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Thu Jun 27, 2019, 08:53 PM

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"In the long run we are all dead. " keynes rampartc Jun 2019 #1

"Crony capitalism" watoos Jun 2019 #3

gangster capitalism, monopolistic capitalism rampartc Jun 2019 #9

This is why I support Andrew Yang in this campaign for 2020 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #2

Its going to get worse, with capitalism there is no "just society" happyaccident Jun 2019 #4

What makes it worse watoos Jun 2019 #7

All capitalism is crony capitalism because it isn't an economic system happyaccident Jun 2019 #18

+1 leftstreet Jun 2019 #29

Yet a mix of democracy and capitalism is working in Scandinavia, appalachiablue Jun 2019 #30

What impact would Universal Basic Income have on the economy? Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #10

I would worry about losing it happyaccident Jun 2019 #15

Capitalism certainly results in monopolies. watoos Jun 2019 #5

Workers are being replaced by technology Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #11

Well, it won't go on for too many more decades misanthrope Jun 2019 #19

I think technologogical innovation will be the last thing to go happyaccident Jun 2019 #22

You need infrastructure and stable weather misanthrope Jun 2019 #24

Perhaps Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #31

Perhaps we will misanthrope Jun 2019 #32

Technology has always displaced workers. trev Jun 2019 #14

The difference now is robots and AI are taking the jobs happyaccident Jun 2019 #16

+1 2naSalit Jun 2019 #27

The consumer doesn't realize how much power they have Buckeyeblue Jun 2019 #6

Consumers eat their own, watoos Jun 2019 #8

You're right Buckeyeblue Jun 2019 #13

Fuck Thomas Jefferson, he absolutely believed in government by the rich. happyaccident Jun 2019 #17

Would we still be hiring telephone operators in a Socialist paradise? brooklynite Jun 2019 #20

Neither, it's wage slavery. Initech Jun 2019 #21

We never got rid of slavery. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2019 #25

+1 2naSalit Jun 2019 #28

Now as in the past. One solution. democratisphere Jun 2019 #26