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13989, RE: that is culture...
Posted by AZ, Wed May-30-01 05:03 PM
>>>No. It's due to a system in which feeding everyone would be harmful to competition, private property, and maximization of profits, which are the main components behind capitalism.
>
>that is culture...these are the ramifications
>of peoples culture...we cannot separate
>actions from thoughts...the system is
>built by "people", they just
>don't pop out of nowhere.

if firms don't maximize their profits, they cease to exist. This is true irregardless of culture. If all the hungry were fed in this world, then firms would definitely go out of business. There is no incentive in capitalism, and no mechanism in capitalism, that allows the feeding of those who cannot afford it on a mass scale.