The deregulated "free" market is unsustainable

The proposition is certainly not negated. 1. Con parades over the fact that I did not comment or respond to his claims of historical societies being temporarily sustained by unregulated "free markets". The reason why I did not respond to his remarks is merely because I do not see how historical basically ancient societies that existed before the birth of the modern corporation can have any relevance towards our current capitalist society. 2. If free markets so willingly acknowledge the role of government, then why do they constantly breed the activity of disregarding and undermine governmental regulation and legislation. (Let alone undermine our democracy) http://www.poclad.org... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern day corporation is what my opponent advocates. A corporatist society. Globalization.. His only contrary examples for comparison to his ideal economic system that being the deregulated "free" market, are the systems that which were under Mao.. Which in reality is a system of fascism, not at all in relevance to communist philosophy. Con uses this as a means to de-bunk regulation and all it represents. However let me list a couple examples of where regulations do in fact matter and are indeed a major force of good. Regulation for nursing- Require fair and ethical practices. Protects health, safety and welfare of the public vulnerable from unsafe practitioners. Regulations for daycare- Make major contributions towards improving child development and quality of care. http://www.childcareonly.com... Fallowing regulatory agencies that have improved the standards of living. *Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service* *Consumer Product Safety Commission* *Department of Veterans Affairs* *Employment Standards Administration* *Environmental Protection Agency* *Equal Employment Opportunity Commission* *Farm Credit Administration* *Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy* *Food and Drug Administration* *Nuclear Regulatory Commission* So indeed when con goes off on how poor contributions to society regulations make; con is in fact false. In addition, here is an article on the general base of regulation and the public interests. http://www.bsos.umd.edu... *This an extremely dangerous combination of characteristics that create an unsustainable society. FACT: The United States makes up approximately 5% of the worlds population and consumes up to a horrifying 24% if its resources. This is a direct result of the modern day "deregulated free market society". A society based upon self indulgence, and no sense of collectivism is not sustainable for society. Source for claim: http://www.mindfully.org... Here's sources for the same claim in case con wishes to challenge its legitimacy .. http://www.independent.co.uk... http://www.theinsider.org... FOR THE RECORD: I have in fact listed several arguments WITH mind you an overwhelming amount of sources for said claims. Con admittedly replies that he simply declines to bother to glance at any of my sources. "Pro invites me to read a bunch of websites and make a valid case for him. I decline." Now lets move on to the focus of the modern day corporation. For this artificial immoral entity is what makes up this unsustainable deregulated free market. For starters, the corporation is a power hungry force that was created under two very simple premises. To make as much profit as possible and at the same time have as little as accountability or liability for its actions. The corporation is an antagonist of an entity that is self-destructive and flat out harmful to society. To help con meet eye to eye with my perspective I will use the words of his own idol; The Nobel prize winning economist Milton Freidman "Asking a corporation to be socially responsible makes no more sense than asking a building to be." THIS quote completely debunks the idea of corporations being a identified as a legal person. However in the eyes of the law they have been in fact given the legal status as a person. A long time ago, corporations used to be a force of the community to build infrastructure. (Publicly controlled) Corporations were not allowed to buy and sell virtually anything! But all of that changed during the civil war to industrial revolution. The modern corporation was born.. During this time, newly free'd slaves have be benevolent on the current liberation. Unfortunately what they did not realize at this time was that the United States government was being undermined by a specific group of lawyers.. These lawyers were representing corporations. For what purpose you might ask? For more power.. And at this time I'm sure there were a lot of people like Roy who most likely felt this was a time of great "corporate liberation" but in reality this was a time enslavement against the underclass of society and the further aggravating oppression against workers all across the nation. Richard Grossman, the founder of POCLAD, (Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy) elaborates on the harms corporations have contributed to manipulate late and further corrupt our democracy. http://www.poclad.org... In defense of the corporations, I think it is in fact appropriate to distinguish those who contribute to society from those who don't. Yes it is true that there business leaders in the world today who are not consumed with money, and whom do care about the environment and do care about societal issues. And have indeed made very beneficial contributions to society. HOWEVER, these select few of the corporate world are completely made insignificant when analyzing the rest of the multi-national corporates harms. On top of that, let me add that its not the individuals in particular whom I claim to be unsustainable, its the system. Top business leader and captain of industry, Ray Anderson, founder of Interface Global Leadership Team recognizes that our current system is indisputably unsustainable. For more info : http://www.interfaceglobal.com... *THE BIG PICTURE* In conclusion, we are currently living in a society that has a veil of ignorance. A world filled with great injustices at every corner. A world filled with poverty, war, pollution and manipulation. The deregulated "free" market is the direct source of all these problems. Corporations care nothing to fight poverty and those whom advocate it do nothing to combat it as well; Matter in fact are manipulated to the point where they view fighting poverty is wrong. Without a doubt the previous statements I have just most likely made Tea baggers giggle with joy. And to them I just want to say, that I'm not alone.Like it or not culture objects this system. From the injustices towards are gross and sickening income inequality in this country, to the exploitation of workers all across the world, too even our fricken source of food which have become genetically modified and extremely unhealthy for our society just for the sake of cheaper costs.. Con brags about the quote "cheaper prices" corporations bring him and fill him with absolute joy.. Well those prices are low for a reason, they're low because they pay their workers sh*t and do not make products with quality in mind whatsoever. And finally, to those whom object government and object regulation.. I'd just like to say that you're ALLOWED to participate in your government, you are not however allowed to participate in corporations actions. (They are NOT democratic) So don't fear government..You live in America.. Be happy.. Believe in PUBLIC interests not PRIVATE, and you will have achieved sustainability.