Vote totals:
Yes:
33%
No:
67%
Neutral:
0%
DEBATE: CAPITALISM IS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
CAPITALISM IS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
Non-Renewable Resources
Capitalism’s survival is dependent on the existence of renewable resources; however, the nature of the capitalist that seeks to marginalise profit is a contradiction to this principal. Profitable energy needs to be scare and comes in large quantities with high energy emission characteristics, these energies include, natural gas, coal, fossil fuel and even uranium, all of which creates conflicts over the amount of natural resources and environmental degradation. This shows that capitalism is hypocritical in its own nature, and if a system of the world order is conflicting in its own nature, how can the world expect sustainability while operating according to such ideas?
The fact that capitalists seeks to marginalise profit from non-renewable resources doesn’t make the system of capitalism hypocritical. If the existence of capitalism is dependent on non-renewable resources then it is not the flaw of the idea but the flaw of the people operating the system who misinterpret and abuse the idea. The harvesting of non-renewable energies is quite expensive and without the abundance in capital stock which capitalism creates, the facilities to harvest non-renewable energy would never have been possible. Thus, the world is simply experiencing a transitional phrase, in which "short-term" thinking investors are being taught the lessons of damage from their operations.
CAPITALISM IS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
Capitalism has survived centuries
The fact that it has survived centuries does not imply that one day in the future it may not self-destruct.
Despite a few hiccups such as the world depression in the 1930s, capitalism has survived ever since its birth. Alternatives, such as communism, have failed, as seen in the USSR and China. It appears that whilst there is an earth with humans things will be sold for a price dictated by the seller.
