What is it with this 'Occupy Wall Street'? They're meant to be anti-capitalist, right? But what is capitalism? Simply put, it is a system wherein goods and services are produced solely in order to be sold on a market with a view to realising a profit. As such, it is a universal system, and no matter that some regimes may cynically style themselves as 'socialist' or 'communist', all are in fact capitalist, whether of the state or private variety - or something in between. This is what capitalism is all about: Profit. So if you want to straitjacket the system - to ameliorate the effects of capitalism - all you'll end up with is capital withdrawing to some locale more accommodating. Let’s get real!! Hence, genuine anti-capitalism is all about nothing less than abolishing the entire decadent wasteful system. What does that involve? In a nutshell, it entails a world-wide democratic revolution aimed at abolishing money, wages, profits, private (or state) ownership of the means of production, and all the other features of capitalism, and replacing it with a world-wide system in which goods and services are freely accessed, where production is democratically controlled, and where the means of production are held in common. This is the only legitimate meaning of communism - forget the crap spouted by both the right and the left. Want to know more? Check out:http://andycox1953.webs.com/

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[-] 1 points by TarigAnter (33) from Khartoum, Khartoum 13 years ago

To achieve healthy capitalism and to protect the people from corporate abuses and corruption a new universal system of labeling of all products and services must be designed and implemented globally. The ingredients of each product or service are composed from not only the physical components but more importantly from the processes involved in the final output.

All corporations and businesses in general must be held accountable and be observed by consumers, employees, the community, and the state departments. For this purpose a tagging system shall be put in place to measure and publicize on any product and any service on the performance of the production business for the total and each of at least the following issues: Executive pay Excessive advertisement Unfair advertisement Labor welfare Unions’ participation Capital distribution Political leverage Environmental responsibility Social contributions Fair play Equal opportunities Financial transparency http://tariganter.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/ethical-corporatism-tagging-system/

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