Bull Manure

The late Milton Friedman was one of the capitalists who added his point of view to those of activists in this documentary I've been studying. When asked about 'externalities' of corporate projects, which are generally regarded as a bad thing, he only wanted to talk about the 'good' externalities. He compared these good externalities to the beauty of a man's garden, which may be enjoyed by all. I think this is a poor analogy. If capitalist wealth were represented by a beautiful garden, it would be surrounded by concrete and barbed wire and no one could get within a hundred feet of it without being shot. I'm tired of these wealthy people crediting themselves solely for their success. They couldn't have gotten rich without help. All they do is come up with the idea. That's not enough on it's own to make a person rich or I would be rich from writing and sharing my hit songs, instead of starving poor. If I were able to make money from my web posts, I would owe a debt of thanks to the web site that made it possible. I would also owe gratitude to my millions of supporters. But a capitalist, in his arrogance, turns around and betrays such helpers, exporting their jobs to foreign countries and weaseling out of his fair share of the tax burden. They whine at people like me and threaten to take their wealth to some other country, but I know they'd rather live here in a country with a developed infrastructure because it delivers the highest standard of living. Otherwise, they'd be living in the poor, politically unstable countries where they pay laborers pennies to produce products that sell here for dollars.
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