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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:14 PM Original message |
"Capitalism? It's finished, Mac" |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. This wasn't supposed to happen |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. LOL. So sad, yet still true |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. When I worked for a farm organization in the early 90's the Republicans blamed everything on Carter. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. LMAO! And it is truely amazing |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. If they'd gotten their hands on Social Security... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I believe this is why Al Gore wanted to put Social Security in a lockbox. |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you mean Christopher Hitchens? Though admittedly - |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No. It's his native -based, English brother. |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. :) |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is simple |
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UK populist (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Capitalism has to fail sooner or later |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Right - capitalism is not a sustainable system |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. In its purest expression, an eternal empire, endless resources to steal; and open-ended greed, |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Without regulation, capitalism is also cannibalistic. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I would argue that there isn't a sustainable economic system anywhere on the planet today |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I'm no defender of Capitalism, but I think your conception of what ECONOMIC growth means is flawed. |
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UK populist (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yes you are right in saying |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. See post #25 above |
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mile18blister (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Soviet-style coup?" |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. economics goes over my head.. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, we shouldn't have moved our economy one iota since 1791 |
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Winston. (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Isn't that Ron Paul's plan ? |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Paul is just.. |
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UK populist (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Do you seriously think the humans stagnate without capitalism ? |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. not what I meant.. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Actually, that is completely unclear |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. not at all.. |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Since the government now "owns" FM & FM, the government now "owns" many homes. EOM |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hey, I want to get an honorable mention for pointing out that we were |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. One of my favourite paragraphs of all time is this one, which appears in the interview |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. Capitalism is still here for most of us, but it's socialism for the richest corporations. n/t |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Precisely. |
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