Comments on: Poverty Pimps

By: Angela Harms

Angela Harms — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:36:13 +0000

Capitalism… I’m a lover of choice, and voluntary exchanges, so I guess I’m a capitalist too. But when the truck came the other day to deliver cases and cases of “Joose” to the corner store near my favorite park, it was like someone punched me in the gut. I long for a world where people are motivated by love first, not money.

By: Hugh Hollowell

Hugh Hollowell — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:32:38 +0000

@Johnny – I think capitalism is, at it’s core, good, but is fallen and can be redeemed. Unfortunately, it is often used by equally fallen people to cause harm to others.

By: karen

karen — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:49 +0000

Been going on for a long, long time. I knew a lawyer in my day who sued a furniture store for doing this sort of thing with the poor. She won too. Claimed it was a form of racketeering.

By: Johnny Brooks

Johnny Brooks — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:40:20 +0000

I see this all the time here in Nakuru, Kenya. As far as I can see capitalism is about exploiting the poor, or at least exploiting someone.