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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:16 PM Original message |
We're Living In The Final Years of Capitalism |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. And that's OK.....A paradigm shift is needed. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Anyone who has read and regarded Khun knows a paradigm shift is inevitable. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think so. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You're correct, it would take a total economic collapse for the country to take a "hard Left"! |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. And that total economic collapse is coming........... |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
55. Agreed on all points, sir. -nt |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
75. I hear ya man, nearing 60 with a cancer history, no kids. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. 20% of Americans Are Either Unemployed/Underemployed |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. One thing that I think is a good sign is that younger people no longer view the word |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yeah - |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. That's true. And, yet, about half of those people vote for |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I don't think that half of younger people............ |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. And a lot of them don't bother to vote... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
85. There is no "Success" to be had for us "Younger" people |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. I haven't seen much that passes for both critical thinking... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Thanks for proving my point |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Follow you where? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Of course, because you aren't listening |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Here was a golden opportunity to spell it out... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #102 |
117. Golden opportunity? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. I want something that allows for a lot of freedom and opportunity... |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. *Laughs* |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Can you explain this "work credit" idea more? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Here's a partial answer |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Maybe some of what you say might work... |
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nckjm (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
101. Hydra, keep the faith...you |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. Ty and welcome to DU |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
80. I disagree with one of your points. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
94. Power in the hands of a small elite is common to the human condition... |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. You need to find a better alternative first |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
89. when it falls it will be from it's top heavy nature, it will fall of it's own weight |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes! Plus a million! Oh I hope together we can do this! n/t |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think capitalism will still exist, but just not the capitalism we're used to |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
84. Except we have come almost full circle |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hope so! |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is the second post tonight I have seen like this |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. we're moving back into a feudalism/barter economy. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Some of what you say is true, but... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. The End is Nigh |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ending capitalism is simple: outlaw interest |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Just like in the Bible, I suppose |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Deleted message |
social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
66. I was wondering if opposition to interest was driven by religion |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
98. They happened to get that one right, whether by chance or otherwise |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
104. And just who are you going to get to make such laws? Those that are profiting from the status quo? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. Preaching to the choir, my friend |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
106. Renewable resources and innovation and fair insurance justify |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Progressive Principles? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Deleted message |
social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. The deleted message must have been a doozie |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Fine with me. I'm sick to death of it. |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. The problem lies in human nature |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Count me out |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Deleted message |
Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Please define "work" |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Why does every solution have to be historical? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:46 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. If you combine aspects of capitalism and socialism... |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
79. A breakdown... |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. Even with your clarifications like "capitalism... as it is now"... |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
68. Shandris, just got to come up with a different term, that's all |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. I see where you're coming from... |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. I look at this more holistically |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. What is 'human nature'? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
111. "Human nature" means "universal". There are many societies which do NOT act as you describe, |
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Still Waters (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. We the People no longer matter to our ruling elite |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Relax |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Well said. My experience has been similar. n/t |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Very well said. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Too true. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. +rec |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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FamousBlueRaincoat (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. do you really think so? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R. I will see you guys at the barricades. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Certainly the rich person's mantra "rich people create jobs" is going to fall |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. To many people here, we will always be living in the final years of capitalism. n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. K & R nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. We are? First this is not capitalism but COMSUMERISM |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Myopic |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
77. Myopic to use the ACTUAL meaning of the term |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. Only if it's also the final years of human life on the planet |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. "There's plenty of evidence that many people turn hard right not hard left, when faced with fear" |
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Still Waters (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. We have an example of people turning left-FDR & the Depression |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. That's why I said "often", not "always" |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Yep. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
45. blah blah blah |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
47. Don't tell me what my job as a progressive is. I'll decide that for myself |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. +1 n/t |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
53. My fear is that it will be replaced with explicit fascism or feudalism |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Capitalism "was"? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
54. I think it is obvious to most people |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Propose an alternative? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
121. Okay. The most (in America) acceptable |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
56. K & R !!! |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
57. The sky is falling!!! The sky is falling!!!! |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. OK. We are not in the final years of capitalism. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. Basically, this is just like the post about the billboard predicting the return of Jesus... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Unregulated Capitalism Lead To Wild Swings In The Market |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
59. If it's too expensive to create jobs and there's big money in war... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. Capitalism and Socialism are dead, or dying because they are systems based on |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I don't get it, they are based on unit labor? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
108. Workers own the means of production, but what if workers aren't needed? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. "All systems fail when the benefits of that system are not fairly nor adequately shared." |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
70. Are you a time traveller from 1930? |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The natural state of man depends on this and that |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. maybe not slaves, but if I trade you some Rabbit for your berries, that's basic capitalism. |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Sorry, but that's not capitalism |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #83 |
107. Sorry. Wrong |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. That's not capitalism |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. Capitalism might be more than just barter... |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. Hah... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. Which is why the elite want to pilfer what is left of social security and the pension systems. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
74. I agree, but we need a specific plan. We need a leader, strategy and tactics. |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
88. BS- that won't work |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #88 |
103. "Start out by insisting..". Just how do you do that? They dont listen to us. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
76. I don't know about capitalism per se, but I believe the US is about to go the way of the Soviet Unio |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. Equality defined |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #90 |
112. Democracy defined; equality defined in the context of democracy |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. What we have in the USA is close enough |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. It is not relevant whether we are presently "close enough" or not |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
78. I am a moderate. |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. Moderate here too |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #91 |
109. 58% of the federal budget goes to the Pentagon |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
93. We can but hope. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
99. Good riddance to the Steinbrenner family, then!! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
105. Final years of capitalism in the US of A. Capitalism is flourishing in China, the new empire. nm |
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