nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Jul-21-10 10:53 PM
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| 4. Well it is NOT capitalism what we have today |
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it is corporatism, but that is another discussion.
When we still had a capitalist country... people took their clothes to be fixed to the seamstress, instead of just replacing things... or did it themselves. I take it to the seamstress.
If we lived in a capitalist country main street would have local businesses, not franchises as far as the eye can see.
Yes, in a capitalist system, the monopolies are taken apart to foster competition among small bidnesses, there is a living wage and capitalists are not allowed to set prices. That is in the Wealth of Nations. So yes. give me a little capitalism. I will gladly take it.
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| -The other day there was a conversation |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-21-10 10:18 PM |
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"Simplify, simplify."---"Hank David" nt |
Atticus |
Jul-21-10 10:37 PM |
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I'll admit I do splurge in food. |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-21-10 10:43 PM |
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Count not the day lost: you have added a neat word to my vocabulary: locavore. nt |
Atticus |
Jul-21-10 11:04 PM |
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You welcome |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-21-10 11:18 PM |
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If I live that way, capitalism will die. |
OffWithTheirHeads |
Jul-21-10 10:48 PM |
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Well it is NOT capitalism what we have today |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-21-10 10:53 PM |
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Hell yeah it would. And good riddance. |
uncommon |
Jul-22-10 03:31 PM |
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While there is nothing wrong with anyone who wants to do this |
Pithlet |
Jul-21-10 11:01 PM |
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A PERSON will not do a whit of a difference |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-21-10 11:13 PM |
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I think for the most part people are just trying to get by. |
Pithlet |
Jul-21-10 11:29 PM |
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Riddle me this |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-22-10 12:00 AM |
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Okay, continue to blame it on baubles. |
Pithlet |
Jul-22-10 12:12 AM |
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Economics I guess is not your strong suit, is it? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-22-10 12:43 AM |
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What is Barnay's? |
Pithlet |
Jul-22-10 01:10 PM |
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Barnays, a cousin of Freud |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-22-10 03:22 PM |
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well, let's see: #1 job loss, #2 chain reactions secondary to the reduced consumption |
Hannah Bell |
Jul-22-10 12:44 AM |
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You are correct, people just don't like to hear it. |
uncommon |
Jul-22-10 03:32 PM |
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It's not the individual, it's the consumer culture that we as individuals take part in |
uncommon |
Jul-22-10 03:32 PM |
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Live Simply,.. So That Others May Simply Live |
handmade34 |
Jul-21-10 11:08 PM |
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Top 5% of the income distribution do 1/3 of the consumer spending. |
Hannah Bell |
Jul-21-10 11:56 PM |
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But people are all too happy to blame that bottom 95% |
Pithlet |
Jul-22-10 12:15 AM |
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nope. just continued paeans to the simple life & how we're all a bunch of mindless consumers. |
Hannah Bell |
Jul-22-10 12:40 AM |
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Amen. What is life about? |
uncommon |
Jul-22-10 03:29 PM |
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Well I will argue we still need the car |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-22-10 03:34 PM |
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Of course. But the basics are usually within reach |
uncommon |
Jul-22-10 03:37 PM |
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Short response |
gratuitous |
Jul-22-10 04:06 PM |
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And commercials became real fun |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-22-10 06:53 PM |
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It's societal. I work part time at a storage facility. We're loathe to part with |
gateley |
Jul-22-10 08:52 PM |
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It's not just the economics |
marked50 |
Jul-22-10 09:12 PM |
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My wife and I.. |
sendero |
Jul-22-10 09:18 PM |
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Consuming less need not crash the economy |
eridani |
Jul-23-10 12:03 AM |
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Right on topic for my current |
seaker |
Jul-23-10 12:15 AM |
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