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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 08:53 PM Original message |
Capitalism Produces Rich Bankers, but Socialism Produces Happiness |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amurka privatizes the happiness and socializes the depression. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good one..... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've always joked that if Latin American history were taught in schools, there'd be two parties by |
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EnoughOfThis (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. what a bunch of crap |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. But Socialism does not produce happy, rich bankers |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. k and r |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. social democacy =/= socialism |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. i agree |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. +1 |
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ImOnlySleeping (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. more than that |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. No one holds a monopoly on the word socialism. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. You misunderstand me |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I deserve a life like that. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. I yearn for the day |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Welfare state =/= Socialism. nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. LOL "welfare state" ??? Maybe one too many beers this Memorial Day? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Possibly... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. yeah don't post when you're drunk. I did it two days ago... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Cue the capitalist pig socialism bashers in 3...2...1... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. This is one thing that absolutely kills me about America. Capitalists are so powerful here. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We live in a 'TV' country |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. We are still experiencing the fallout of the Raygun/Robin Leach influence. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. That is sloppy use of social statistics |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. not to mention the method in which the determined happiness |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Are Socialism and "rule by the moneyed class" the only options? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Waste of verbage. The answer is yes. n/t |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Insufficient verbage |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. ok, |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. At what point is a privately-owned business taken over by the state? |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Socialism inevitably leads to tyranny and ruin? |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Where the line is drawn is precisely the argument we need to have |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Many inaccurate assumptions |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. We should be more like Cuba? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yes, they have. |
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EnoughOfThis (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. "blindpig"...how appropo |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. 8th best economy in the world? |
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EnoughOfThis (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Cuba was successful....once. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Martin |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I agree |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Perception Management = The ones used by the system adamantly support their own degradation |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. Lots of happy Cubans risk their lives to float to the US in rafts every year |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. lots coming from capitalist mexico, too. & capitalist guatemala, |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Lots of new citizens coming from that Libertarian paradise of Somalia, too. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Lots of Haitians trying to escape the joys of the free market. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Socialism and capitalism are not mutually exlusive. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Indeed they are. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. George Gamow was a very, very, very, very, very, very happy man. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. Kick! It's so good you all are discussing this. We need to break the chains that bind us. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. excellent |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. kick |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
44. This crap pisses me off |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
47. But the protestant 'work ethic' dictates that happiness is not a consideration.n/t |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
48. who's sorry now? |
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EnoughOfThis (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. Socialism has failed |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Good and decent lives for the people |
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