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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:57 PM Original message |
Poll question: If the survival of capitalism were in a Democratic president's hands, what should she or he do? |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. There should be another option..... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Drive a wooden stake through its heart |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. this already happened in the 1930s |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Capitalism. All I ever got was this t-shirt. And a job. And a house. And the means to provide for |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You could get those without having a system based solely on appeasing the greed of the few |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Like the notion but feel humans are too killer-instincty and competitive for it to last. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. We saw this in the 1930s and 40s. It took a Democratic president to SAVE capitalism. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Can we really be sure FDR was RIGHT to save it? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well I'm not debating whether he was right or wrong... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Agreed. |
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