Capitalism

Reading about Romney and Bain Capital, which bought companies on the verge of bankruptcy, gutted them and created leaner, meaner companies, some of whom showed a profit.

People seem to think "lean and mean" is part of the definition of Capitalism. It is not. It may be a type of effort that creates efficient companies in a Capitalistic system, but that is as far as one can go with it. The bloated and inefficient companies on the verge of bankruptcy were also in a Capitalist system.

To choose Romney is not to choose Capitalism; it is to choose an ethos.
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