timothy1027
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The Wealthy Elite, at the top of the pyramid, DO NOT want their secret to be exposed!
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Unbridled Capitalism is self-destructive
- Thread starter Estro Felino
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I spoke generally.
But your post did remind me of some posters.
Without having been exploited by others,
I'd never have gotten where I am today,
exploiting my borrowers & workers, &
strategically giving away my filthy lucre.
I recall an interview from long ago after the Iron
Curtain...
"How does it feel to be exploited by capitalism?"
"Better than being exploited by socialism."
I'm reminded of the movie, O Lucky Man.
(Socialists & capitalists will each read into
it what they want.)
(Socialists & capitalists will each read into
it what they want.)
It doesn't really have to be an "either/or" question. Capitalism or socialism. It can be a little bit of each, with some other ingredients as well.
In the United States there is no such a thing as "common welfare" or "common good".From harm from others sure.
From self harm?
This is a principle about which jurists and lawmakers have written hundreds of books in Europe.
Administrative law.
In the US there is just the citizen and his little microcosm, his orchard. Period.
So you dismiss the experience of people who
had the misfortune to live under socialism, &
now prefer capitalism, eh.
How on earth could you possibly arrive at such a conclusion based on what I wrote?
There is nothing in what I wrote that "dismisses the experience" of anyone or anything under any system. The phrase "dismiss the experience" does not apply to anything I wrote, nor is it implied, nor can be inferred (except possibly by the most twisted contortions of human imagination).
Again, you know what you intended now.
But re-read it later. You'll see how your
post appears to others.
Are you claiming to know what I intended?
Heyo
Veteran Member
Watching reruns of "I Love Lucy" again? Switch the channel, the world isn't only black and white any more.
Yes.
I never liked that show.
But back in the day I did watch it because of the very limited fare available.
Poor analogy to describe mere disagreement about
how miserable Soviet socialism was. I must deal with
its fans being in denial about it, & their dream that
somehow it will work the next time around.
One thing is indeed black & white, ie, the utter failure
of every country's implementation of socialism. Not
even the most strained claims of "nuance" can alter
this fact.
Me, too. I was watching it in reruns but for similar reasons. My parents wouldn't pay for cable TV! Oh, it was such a sad childhood. We had only 5 channels: 3, 10, 13, 15 and...33 I think.
5 channels!
Such luxury!
We had 4.
The 4th was channel 9 from Canuckistan.
When UHF arrived, it was Heaven!
Audie
Veteran Member
The cruelty of thimking I might have lived south
of the moat, in jersey.
Audie
Veteran Member
He knows I have a girlfriend.