The Great Capitalistic Deception Process
Fraud won't stop by itself
What sort of economy functions by tricking persons? Brooke Harrington believes in making some distinction between legitimate capitalism and excessive fraud. There has to be some kind of a line. Doesn’t there need to be limits to the extent of fraudulent behavior, or misbehavior? And, of course, the law agrees. There are people put on trial for misleading advertisements, bad information, concealing their associations, or simply taking a bribe.
In some places in the capitalistic society we reject fraud, while in other places it is normal. If the very fabric of capitalism is deception, which Harrington acknowledges, where is the limit? How do we draw the line? What sort of system is this, and what sort of country are we?
Indeed, what kind of country has tens of thousands of persons, legally engaged is business owners, whose main activity is to misrepresent their businesses as being motivated by a love for their customers, or a desire to do good in the world?
This is course is the “green” movement—it is getting worse every day! But there are no green and red traffic lights in capitalist deception. It seems to be built into the fabric of life. Sellers promise all kinds of good things. We equate that with actual good that may exist in a growing capitalistic society. Overall, our quality of life isn’t so bad. We let the sellers get away with it. We even try doing a little of it ourselves. It just gets worse. Eventually, the whole society falls apart.
If the country indulges fraud we eventually ruin the whole enterprise. Other countries stop buying our exports. They stop buying the ideas of “the American free enterprise system.” Finally nobody believes it. Even the flies are not attracted to it.
That “shit.” When will we say that it is enough?
I tried to figure out whether this UK company is against “greenwashing” or practicing it. And I am stumped. It is the article that is linked to the photograph I used. What do you think? Thumbs-up or thumbs-down? [https://www.reuseabox.co.uk/what-is-greenwash-and-how-can-you-avoid-it/]
The company has their product that they want you to buy. Maybe, instead, the product should be “all of us.” Maybe then society would get better…
referential note: See — https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/cb93c933-0b67-441e-950a-94cb3934e831/OP-SOCO170002%20241..pdf