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Starry Messenger

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11. We are at a phase where corporate power
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 06:40 PM
Jan 2013

has already arranged the power of the government for its own benefit. They aren't going to compete with the government, they already are the government, to a large extent. Capitalism is not just an economic system, but is also a political and social system.

While more socialistic programs built into our present society is never a bad thing, while capitalism is in the captain's chair, we are always going to be in peril from the need of monopolies to expand. At this point in time, they are running out of fresh resources and are starting to cannibalize the existing public resources we have.

Who is stopping them? No one, it's normalized in our society as part of the process.

The "marriage" that we have now has already resulted in socialism being the spouse taken advantage of and cheated on.

Socialist societies have dealt in different ways with motivating people to want to get things done. Capitalism isn't the only system that creates motivation, it's just the worst today.

I Love You Two [View all] Left Turn Only Jan 2013 OP
It'll never work......... socialist_n_TN Jan 2013 #1
Never is a big word Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #3
Have you ever read John Rawls? white_wolf Jan 2013 #2
Hobbs view of humanity? Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #4
Hobbs view of humanity was the state of nature. white_wolf Jan 2013 #7
It won't work and that's not because of socialism. TBF Jan 2013 #5
I Only Wish Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #6
What it involves is getting the money out of the hands of the few TBF Jan 2013 #8
What's the post title mean? limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #9
Sorry for the ambiguity Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #10
We are at a phase where corporate power Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #11
I love my little aphorism about this....... socialist_n_TN Jan 2013 #12
Exactly! Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #13
1st step is saying that it can be done Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #14
Step one, IMO, for the US, is going to have to be to dismantle the power of the monopolies. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #15
Total agreement! Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #16
I'm curious as to your age - TBF Jan 2013 #17
age Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #18
Isolationism - TBF Jan 2013 #19
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