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The Soviet Union invaded Eastern Europe and dropped an Iron Curtain. Stalin created a man-made famine in the Ukraine and murdered 30 million people. THAT is murder and stealing.That is silly because capitalists do traditionally just murder/steal.
Recently that is why we invaded Iraq.
That was the point of the colonialism and imperialism of the US, England, France, Belgium, Holland, etc.
That was the point of the Spanish conquistadors, the Crusades, the Roman legions, Alexander the Great, the Egyptians, etc.
If there is murder and stealing, that is the opposite of communism, which be definition means sharing.
Wow. Just...wow.Communism has never failed.
My god. Someone claiming Stalin was a capitalist is as batshit crazy as someone claiming Hitler was left wing.How was Stalin, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, or any dictator anything but capitalist?
I'm sure you helped vote it in every time you pulled the lever for a democrat so you tell me....
Good question, Colin. I’d have to say the USA is a country filled with some pretty shamefully ignorant people! From the ridiculous either/or posing of the OP question, to the demagogic and argumentative comments, there is not much useful being said here.
In the end, it seems to me that the key social and economic reality is that the “U.S.A.” has become a dangerously muscle-bound world financial empire, terrified of losing its position as top dog among nations.
Corporate finance capitalism rules here. It has been developing for a long time. It is our present “American version” of capitalism.
It is not just a matter of economics. Today our democratic traditions and republican institutions are failing us and our people are at each other’s throats, partly but certainly not only due to Trump and his incredible demagoguery.
Sectional and “party-partisan” hysteria grow even as those claiming to be “independents” outnumber ostensible “partisans.” The center does not hold. Those with money and stocks, those with education and good or relatively stable jobs, those without, Americans talk past one another. As do whole nations in the world. So it is with that old “socialism” and “capitalism” debate.
It reminds me of an old Keats poem:
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
Excellent point about when people earn their own money they are far more accountable for how it’s spent. Taxpayers see the misuse of their federal money. Policymakers should take heed if they expect to maintain political power or be replaced. Like usual. As an average voter, I’m ready for a better usual.it’s the nature of govt. Govt is always spending other people’s money on other people, and therefore isn’t efficient or accountable for their use of resources.
in the private sector folks have to earn the money, so are more accountable how it’s spent, and earned…hence more efficient, accountable, and effective
You have described yourself, asshole. the country was already divided. All Trump did is bring those division out into the daylight. Then all you America hating progs showed your true colors. That's why you hate Trump. He has you pegged.The OP is a small part of the problem. Trump divided the country like nothing before. The idiots that were sucked in are now the main problem in nearly everything that is wrong about the place.
They're ignorant, stupid, grossly un informed and yet still persue the return of the bloody idiot as if the return of the him will solve the problems he created.
If anyone should be exterminated for treason its him.
Truth hurts don't it?....The onus is on you. Support your big mouth or back away and admit is bullshit.
I never said they were.Capitalism is an economic system
Democracy is a form of Govt
Of course they aren’t the same thing
yes they are very compatibleI never said they were.
Is capitalism compatible with democracy?
Democracy is created by the people for the people.
Capitalism divides society into two unequal cohorts, Owners and employees.
Owners decide what to produce, where to produce it, and how revenues are distributed which guarantees owners will use their share to bribe government to privatize profit and socialize cost.
Owners decide what to produce, where to produce it, and how revenues are distributed
Truth hurts don't it?....
I don't know because I haven't seen any from you.
Let me know when you do.
It appears (at the moment) fewer entrepreneurs will be allowed to become billionaires in China by privatizing profit and socializing cost:LMAO..........Apparently nobody works in China right.
The form of capitalism you extoll is no longer dominant.I learned about the benefits of Capitalism when I worked for a small manufacturing company. We made equipment for water and wastewater treatment, mainly in the public sector.
That "sovereign" could just as easily be the entire workforce as opposed to a relatively handful of owners, managers, and shareholders. Workers would be expected to become more invested in making improvements if they felt they had a stake in owning the fruits of their labor.Under a socialist regime, where the Sovereign would own the means of production and manage the process, any effort to improve the equipment would be half-hearted and largely unsuccessful. Faux progress would be rewarded and awarded
No I won't forgive you ever...you are what is wrong with America....I'm sorry I tapped into you childish mind.
Please forgive me.
