Capitalism?

Cheryl M.D 

XIIA4/09

Capitalism?

Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, a price system, and competitive markets. In a capitalist market economy, decision making and investment are determined by every owner of wealth, property or production ability in financial and capital markets, whereas prices and the distribution of goods and services are mainly determined by competition in goods and services market. 

Now we know that capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership as mentioned above. That means countries that are capitalism is a country whose population works alone without giving priority to how others will succeed or become unsuccessful because of us. This is the same as us being selfish, because we want us alone or our business to progress rapidly. Therefore, I chose not to join the state of capitalism. Because of the fact, humans need other people to survive and to do anything. If we choose to join the state of capitalism, we will feel that we are in power and make us easier to underestimate others who have nothing, because many people want to help or approach us. But when we are down or under, there will be no one who wants to help us, because we have no more power. In essence, people approach or want to help us when we have power or wealth. But people won't help us if we don't have power. Another thing if we become a state of capitalism is the formation of class differences. Starting from the wealthiest groups to the less fortunate. The difference between the rich and the poor, making it seem like the world is unfair, because the rich people will benefit here. whereas poor or underprivileged people will not benefit, because the benefits that have been taken by the rich.

So, with us not joining into a capitalist state, we can make our country develop without the egoism. To make our country grow, we must do something fundamental first, that is from ourselves to be unselfish and help others who are still struggling or unable. The next thing is to invite countries that are still underdeveloped or not yet developed to work with us. Because there are still many undeveloped and underdeveloped countries like Indonesia, India, South Africa, Tanzania, El-Savador, Myanmar, Nepal, and many more. Therefore, we can make good cooperation with their countries and make our underdeveloped country develop and advance. Another effort that can be done is to use domestic products and reduce the amount of imported goods. This can help the country's economic system to be a little more efficient and also make the population more interested in domestic products. But, with us not joining the state of capitalism, it does not mean that we are hostile to their country, but we can take the positive things that exist in their country. Like, their passion is always burning in doing a job and their enthusiasm is also to be successful. We can model it to build a developing and developed country. It does not mean that we cannot be like them. Our country can be like their country as long as, we have an attitude that helps each other without any unilateral willingness that causes harm to others. Not that too, we have everything together or communist because we help each other. The point here is that we help each other because we have a very high attitude of empathy for people who are distressed or underprivileged. So that I chose not to join the capitalist state and also does not mean that all of them are owned together or not communist. Because, if what we have belongs together, it will make people who are lazy to be people who will underestimate that there are still many people who will help him because he is in need or people cannot.

So that our generation can also follow what we do, then from now on we must be able to educate them to become individuals who can be relied on by everyone and have attitudes that are not only selfish but also others. Another thing is also, we also have to be able to give an example to our generation to always be eager to do anything without harming others. That way, our country will become developed and also become a developed country, and can be emulated by other countries to become a better country, both from now and for the future.