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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:09 PM Original message |
Capitalism is a corrupt and festering corpse, yet the maggots can feast for a little while longer |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Greed will bring destruction. Corporations currently only look for massive |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Exactly whose system is so much more successful than capitalism? |
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RyanPsych (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Why do we have to emmulate something? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. My entire working life I have diligently saved and invested and prepared for the day I cannot work. |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I think people feel this way these days... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. "It's all about me" - how do I know that the new system will protect meeeeeee? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. You ever read the story of the little red hen? |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. straight out of the GOP talking points list, congratulations |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Brilliant response |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Sorry, should I have countered with "The Scorpion and the Frog?" |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. And you actually believe |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. You said it: the Founders wisely did not include an economic system in our Constitution |
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timesup (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. When I get older... |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Good for you. But millions of people were never lucky, or fortunate |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. see Mondragon in Spain. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Mondragon seems like a good first step |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Capitalism and its baggage |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll take despots, dictators and psychopaths |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. The world is well on the way to number one via disaster capitalism and |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. If you are looking for alternatives |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. #1 is pretty much where we are now, no takeover needed. nt |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. I pick #2 |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Uniting the people of the world would be an incredibly difficult project |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. My crystal ball is in the shop for some minor repairs... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Siding with the citizens of their own countries is one thing; all people uniting is another |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Democracy? You're joking, right? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. As it happens, no, I didn't, because I'm British |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Most of South and Central America have been invaded |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. But far less invasions/coups, and far more democracy, in South America recently |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You're confusing Democracy with Corporate Domination |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You may have given up on the South American people, but the rest of us haven't |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. sounding like a caricature |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Remember, I'm the one saying things are better now |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Assassinating everyone who stands in your way = things are better now??? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The year is 2011. You are showing how much worse things were 20 or more years ago |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Ask the many thousands who were killed what they think -- oh wait, you can't |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You think the Gaddafi-supporting Ortega is backed by the US? |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. God I hope that's true. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. There are millions who will stand with you when the time comes |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Despots, dictators and psychopaths take over and the human race eventually dies" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Capitalist Class is a giant parasite sucking the wealth from the population. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Can Democracy exist without Capitalism? |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
42. I may have missed the answer. "Exactly whose system is so much more successful than capitalism?" |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
43. Sharks |
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