREASED PUBLIC

EXPENDITURE FOR SOCIAL BENEFITS CAN SOMETIMES FORGET THE ECONOMIC FACTORS. SO THE WELFARE STATE CAN

CROWD OUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR, STOP THE INNOVATIONS AND MARKET GROWTH AND INCREASE THE PUBLIC DEBTS

WHICH WILL LEAD ONLY TO BUDGET CUTTING THAT WILL BRINGS BIGGER PROBLEMS(CORRUPTION, UNEMPLOYMENT,

INCREASED CRIMINAL RATE, SUICIDES)

THE TURMOIL OF THE LATEST DEPRESSION AND THE NEWEST POLITICAL ESCALATIONS IN THIS WORLD STRONGLY

EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR MORAL AND ETHICAL EVALUATION OF THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE

MARKET FAILURES AND WEALTH CONCENTRATION, AS WELL AS THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS GIVES A

SMALL GROUP OF ENTITIES THE RIGHT TO MANAGE AN ENTIRE HABITATS (INCLUDING THE PLANET) IN LIGHT OF THEIR

INTERESTS. IF THAT CONTINUES, MORAL DECAY, LACK OF FISCAL AND MORAL DISCIPLINE, CLASS DIVISION AND

ANTAGONISM CORRUPTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE WILL ONLY INTENSIFY. THE MARKET MECHANISM( WHICH IS UTTERLY

UNDER GREAT CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS) WILL PRODUCE A HOPELESS, MATERIALISTIC NEW GENERATIONS BORN IN THE

ERA OF DIGITALIZED LIVES AND SMART GADGETS. AND THE GREAT INEQUALITIES IN THAT SOCIETY CAN BRING TO MASSIVE

CONFLICTS EVEN WITH THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK OF GLOBALIZATION PROCESS. SO THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY CAN NOT

JUSTIFY THIS ACTS SIMPLY WITH THE BASIC PRINCIPALS OF THE MARKET, NOT IN THE SITUATION WHEN THAT ESCALATE

INTO DESTRUCTION OF THE SAME CAPITALIST SYSTEMS. SO, WHEN THE NEEDS OF THE MANY OUTCOME THE NEEDS OF THE

FEW, MORAL AND ETHICAL EVALUATION OF CAPITALISM MUST BE MADE AND SOCIAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND

ACCOUNTABILITY MUST BE REQUIRED

IN THAT LIGHT AN IDEAL VALUE-BASED CAPITALISM SHOULD BE A COMBINATION OF WELFARE STATE AND SOCIALLY

RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISES. TO PROVIDE THE FURTHER PROGRESS AND FACILITATE HUMAN PROBLEMS, COMPANIES AND

GOVERNMENTS MUST INVEST IN SOCIALLY USEFUL AND ECOLOGICAL PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS(

COMMERCIALIZATION OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL RAW MATERIALS,

OIL REPLACEMENT FUELS).

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOCIAL EQUALITY THE ENERGY AND INTERNET ACCESS SHOULD BE FREE FOR EVERY CITIZEN.

THE NATIONAL REGULATORY REGIMES IN A SOCIETY OF VALUE-BASED MARKET SHOULD LIMIT THE PROFIT OR PERSONAL

INCOME( AND EVERY CENT ABOVE THAT SUM SHOULD BE INVESTED IN BUILDING COMMON ECOLOGICAL AND MODERN

CAPACITIES OR ADVANCED PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT), LIMIT THE POSSESSION AND TRADE OF

SHARES TO PREVENT THE SPECULATIVE GAMES THAT CAN ANNIHILATE GOOD ENTITIES.

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE SHOULD BE FORMED

THE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE PUBLIC DEBATES TO DETERMINE WHICH SOCIALLY SENSITIVE ITEMS AND GOODS THAT CANNOT

BE MARKETED AND SUBJECT OF TRADE AND TAXATION.

A SYSTEM OF NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL STANDARDS, ECOLOGICAL TAXES AND SUBSIDIARIES FOR AWARENESS SHOULD BE

ESTABLISH

COMPETITION CONTROL AND ANTIMONOPOLY LEGISLATIVE SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED WITH BIGGER SANCTIONS.

THAT SOCIETY BASED ON MORAL VALUES SHOULD REST ON EQUAL POSSIBILITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT, EQUAL AND EXTENSIVE

SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND SUPPORT FOR THE EMPLOYERS.

MAINTAINING PROGRESSIVE TAXATION WHICH WILL MAKE THE RICH TO CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC EXPENSE MORE THAN IN

PROPORTION TO THEIR REVENUE.

ONLY WITH THESE METHODS FOR BIGGER CONTROL OF THE ECONOMIC ACTING, PROMOTION OF THE COLLECTIVE

AWARENESS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND AN ADEQUATE SOCIAL BENEFITS WILL INCORPORATE THE ETHICAL THINKING

IN THE PROCESS OF DECISION MAKING AND WILL REDUCE THE ACHES OF THE MARKET. IN THAT WAY, HUMANITY CAN

DEVOTE ITSELF TO PROGRESS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.

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