BY WAY of a hopefully succinct reply to “Mike Joslin” (Letters, November 30), who appears to have embarked on an unproductive and circular argument regarding capitalism, perhaps it might be better to try and make my opinion a little clearer on the subject for him.

So here goes.

No, I am not totally against capitalism/free enterprise per se.

What I am against, is the ongoing monopolistic/scarcity style of capitalism that has enslaved the Western World for decades.

This is the huge problem currently facing all of us.

And unfortunately, no amount of tweaking or twiddling about with the voting system will change it.

Not even “Proportional Representation”. It seems as it might, but like many other things in life, it promises much but will no doubt deliver very little.

Besides, even if it Proportional Representation were to be implemented, the current fiscal system would still be controlled by the same bunch of shameless brigands with all eyes concentrated on wealth accumulation at the behest of everyone else.

Why, trillions of untaxed income is sat in foreign enclaves hopefully hidden from the roving eyes of numerous tax collection agencies.

And yes, I do own a car. But I don’t watch much telly – it’s all adverts and celebrity promotion. Nor do I use banks. After all, why should I deposit my cash in a bank and get 0.1 per cent to four per cent interest, whilst they lend it out at 18 to 29 per cent? So I don’t.

Anyhow, there are other places to put your cash than banks. Places where they out of reach of greedy banks seeking easy profits.

Lastly, I do appreciate Mr Joslin’s point of view, even though with respect, it does meander here and there like lost air in a leaky balloon. And as for the International Monetary Fund, let’s not go there.

Andrew Martin.

Abbotsbury Road

Weymouth