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IDHow (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 08:53 PM Original message |
Is the main culprit of the situtation really the obscene inequality of income and wealth? |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. The problem is a skewed definition of "success." |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd say take one step farther back to see the culprit |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. The main culprit of the situation is Capitalism - |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Capitalism, in turn, is just a system set up to convince us that whoever has the most money now |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The trouble with socialism is socialism. The trouble with capitalism is |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Nope, it's not the "bad actors" - it's the system that is inherently unequal. nt |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. as opposed to |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Depends on how you define "culprit". If you mean the tipping point that.... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. More than greed, it's plain old selfishness. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. If a selfish thought is had in a not-for-profit system, does anyone hear it? |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. What? |
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