The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

Does AP economics class favor capitalism because it works?

Works=\=infallible. There are oodles of problems that capitalism opens itself up to, it's naive to think otherwise.

Originally Posted by 1blankmind

I had a teacher go on a long rant about how Russia would of been a rich and prosperous country if America had not gone on a a crusade against it. And a lot of stuff along those lines.

If they didn't have the US threatening them as a superpower they would be crazy rich, you high?

[Zhanteimi]

Originally Posted by Frownland

There are oodles of problems that capitalism opens itself up to, it's naive to think otherwise.

Agreed. Capitalism feeds into humans' propensity for greed. But I'm not an AP economics professor, which is why I asked. So, why do the profs praise capitalism?