lost capitalist idea...

The issue with Capitalism as we define it in today’s world is that we aren’t capitalist. A true capitalist would know to act in their best long term interest. Meaning, if a company were to aim for short term profit margins to appease the Wall Street investors but in order to do so they cut back on R&D then they will fail. Miserably so. Because they aren’t acting in their best interests. They are attempting to appease a group of people who truly don’t care about the business’ growth but care about the growth of their personal portfolio, which obviously will flow far away from said company long before it crashes…however said company is still stuck with the fact that they destroyed their once vibrant future in exchange for a short (quarterly) “gain” to boost their stock prices.

 

To act in one true self interest involves a great amount of forethought and hard work. To gain the largest market share is not necessarily in the company’s best interest…forcing out competition is not necessarily in a company’s best interest. Nor is having the highest profit margin at any particular point in time. Why do we not understand this most simple idea?

 

"Do I contradict myself?

Very well then, I contradict myself.

(I am large and contain multitudes.)"

Walt Whitman, Song of Myself