We're living in socialism right now, because our capitalism 100 years ago didn't work. Communism treats people like subhumans, again communism doesn't work either.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We're living in socialism right now, because our capitalism 100 years ago didn't work. Communism treats people like subhumans, again communism doesn't work either.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
fact.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Stop committing so many hate crimes and sing the fucking anthem in Cree/Français with no gender pronouns like a proper Canadian (Unic)!!!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What do you mean? Capitalism in the 20th century has been a spectacular success.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I've seen strong arguments that capitalism is the greatest invention of peoplekind.
Communism did work in the USA. 160 million acres of the USA was divided up for free to 1 million people. Black people got "40 acres and a mule".
When Trump talked of the great old days, he is talking about the period after WWII up to the sixties. Which is Eisenhower and his 91% tax rate.
Could it work again? Doesn't really matter because humans are mostly obsolete when faced with the machine. What people really are going to be getting is slavery of the machine.
Cocoa $11,000 per tonne.
Only because we were able export all the bad parts to other countries. But the counter argument is that workers' right is why we don't make anything here any more.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What do you mean we exported all the best parts? You mean the roof jumpers into the suicide nets in XXXXX province?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
God dammit.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Originally posted by SJW
Once again another useless post by JRSCOOLDUDE.
Originally posted by snowcat
Don't let the e-thugs and faggots get to you when they quote your posts and write stupid shit.^^ Fact CheckedOriginally posted by JRSC00LUDE
I say stupid shit all the time.
Late 20th century. After the government decided they couldn't just let corporations have a free-for-all and implemented regulations to protect workers. This of course means it wasn't actually pure capitalism, but a blend.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Don't get me wrong, I despise that we're socialists that are going MORE towards communism (ie UBI). We hit the sweet spot a few decades ago and before I even entered the workforce.
The core of capitalism isn't a lack of worker safety. The core of capitalism is the mechanism which are used to set prices. We can have a discussion about whether worker safety was a natural progression of business and culture or a legislated thing (or both). But ultimately worker safety is not the type of regulatory environment that is designed to set prices even if the additional overhead will impact prices in a minor relatively even way. I would say that worker safety laws are often regulation done right.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
People think that abuse of labour is part of the definition of capitalism, which is not true.
Yup.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
or
https://www.imore.com/apple-confirms...20of%20dollars.
or
https://longreads.com/2018/06/12/how...-its-products/
The billion or so Chinese who felt they got left behind by the richer 400M is gonna start another cultural revolution soon.
Anyway, I like capitalism but I think we just disagree on the level of check and balance applied.
The whole UBI sounds good if it scraps everything else like EI and OAS. But I think you are right that UBI will be a label of another program that lays over the top of everything else just to buy votes in the next election.
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I'm not sure this bolsters your point.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You are mostly describing effects derived from the efficient market hypothesis.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hypothetically even a wholly planned economy could derive these same results, however due to the much smaller number of market participants I wouldn't say it'd be too feasible.
Hypothetically if the moon was made of cheese we could have a giant fondue.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But there's a CHANCE! We just need the right people!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We just haven’t tried real moon fondue yet
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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I agree that capitalism has brought the best quality of life for the most amount of people in history, but that trend line is moving downward now.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You're overconfident and oversimplistic on all points.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You're right, my assessment of value is meaningless until enough people are aligned with those values, then the wolf of wall street posers will have to pivot to a sustainable model. I admire your enthusiasm, but it's unsustainable at almost every level.
The models exist already, chihuahua.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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It's worth noting that Buster misread what Xtrema said, substituting "best" for "bad", and at no point being able to pick up on context clues for the rest of their conversationThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You're right!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Doh!