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unkachuck
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:11 PM Original message |
Poll question: Could Socialism work in America? |
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Arkana
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, for the same reason it doesn't really "work" anywhere else. |
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Truth2Tell
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Which is why humans adopt |
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readmoreoften
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Sun Jan-09-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Yes. Backed up with the mounds of evidence you've cited. |
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Drale
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't believe that any one pure system can work for the long term |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I agree. The terms "socialist" and "capitalist" really aren't that meaningful. |
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Drale
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Just one quick note |
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JDPriestly
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. That is interesting. A volunteer fire department would not be workable |
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unkachuck
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I think I see what you're saying.... |
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Drale
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. That can change |
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begin_within
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Americans are too selfish for it, nowadays. |
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OHdem10
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Mixed economies seem to work the best. We have a mixed |
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elocs
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nope, it won't work. Not socialism in its totality. A huge chunk of too many dead set against it. |
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applegrove
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Sat Jan-08-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Socialism doesn't work anywhere. Not even in Cuba. What works is a mixed |
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xchrom
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Sweden is a socialist country, Cuba is communist - sort of. |
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applegrove
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Cuba is instituting market forces as we speak. All the countries in the world are now |
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Maru Kitteh
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. No. But only in the sense that you could not call it socialism |
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angryfirelord
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. That depends on your definition of what socialism and capitalism is |
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leftstreet
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Sun Jan-09-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. It seems to work pretty well for Wall Street n/t |
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TBF
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. +1 nt |
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Jamastiene
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Sun Jan-09-11 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. Could it work? Yes. |
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Chemical Bill
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Other: |
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bemildred
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Sun Jan-09-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm still waiting for "capitalism" to not need a public bailout every ten years or so. nt |
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