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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:15 PM Nov 2012

Lest We Forget -- Capitalism Is Really A Failure Because ---

we would not need all these poverty programs and levels of government assistance if the "job creators" and big business actually created the kind of job in the numbers needed for most people to support their families. Businesses receive far more federal support and subsidies than poor people and people on sone sort of government assistance.

They simply are NOT creating the jobs and are holding vast amounts of capital out of the economies on purpose. And the jobs they have been created will not support even a dog. So it is all a big lie that capitalism is such a great success. How it is being run has led to massive poverty and inequality of income.

The business community is being let off the hook.

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Lest We Forget -- Capitalism Is Really A Failure Because --- (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Nov 2012 OP

Absolutely correct johnlucas Nov 2012 #1

+1,000. Good to see you again, Johnlucas! freshwest Nov 2012 #3

You Call That Capitalism? AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #2

johnlucas

(1,250 posts)

1. Absolutely correct

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:59 PM

Nov 2012

But Americans are so conditioned that they think this system is "The American System" & being "The American System" how can any American go against it?

Break the word down for a minute.

Capitalism = Capital
Capital = Capita

Capita is Latin for Head.
In Iberian Latin AKA Spanish, Cabeza means Head.
Capita (Latin) = Cabeza (Spain's Latin)

You've heard of something called a Head of Cabbage before, right?
The word cabbage comes from that same root Latin word Capita just like Cabeza does.

How do you harvest a head of cabbage? You cut its stalk to get the head.
How do you harvest (AKA profit) in Capitalism? You cut the neck to get the head, the capital.
You Cut The Neck To Get Ahead.
Cut The Neck = CUT THE THROAT
CUTTHROAT

Understand what system you're working under now?
Wonder why Socialism is demonized now?
Social-ism which works for a Society.
It ain't just about heads & cutting throats.
It ain't just about head-harvesters.
It ain't just about headhunters.

Until we have a system that both creates abundance AND has fairer distribution of that abundance to all of that system's members, we'll continue to have the problems we have now.
This is EXACTLY why the U.S. Government should NOT be run like a business & should not be run by businessmen.
Business is short-sighted & only worried about profit, harvests at all costs.
Government has to look for the greater good in the long term.

Business worship is out of control in this country much like soldier worship & we need some balance in the equation.
John Lucas

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. +1,000. Good to see you again, Johnlucas!

Reply to johnlucas (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 01:54 AM

Nov 2012

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)

2. You Call That Capitalism?

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 11:05 PM

Nov 2012

we would not need all these poverty programs and levels of government assistance if the "job creators" and big business actually created the kind of job in the numbers needed for most people to support their families. Businesses receive far more federal support and subsidies than poor people and people on sone sort of government assistance.

They simply are NOT creating the jobs

They are creating them in China. Even this is being subsidized by the government.
We need to end the tax incentives that companies now enjoy when they ship American jobs overseas.

Unfortunately, the RAPEuglicans have always blocked any efforts to do so, and will continue to block them for the foreseeable future.

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