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One example of what I was talking about is how few people seemed to care about the money flowing through the sub-prime mortgages before the shit hit the fan.
And I'm sure there are many who see nothing wrong with it in principle even after the fact.
On a wider view, I'm also talking about capitalism beyond how most may perceive it, which is more along the lines of what roachboy is talking about. There are those who call for free markets, all the while forgetting what free markets tend to bring.
Don't make me reference robber barons again.
I don't think all capital is used unscrupulously. However, I also don't think capitalism has an inherent moral compass. I think it's amoral, which is why letting capitalism run amok (i.e. run societies) is insanity.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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