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Los Angeles River Revival Plan Is Driving Development - Businessweek "Ben Stapleton has a vision for the junkyard he’s trying to sell for $3.5 million. The real estate sales executive sees artist studios, retail shops, and apartments with views south to the skyline of Los Angeles, steps...

And why would people be power hungry if it wasn't worthwhile? People become clever as a result of seeing what works--and capitalism rewards individuals who forsake the interests of communities for their own private pursuits. So they do coal mining and ruin aquifers but have little concern since...

I am familiar with Keynes. But capital accumulation can only be mitigated. And as we are seeing in our political arena, wars etc. which are fully subservient to capital and economic interests. Thus the safety valve known as regulation cannot work properly since the interests of the government...

Is capitalism the only bringer of liberty and prosperity? It's a complicated matter as to how we arrived at where we are. Technology has been instrumental in creating prosperity but technology is not something new; relative prosperity has been advanced throughout history. Technology is not just...

Meriam Webster offers rapid definitions. While you can get a very broad sense for what logic is, you cannot come to know the system of logic. Syllogisms are one part under the umbrella of logic, formal and informal logic, soundness and validity and how those interact are entirely missing from...

As for your first statement, dnsmith has consistently churned out terrible formats (not necessarily his fault--he's not a "techie" and USMB formatting is sub-par). Yet as a result of the poor formatting so that it appears who is saying what is false, he then accuses someone of malevolence. Odd...

You have consistently exonerated capitalism when you admit misdeeds have occurred. In the case of Haiti you said: "Whether the US chose to interfere in Haiti's affairs indicts the government, not capitalism." You've made at least 2 very similar exonerations regarding other misdeeds. I find it...

dnsmith, what is your concept of logic?

I'm not implying anything outside of what I said. Bri is well known for citing history but it's not as factual as it is in service to his political ideology. We must be careful not to let our predilections re-write history. Yes all civilizations have had their troubles surrounding survival. You...

The relevant question then is what is the engine that actuates systemic denial and violation of the most basic rights? I think it's evident that there is systemic violations day in and day out across the globe. Some areas worse than others but no place is immune. As I gather you assert...

You must be fond of the idea that civilization started about 100 years ago and beforehand people were savage animals who had no direction until capitalism baptized them. You've regularly advocate learning about history but have opted for a white washed history that paints the modern era as the...

Today compared to two centuries ago is improvement. However, I don't think we've reached the qualifier "fair." Countless millions are systematically denied basic rights, including the right to exist domestically (homeless, propertyless) and all over the globe (often at the behest of US and the...

Can you provide that study? Does that study say that the entire history of outsourcing (1970s onward) has created more jobs then were lost? Or does the study only speak to 2007 onward? The difference is huge. In the most recent crisis millions of medium-high wage jobs were lost and fewer...

I can accept most of what your post said. But this section I've quoted above raises some issues. And it illustrates nicely our divergence in how we think about human beings and the world. You believe self-satisfaction through pursuit of capital is the prime virtue. But all the great world...