Persuasive Keynote

3. Capitalism means:

4. Capitalism means:
The means for promoting and distributing
goods are privately owned by a very small
minority of the population.

5. Capitalism and The
Environment

6. Capitalism and The
Environment
“I certainly think that there are areas off our
coasts that should be open to exploration
and exploitation.”

7. Capitalism and The
Environment
“I certainly think that there are areas off our
coasts that should be open to exploration
and exploitation.”
- John McCain on offshore oil drilling (2008)

8. “Drill, baby, Drill!” - Sarah Palin (2008)

9. The Gulf of Mexico (2010)

11. 80% of the worlds resources are used by ...

12. 80% of the worlds resources are used by ...

13. 80% of the worlds resources are used by ...
15% of the population

15. Unfortunately,

16. Unfortunately,
sharing is the antithesis of Capitalism

22. “Growth for the sake of growth is the
ideology of a cancer cell.”

23. “Growth for the sake of growth is the
ideology of a cancer cell.”
-Edward Abbey, Author

24. Capitalism and Politics

26. The issue of capitalism is not an issue of
liberal vs. conservative ...

27. The issue of capitalism is not an issue of
liberal vs. conservative ...
or Republican vs. Democrat.

28. The issue of capitalism is not an issue of
liberal vs. conservative ...
or Republican vs. Democrat.
But of the financial “elite” vs. ...

29. The issue of capitalism is not an issue of
liberal vs. conservative ...
or Republican vs. Democrat.
But of the financial “elite” vs. ...
us

31. “Human Identity is no longer defined by
what one does, but by what one owns.”

32. “Human Identity is no longer defined by
what one does, but by what one owns.”
-Jimmy Carter

33. “Human Identity is no longer defined by
what one does, but by what one owns.”
-Jimmy Carter
But then...

39. Graphs from the documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story”

41. Plutocracy: a government system ruled by
the wealthy, for the wealthy

42. Plutocracy: a government system ruled by
the wealthy, for the wealthy
Members of congress have a starting annual
salary of $174,000 as of 2011

43. Plutocracy: a government system ruled by
the wealthy, for the wealthy
Members of congress have a starting annual
salary of $174,000 as of 2011

45. “Capitalism is the best system ever devised.”

46. “Capitalism is the best system ever devised.”
“Capitalism gives people the freedom to
choose where they work.”

47. “Capitalism is the best system ever devised.”
“Capitalism gives people the freedom to
choose where they work.”
-George W. Bush (2008)

49. American jobs lost under the Bush
administration in 2008 alone ...

50. American jobs lost under the Bush
administration in 2008 alone ...
Over 2,600,000

52. “With ethics and integrity within capitalism, I
don’t think that the capitalism itself is the
issue. It’s that it allows people who totally
suck to thrive.”

53. “With ethics and integrity within capitalism, I
don’t think that the capitalism itself is the
issue. It’s that it allows people who totally
suck to thrive.”
-Shepard Fairey

54. Capitalism and Morality

55. Capitalism and Morality
“It’s contrary to good, it’s contrary to
compassion, it’s contrary to all of the major
religions.”

56. Capitalism and Morality
“It’s contrary to good, it’s contrary to
compassion, it’s contrary to all of the major
religions.”
-Father Dick Preston on Capitalism

58. “It is immoral, it is obscene, it is outrageous.
It is really, radical evil.”

59. “It is immoral, it is obscene, it is outrageous.
It is really, radical evil.”
-Father Pete Dougherty on Capitalism

62. If the American retailers paid only 25 cents
more per garment, the total in Bangladesh
would be $898 million -

63. If the American retailers paid only 25 cents
more per garment, the total in Bangladesh
would be $898 million -
more than eight times current US aid

64. If the American retailers paid only 25 cents
more per garment, the total in Bangladesh
would be $898 million -
more than eight times current US aid

65. If the American retailers paid only 25 cents
more per garment, the total in Bangladesh
would be $898 million -
more than eight times current US aid
- Excerpt from the 2007 National Labor
Committee report

66. Capitalism in Theory

67. Capitalism in Reality

68. Moving forward

69. That other ‘-ism’

70. That other ‘-ism’
• Social, adj.: [attributive] of or relating to
society or its organization

71. That other ‘-ism’
• Social, adj.: [attributive] of or relating to
society or its organization
• Capital, n.: wealth in the form of money or
other assets owned by a person or
organization

72. We the People of the United States, in order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.

73. They the corporations of the United States, in order to form a more
perfect management, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the upper-class defense, promote the general
disadvantage, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and
that’s it, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America(™)

74. Keeping an open mind

75. Embracing the internet
as a medium of (near)
free market

76. Be observant.
Politics do matter.

79. • Sources:
• USAToday.com
• Compfight.com
• Newsweek.com
• http://revcom.us/
• americanprogressaction.org/
• http://www.commondreams.org/
• Time magazine
• Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story
• The 2007 NLC joint report
• Oxford Dictionary