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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:34 PM Original message |
CAPITALISM SUCKS!!!!!! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unregulated Capitolism sucks even worse. |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. There's the rub: |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Regulating capitalism is turd polishing |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Uh huh. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. First off |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Even communist China is rushing into stark naked capitalism |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
148. China has long been a Capitalist country |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
96. Capitalism is actually indifferent to human suffering. What it |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Unregulated Capitalism is Bad |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, it's really terrible. The only thing worse.... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL Great point. :D |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No way man! Feudalism rocked! |
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sarahlee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Maybe, but |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
127. We seem to be trying a new kind of capitalism; |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. What do you suggest? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Feudalism |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Your joking right? |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Plutocracy, Oligarchy, and Kleptocracy are what we have now |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 09:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Ignatius J. Reilly is that you? |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I believe Captialism could work a lot better with the right regulations |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Greed greases the wheel of progress... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We've avoided |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. How about human curiosity |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #52 |
74. If by "progressed quite well" |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #74 |
91. Capitalism's tie to democracy & modern wealth is so strong.... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. There is no socialist kool aid to drink |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Read this thread. Some are clear in viewing capitalism as wholy evil. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. You're taking advice from a personal invest advisor? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #101 |
121. You're dead wrong about 401Ks |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #101 |
141. I'm pinning my retirement on the market |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. LOL |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Which talking points am I disemenating? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:39 AM Response to Reply #95 |
172. I don't agree |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
97. The Soviet Union was first into space, in case you have |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Yeah brutal authoritarianism can sometimes produce results |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. The Communist Party (as far as I know) was the first in the U.S. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. The Soviet Union called for a boycott of South Africa in 1963. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. I was a babe in the woods at the time (1977), so I don't |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. They were also the firsts |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Do you have any sourcing for that? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #112 |
125. In this country they were SOCIALISTS!!!!! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. In other words you were wrong and you're still wrong. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #132 |
144. Ever hear of the Northampton association? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #144 |
179. LOL.... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Funny |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. LOL |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. The state owned Coke and GM? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Wow talk about a non-sequitar |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. The Nazis were capitalist in their economic system. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Thank you. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. China and the USSR were both totalitarian states |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. LOL |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #134 |
143. You were the one claiming the NAZIS were socialists |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #143 |
180. That's the whole point |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. The Nazis were not capitalists because "it was state owned |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. I'll buy that as a definition |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:49 AM Response to Reply #119 |
150. Basically, Nazi government was privately owned |
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DiscussTheTruth (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
142. Hmmm. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
174. "everybody is greedy" - say the greedy ones |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. when you regulate it to the point that it is no longer Capitalism |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
130. Hard-core capitalists don't want any regulation |
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pocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. water is wet! |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Capitalism is like democracy: a terrible system except for all the others. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Because I point out that something is flawed |
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ROakes1019 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. sucky capitalism |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
90. You need to elaborate. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. ! |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Genocide is like capitalism |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Not unless you want to say "life is like genocide." Since everyone dies. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. Then "Life is like capitalism" |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
88. eh? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #88 |
124. Nothing so discredits as writing as if western nations were the worst.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
129. Which kind of capitalism do you like better? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Capitalism is fundimentally flawed |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. A corporation could only be created by a legislative act up until the 19th |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Regardless, the results of the last century don't paint a pretty picture |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
76. I agree with that. We need to take a long look at how much "personhood" we |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. I didn't say the modern corporation, I just said the corporation. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
77. I'll agree that the corporation played a limited role in the developed of |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. But how did Reagan get so many to believe deregulation hurts the workers?? |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. One word: sheeple. n/t |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Perhaps it's because Democrats |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
131. He helped deregulate things, then the workers got hurt as a result. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Mixed markets is where it is at. As in all the Europeans, and Japan & |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. yes, and I bet.... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Show one place where eliminating capitalism worked.... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. I think he's referring to Democratic Socialism, like in the Nordic |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Then the rhetoric needs to change. Those nations rely on capitalism. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Do Sweden and Norway have socialized medicine? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. Just like the US has socialized roads. "Relying on" means.... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #79 |
145. I never said Capitalism was the CAUSE of war |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #64 |
87. "Capitalism brought us..Genocide and endles war..." |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. Look these people up |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Straw man |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
83. It's not a strawman, given some of the rhetoric here. |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Of course When "Fidel Kicks the Bucket" .... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Those sanctions are Kennedy's, not Reagan's. |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. You're probably right about the origin .. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #85 |
115. Actually, sanctions were initiated by the Eisenhower administration: |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Not entirely fair. |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
160. cuba??!!! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
99. Worked for whom? Castro reduced infant mortality rates to |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:16 AM Response to Reply #99 |
153. Um.. Castro didn't do any of that, the Cuban people did. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #99 |
171. It came at the expense |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
98. I beg your pardon. I'm considering voting Dem Socialist in the |
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AJH032 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Run on that platform |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Perhaps not in the short term |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Question |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The two-party system precludes almost any progress whatsoever, but... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That's kind of my point. |
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AJH032 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. money is not "flushed down the drain" to keep our system afloat |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
67. yes it is |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. Raw capitalism does, indeed, SUCK |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Does this mean you dont buy into the merit based crap? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Unfortunately, some have delivered those words to me seriously |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Lets get out the pitchforks ... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I hate to play devil's advocate but... |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Save them from what? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I wouldn't say go and live off the land, but... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Don't buy their SHIT |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Those are excellent recommendations! But they don't lead where you think. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. or.... |
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AJH032 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. My recipe for chocolate cookies calls for two eggs |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 07:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Something like that ... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
93. Exactly. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Very good... |
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AJH032 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. What your suggesting would probably rob many hard workers of their jobs |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #60 |
70. To start with I want the big corporations |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
128. There are more ways besides merit to make a lot of money |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes and no |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. No it doesn't. Radical, rigid ideological thinking sucks. n/t |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Sorry, you're wrong |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. As does |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:48 AM Response to Reply #65 |
73. You know, |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #73 |
89. I doubt there will even BE a 2056 |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #56 |
71. I think you're just being silly now. n/t |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think you're right. What concerns me is the consumption of all resources |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
66. Post-communist capitalism is worse. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Oh, you mean state capitalism! |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
81. I'm speaking more of the former Soviet Union... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
72. If you can't think of a worse economic system, |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. More, every liberal democracy has been capitalist. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:55 AM Response to Reply #80 |
152. ...mixed with socialist principals such as tax funded social programs. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
123. because.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. People were brainwashed to think Socialism = Bad, Capitalism = Good. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #123 |
135. I think we're arguing at cross-purposes here |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. The streaching was done by rightwingers to demonize social programs/ |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Not solely. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #138 |
146. Socialism has nothing to do with the welfare state. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:23 AM Response to Reply #146 |
154. I see. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. Nat all forms of socialism are against private property |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #156 |
165. So what's the difference? |
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LUHiWY (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
78. What it really is? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
118. Exactly, the Corporatist propaganda has worked very well. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
139. That's sloganeering, not economics. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
94. Lester Brown's Plan B 2.0 says a new economy is necessary |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
122. yes.....yes it does |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
136. Everyone Loves The Game Of Monopoly ... |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
140. Ironically |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
147. Lincoln's thoughts on Labor and Capital |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
149. Your computer and your internet connection all brought to you by ... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:53 AM Response to Reply #149 |
151. Nonsense |
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personman (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Wouldn't that make it an example of socialism? |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. read the links you post |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #157 |
173. the very first aspect |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:51 AM Response to Reply #173 |
175. news to me |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #151 |
158. This illustrates the point that |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #151 |
178. In pursuit of military goals...that should explode some heads ;-) |
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God Almighty (264 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
159. I agree |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
161. I am no economist |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
162. Yes, capitalism sucks. |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. but what economic system steals less? |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Visit Cuba sometime |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:56 AM Response to Reply #164 |
176. you mean the place where people risk there lives to escape? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
166. If people weren't inherently competitive |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
167. Regulated capitalism is good, but PURE capitalism sucks! n/t |
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liberaliraqvet26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
168. communism is worse!! there i said it. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. What local family owned businesses? |
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Muddy Waters Guitar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
170. Certainly, our form of exploitative capitalism is reprehensible |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
177. The is only one true system that will work beautifully in all cases. |
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