Capitalism: Difference between revisions

'''Capitalism''' was an economic system based on the production of commodities for profit and the existence of [[private property]], typically in its most advanced form involving private ownership of the means of production by individuals and corporations competing in a free market. A [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|version of]] [[the Doctor]] from an [[Alternate universe]] described it as such; "Some people win; most lose all they had.", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emporium At The End (audio story)|The Emporium At The End]]'') although there was disagreement as to whether or not this descriptor was also fairly applicable to the version of Captalism in operation in [[N-Space]], as well, with various incarnations of the "prime" Doctor displaying different opinions on this; for instance the [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Closing the Account (short story)|Closing the Account]]'') and [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'') Doctor thinking it did, with the [[Thirteenth Doctor|Thirteeth]] denying at least that such problems were necessarily inherent to the system, ([[TV]]: ''[[Kerblam! (TV story)|Kerblam!]]'') and the [[Third Doctor]] having mixed views, believing unemployment to be "Capitalism’s biggest problem", but admitting to the [[President (The Paradise of Death)|President]] that he "seem[ed] to have fixed" that. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Paradise of Death (audio story)|The Paradise of Death]]'').

Capitalism was often characterised by a lack of regard to the lives of others. [[Ganymede Systems]] began to not providing [[oxygen]] in [[space station]]s and forced people to buy it via [[Smartsuit|smart suits]]. They also began killing workers when they hadn't been productive enough and brought into new workers. However, thanks to the [[Twelfth Doctor]], a rebellion was started and Ganymede Systems was overthrown. According to the Doctor, the incident "about wrap[ped] it up for capitalism." but clarified its end only led to humanity making "a new mistake" ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]''), and, indeed, concepts like [[trade]], [[commerce]], and [[class]] were shown to outlast the [[Earth]] itself. ([[TV]] ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')