"More than 29,000 people in 27 countries were questioned. In only two countries, the United States and Pakistan, did more than one in five people feel that capitalism works well as it stands."
"only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said" capitalism was working well.
"23% of those who responded - feel it is fatally flawed."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347409.stm
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People the world over are well aware of the problems that arise from free market capitalism. Even those of us in the western world are being forced to accept this reality. The people should now know that the hope the world once saw in Obama was false -- this is clearly expressed by the words of Obama himself:
"only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said" capitalism was working well.
"23% of those who responded - feel it is fatally flawed."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347409.stm
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People the world over are well aware of the problems that arise from free market capitalism. Even those of us in the western world are being forced to accept this reality. The people should now know that the hope the world once saw in Obama was false -- this is clearly expressed by the words of Obama himself:
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "I fundamentally disagree with their view that the free market is the source of all ills. "
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/28/nearly_200_arrested_as_police_unleash
This shift in attitudes towards capitalism is only going to gain momentum as the recession continues, unemployment rises, and the corpo-political corruption is exposed more and more.
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