does American capitalism destroy healthy family living?
kingcrab2879 asked:
is success in America more important than being good parents, lovers, and friends?
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is success in America more important than being good parents, lovers, and friends?
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May 25th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
It depends on who you ask. Those who have devoted their life to the almighty dollar will say yes. Those who are content just being comfortable will say their friends and family are the most important thing in the world. It’s not a question of capitalism, which by itself is innocuous. It’s a question of greed, which can and does develop in every society, regardless of it’s structure. There are always those few who want to take advantage of the rest.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
NO. workaholics destroy healthy families. My dad makes plenty… in fact more than enough, but he’s still around a lot and spends lots of time with us. If we lived in a communist country, we’d be poor, and he wouldn’t have any time for us. lets compare the two.
May 30th, 2009 at 2:04 am
I used to help young people getting out of the east (USSR) in the 70’s. They believed, the grass was greener on the other side. Once the lived in western Europe, they couldn’t go back, because of all the material comforts they acquired in a short time. But every single one lost their happiness to some degree. The bad economical situation in the east let to a barter system, where people need to help each other and be close. We don’t need to be close, we put our parents into retirement communities for $6000 month, our kids into preschools for $2000 a month. We live in suburbs with gates and we have flat screen TVs
May 31st, 2009 at 2:18 am
it’s really rampant consumerism, not capitalism, that destroys healthy families
May 31st, 2009 at 3:46 am
In most cases, no. Desire for money is inevitable–even under socialism or communism, people try to get more for themselves.
June 1st, 2009 at 10:04 am
I think so, for a lot of people…time is spent acquiring things and not relaxing with others…
June 4th, 2009 at 12:41 am
There are a couple problems here, 1) capitalism certainly isn’t an American thing anymore in a global economy where countries like China and India are beginning to participate, and 2) how do you define success?
Ultimately, the answer to that question is the problem. I would say that 99.9% of people would answer something along the lines of being the head of a corporation, being a famous movie actor or sport athlete, or whatever.
Find a person who answers, success is growing up to see your kids live a happy and fruitful life, then you’ll know you’ve found someone who has not gotten caught up in a materialistic world where being better than someone else is the de facto definition of success.
Capitalism breeds greed… greed ignores loving relationships with other people… once a person realizes this, they become grand-parents!