The one where Faunty is right

One of my sisters, the one that's in her third year of university, recently lost an argument with her friends, in which she said: "Capitalism causes hurricanes."

It may be easy to laugh at initially, but it's true.

Capitalism causes:
-global warming*
-sweatshops
-terrorism (indirectly)
-tsunamis
-toxic waste
-the depletion of natural resources
-hopelessness
-unsafe exploitation of nuclear power (particularly in Saskatchewan, which has the third largest uranium deposit in the world)
-famine and disease in Africa and other poor countries
-overpopulation in third world countries
-unsustainable growth in wealthy countries
-hatred
-foolish waste
-drought
-homelessness (in wealthy countries)
-unemployment ( " " ")
-a sense of entitlement in the wealthy (and by wealthy I mean anyone who can access the internet)
-disenfranchisment of minorities
-illegal wars
-genetically modified food
-agricultural degredation
-dairy companies being able to agressively promote cow's milk to be given to children daily, resulting in various illnesses
-soy being sold as a health food, when really it's toxic waste and actually depletes the body's protien and B vitamin stores
-government and corporate propeganda
-holes in the ozone
-uncontrollable governments
-uncontrollable poverty
-etc., etc., etc.

When people are given unlimited power to amass wealth by any means, they do it. They lie to manipulate both their customers and their sweatshop workers. They exploit others, caring only about their stock profits, and leaving the rest of the world to suffer.

And through capitalism, consumers benefit from the exploitation of those across the world, without even realizing it. Capitalism creates greed and creates a sense of inferiority in those who have less while encouraging those with more to demonstrate their wealth.

Consider this:

Would you rather make $100,000 thousand a year and have everyone else make $80,000 a year, or would you rather earn 150,000 a year if everyone else made $170,000? Even if you were able to pick the second option, wasn't it a hard choice? That insatiable desire to have more, be more and live more than others is rooted in capitalistic principles.

Money eats people's souls. And capitalism started it all.

*If you want the logic behind these comments, just ask. I have proof for each of these examples that I'd be more than happy to share.