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C C A P I T A L I S M A N D T H E F I G H T F O R S U R V I V A L I N T H E E C O N O M Y Y 149
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he term capitalism means the sovereignty of capital, a
T free and unrestricted economic system totally based on
profit and where society is in competition within these
criteria. There are three important elements in capita-
lism: individualism, competition, and profit-making. Individualism is im-
portant in capitalism, because people see themselves not as a part of soci-
ety, but as "individuals" standing alone on their own two feet who have to
get by with their own efforts. "Capitalist society" is an arena where indivi-
duals compete with one another under very harsh and ruthless conditi-
ons. This is an arena just like that described by Darwin, where only the
strong survive, where the weak and powerless are crushed and elimina-
ted, and where ruthless competition holds sway.
According to the logic capitalism is based on, every individual–and
this can be a person, a company, or a nation–must only fight for its own
development and advantage. The most important criterion in this war is
production. The best producers survive, the weak and incompetent are
eliminated and vanish. This being the shape of the system, it is forgotten
that those who are eliminated in the bitter struggle, those who are crushed
and fall into poverty, are "people." What is seen as worthy of attention is
not human beings, but economic development, and goods, the product of
this development. For which reason the capitalist mentality feels no ethi-
cal responsibility or conscience for the person whom it crushes underfoot
and climbs on top of and who has to live in great difficulty. This is Darwi-
nism put into total practice in society in an economic way.
By proposing that it was necessary to encourage competition in all
areas of society, and announcing that it was necessary to provide no op-