In countries operating a largely capitalist system, there does not appear to be a wide understanding among its actors and overseers of either its advantages or its hazards.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.
Capitalism requires individual responsibility and accountability. People are seen as atomized units in a capitalist system - they are either useful, or they are not. They are not seen racially or ethnically or religiously. They consume and they produce, and those are their only relevant characteristics.
Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
Capitalists seem uninterested in capitalism, even as eager entrepreneurs can't get financing. Businesses and investors sound like the Ancient Mariner, who complained, 'Water, water everywhere - nor any drop to drink.'
While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work.
Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart.
Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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