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In reply to the discussion: Why Marxism is on the rise again [View all]Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)20. Thanks for sharing this Lydia.
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Capitalism is the chief cause of socialism. Socialism is the chief cause of capitalism.
RadiationTherapy
Jul 2012
#4
here in the EU, we (the government health care providers) pay sooo much less for pharma drugs
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#13
While traveling abroad in '07 I wandered into a pharmacy and asked if a certain antibiotic was
Citizen Worker
Jul 2012
#53
they spend more on marketing than research, & most of the real research is funded by the government.
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#107
With a 'real' unemployment rate of some 15-18%, capitalism is failing to
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#86
where do they have it sitting, under the bed? i'd bet it's invested in something, just not in
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#96
i find that hard to believe. if $ isn't invested in *something* it loses value, and even more so
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#106
The USSR never claimed to be communist. They claimed to be socialist and a democracy.
Puregonzo1188
Jul 2012
#27
That's the point. I'm glad that people are educating themselves. Hopefully it is not too late
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#28
Back when it was the Anarchists and Bolshiveks, it was actually working towards Communism
Taverner
Jul 2012
#49
The major problem with the Soviet Union was its totalitarian political system and NOT
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#52
I will rave about how the USSR kicked Nazi Germany's ass along a 2,000-mile front while
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#88
Josef Stalin and Chairman Mao were Socialist much like Pastor Hagee is Christian.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#59
Unregulated Capitalism and inherited wealth will be the downfall of us all, if things do not change.
Ikonoklast
Jul 2012
#9
Appealing to emotion, not logic, like the Tea Party? Applying morality to economics, like
patrice
Jul 2012
#30
you make it sound like I'm being greedy just for wanting to run a business
Green_Lantern
Jul 2012
#112
an older wiser friend of mine said marx was not practicle when a strong middle class was around
dembotoz
Jul 2012
#22
The middle-class is more accurately described as the protector class, They are the serfs granted
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#31
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#23
Most of what Marx said about Communism turned out to be false. Unfortunately..
ThoughtCriminal
Jul 2012
#35
Capitalism is a religion that only those incapable of logic and reason...
Comrade_McKenzie
Jul 2012
#47
I'm looking forward to a day when Marx is as uncontroversial as Galileo.
Starry Messenger
Jul 2012
#51
Marxism is making a comeback because liberal economics is failing to explain the world we see.
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
#54
The single-party political system coupled with state-controlled capitalism appears to be winning.
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#60
so now China is Marxist when it suits your argument but not Marxist when people
Green_Lantern
Jul 2012
#80
I'm a capitalist who agrees that if left unregulated capitalism would fail
Green_Lantern
Jul 2012
#77
Very True. Add to that the Anarcho-Syndicalists, the Zapatistas and the Spanish Republic
Taverner
Jul 2012
#103
FDR and the Progressives of His Time, Knew That Marxism or Facism Was On The Rise
Yavin4
Jul 2012
#108