I would like for capitalism to be applied to banks in general too (ie no socialization of their losses), so there have to be mechanisms that make sure that banks do not get so relevant as that the system depends on them (ie no monopoly situation, not networking that one bank's failing takes all the other banks with them, maybe through a mandatory insurance in the banking sector). Also, I think we need a stakeholder approach to how companies are run, as opposed to a pure shareholder one. And shareholders should be in it for the long run, ie they should not be able to buy a company, maximise the profits while destroying said company, and then move on.<div>
<br></div><div>Now this should actually make capitalism stronger, in the sense that this will enable more smaller players within our economic system that are competing against each other, the way I envision it.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Philip Hunt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cabalamat@gmail.com" target="_blank">cabalamat@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 16 May 2012 17:10, Richard Stallman <<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> The biggest political issue in much of Europe today is the austerity<br>
> death spiral, aka shock capitalism.<br>
><br>
> That problem is not occurring in Germany, so the Pirate Party can get<br>
> votes there without talking about that issue.<br>
<br>
</div>In the short term, yes. In the long term, I think if Pirates are<br>
silent on what is a very important issue, the public won't take us<br>
seriously.<br>
<br>
PP-UK did a policy review last year, and these policies on banks were<br>
proposed, which people may find useful:<br>
<br>
<<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Policy2011/comments/lhggz/allow_bad_banks_to_fail_bail_out_the_banks/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/Policy2011/comments/lhggz/allow_bad_banks_to_fail_bail_out_the_banks/</a>><br>
<<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Policy2011/comments/lg35m/no_more_bank_bailouts/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/Policy2011/comments/lg35m/no_more_bank_bailouts/</a>><br>
<div class="im"><br>
> However, a party in<br>
> Spain, Italy, or Greece which doesn't give that issue an important<br>
> place is not addressing the people's concerns. The coming Greek<br>
> election will be, in effect, a referendum on this.<br>
><br>
> I therefore propose that the Pirate Movement take a stand: Tyrant<br>
> banks, walk the plank!<br>
<br>
</div>We should also propose a vision of what we want to replace them with.<br>
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Phil Hunt, <<a href="mailto:cabalamat@gmail.com">cabalamat@gmail.com</a>><br>
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