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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:36 PM Original message |
The founder of capitalism, who died 28 years before Karl Marx was born, was a dirty stinking commie. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. EXCELLENT!!! (slapppppp) |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Spelling is for commies! And so is punctuation".." k+r, n/t |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most people who quote Adam Smith have never actually read Adam Smith |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Most people who quote the Bible haven't actually read the Bible, either.. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Dang you beat me by 10 minutes! Pretty sad when it takes 10 minutes to compose a two line post. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Heh... I noticed that.. Great minds think alike, eh? n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Those same people quote the Bible without ever having read it. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. That isn't really true, IMO |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yep, that's why he is referred to as "the father of capitalism".. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I actually think he was talking about his own contemporary society-- |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. People did not accumulate capital in Smith's time? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. There were rich and poor in the Roman Empire, but there was no capitalism |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. any Roman merchant that sold goods was a capitalist |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Capitalism is in no way related to trade. It's about who owns the means of production n/t |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I always think of the Wealth of Nations as a work of observation. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Was going to not post, too sleepy, but DAMN! |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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NM Independent (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. HA! All my recent talking points gathered in one place... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Adam Smith -- probably the most misquoted person in America today |
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