Originally Posted by pan6467

True capitalism is a fair (not equal.... FAIR) distribution of wealth that allows workers the income to spend on merchandise without going into severe debt. By allowing that to happen the economy continues a strong move forward and all are happy. However, when you pay workers barely enough to survive and threaten to go elswhere for cheaper labor, you promote massive debt and in turn the economy becomes very unstable and goes through severe highs and lows until it reaches an apex and crashes destroying everything.