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USA was 3 hrs away from Economic, Political Collapse... last Sept.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:37 PM

As in...you have no idea.

Capitalism does work. The problem is that too many people have the power now to affect too many OTHER people.

The basic idea behidn capitalism is this (and it SHOULD sound familiar)...I do the work, then I get paid for the work. Period.

BUT, the government, and the coroporations now control so much of the flow of the income that it more like....I do the work, and I hope youll pay me enough to live on and maybe even enough to afford to breed.

In other words, they are trying to turn the system in a socialistic set. Where those in power control the resources.

I never did get why ANYONE would think Socialism is a viable alternative...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:38 PM

Yeah but that's..... *GASP!!*.... socialism! I mean, god forbid we as a people get together and try to do something for each other!

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RUE
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:40 PM

Wulf -

"I do the work, then I get paid for the work. Period."

That's not capitalsim. Capitalism is: "I own the factory so you make the goods while I get the profits." DUH.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:41 PM

Except you know better. Thats NOT how it would work out.

It would be the state controlling the food, the water, the living conditions ect.

Ever been to a housing project? Would you want to live there? Thats socialism. Thats where it leads.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:41 PM

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The basic idea behidn capitalism is this (and it SHOULD sound familiar)...I do the work, then I get paid for the work. Period.
That is NOT the basic idea behind capitalism, silly! The basic idea behind captalism is... YOU do the work and I get paid.

Hey, I hate arguing with peeps who don't know what they're talking about, so look it up.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:42 PM

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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
The basic idea behidn capitalism is this (and it SHOULD sound familiar)...I do the work, then I get paid for the work. Period.


That's not the basic concept of capitalism.

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BUT, the government, and the coroporations now control so much of the flow of the income that it more like....I do the work, and I hope youll pay me enough to live on and maybe even enough to afford to breed.

In other words, they are trying to turn the system in a socialistic set. Where those in power control the resources.


That's not Socialism.



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RUE
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:42 PM

Ever been to Sweden ? Denmark ? Canada ? Would you want to live there? Thats socialism. That's where it leads.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:43 PM

Canada sucks...and the only good thing about Sweden are the women.


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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:43 PM

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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
Except you know better. Thats NOT how it would work out.

It would be the state controlling the food, the water, the living conditions ect.


Nope, that would be Communism. Communism != Socialism. Good effort though, most people are ignorant of the differences for some reason.



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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:50 PM

It's like trying to teach a dog to read.



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