Will America Turn to Free Market Capitalism within 10-20 years?

[Truthseeker420]

Will American Turn to Free Market Capitalism within 10-20 years?

There are days when I have no hope. Like today. Are we bound forever to Corporatism, or maybe descending to Socialism? How can the Free Market be established here?

Wedn

free market is as idealistic as socialism.

 

[whitehall]

You gotta define "free market capitalism" wedin. It seems that America is losing the war with democrat socialists in simple capitalism issues.

 

[dblack]

The question for me remains- how many Americans believe in Laissez-faire Capitalism these days... based on the behavior of the major political parties, is there evidence for such belief there? and do modern Americans (in the majority) even care, or think about it? Of course everyone wants to make money, and have a quality material life- but at what price?

Are there enough individualists left out there to make a real difference any more?
Wedn

I hate to say it, but I assume not. That's not to say we'll see totalitarian socialism any time soon, but overall people care more and more about security and less and less about freedom. Once again, it's sort of inevitable in a maturing society. I suspect freedom lovers will need to look elsewhere in the future. And I don't see anything promising on the horizon.

 

[Truthseeker420]

You gotta define "free market capitalism" wedin. It seems that America is losing the war with democrat socialists in simple capitalism issues.

How so?

 

[whitehall]

You gotta define "free market capitalism" wedin. It seems that America is losing the war with democrat socialists in simple capitalism issues.

How so?

The president of the United States referred to the US Chamber of Commerce as a "sinister tool of the republican party". The president appointed a radical left wing communist former leader of an arson and looting rampage to be on his "green jobs board" only there ain't any green jobs. The president blames banks for the economy problem when it was the strange government/private sector entity called Fannie Mae that failed while it was supervised by the congressional banking committee.

 

[Wedn]

I want to thank everyone who made comments. First, I think I should address the question posted by whitehall-
So, how do we define 'free market capitalism'?
There is no simple definition for free market capitalism, and I completely agree with Truthseeker420 when he says that this term 'free market' is an ideal term, as is the term socialism (unless they are used in some limiting particular sense). So I will attempt no granite, as in carved in stone, definition, but will allow my sense of the term to emerge through our discussion. Capitalism is a different term and not synonymous with 'free market'. Capitalism is a very concrete term with history and historical embodiment. The 'free market' is more problematic, because in a pure unadulterated form it could never exist in a real human society. Capitalism is a pure manifestation here and now, and historically, whether accompanied by the free market or not. Enough for now, to keep my posts short and easy to read.
Wedn

 

[Wedn]

America is a nation whose economic system is Capitalism... this is a solid fact... but it is a nation whose system is far from the free market... the public sector and the private sector are fused- such that our government serves the interests of Capital first and foremost. Also, all people, every single individual in our nation who participates in the economy- serves Capital. But we have enough history and enough of competitive markets to be considered (by many) as a practicable 'free market'.

 

[Wedn]

To consider the present without reference to the past is like living and acting without memory; Economic and Political discussion must imbue the present with the past which created it; so, as I bemoan the present state of America, and search for some hope for her, I look to her past with a hard and real perspective, determined not to create of her real past some mythical ideal which the present must attempt to return to or live up to... pulling forth some version of the past for the sake of propaganda we already have too much of... it is the truth which matters, the true history of what brought us here, in this moment of time.

 

[Wedn]

It seems the topic here attracts little interest, the future of so-called 'free market Capitalism' - which perhaps points to a possible answer to the question itself; the mass of people who make up the 'real economy' are for the most part blind actors. This is of course why there is not now, and likely never will be a free market in trade and commerce; only the thinking actors, those who arrive at the top either by good fortune or ruthless greed, are the significant players; it is they who set the rules and determine the outcomes of economic activity. All others by the millions are pawns only; the power of propaganda and crowd control has never been greater; and thus the future of America is very dark.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

why not cut the BS and say what you are for and why.