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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
To whom are you referring? The robber barons?
Self-centeredness and selfishness shouldn't be a problem in a capitalist society (as far as the capitalism goes, other aspects of the society will suffer). What breaks capitalism is the concentration of wealth and power in small groups, eliminating the competition that is supposed to keep them honestish.
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No, not the Barons, they are doing what they always did, albeit on a much larger scale. Greed without borders, anyone?
I was referring to the consumers, when making their choices of evils consider only themselves in the immediate future, without a thought to the effects on anyone else or even the long range effects to themselves.