Needs to be said again:
I consistently advocate for seeking the proper balance of capitalism and socialism.
Socialism for needs, capitalism for wants.
We need Socialism. Socialism Is A Good Thing. Socialism Promotes The General Welfare.
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Needs to be said again:
I consistently advocate for seeking the proper balance of capitalism and socialism.
Socialism for needs, capitalism for wants.
Airstrip One
Completely Effed
You probably liked having coffee with your new books.
I grew-up patroning King County Libraries. We used to check-out our movies and cassettes/CDs all the time.
You probably liked having coffee with your new books.
I grew-up patroning King County Libraries. We used to check-out our movies and cassettes/CDs all the time.
Righteous!
I marvel at how valuable public libraries are to the public commons.
In my humble opinion, public libraries and the Green Bay Packers are two of socialism's greatest contributions to human progress.
Fentoine Lum
Verified User
I'm sorry you lost your empire, comrade. Sorry, not sorry.
Exactly, you brought Russia into the discussion and then tried to say well, you can't talk about Russia in comparison to the US.
I got your number now, you've shown your colors.
Airstrip One
Completely Effed
Green Bay is one of the most capitalistic franchises in American sports!
Airstrip One
Completely Effed
Um, what? I know all Marxists are illiterate, but, I said the USSR can't be compared to America because its economy sucked too hard. Please feel free to compare the Soviet "economy" to America's.
Venezuela is a country that relied on one product for their wealth. that can go wrong and it did. Their problems have nothing to do with socialism, lots of socialistic countries are doing very well. The more power and wealth you give to the plutocrats and corporations, the less you will have.
Capitalism makes the poor poorer. Our system continually trickles the wealth up to the top. Money = power. The power of the wealthy in American is way lobsided and getting worse every time trump does anything. Our wealth gap is worse than the Gilded age. Trump just keeps making it worse and worse.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...C?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_source=reddit.com
Trump talked about how his genius was going to fix the trade balance. Does this show you he knows what he is doing?
Fentoine Lum
Verified User
Here's what you have darling;
Privatized gains versus socialized losses for the Wall Street bankster class
Internalized profit versus externalized risk and expense for the "job creator" class
Socialism for the aristocracy versus laissez-faire capitalism for the masses
The competitive sloganeering of partisanshitheads has worn very thin, folks are taking note.
Fentoine Lum
Verified User
The US has been destabilizing Venezuela and latin american countries for decades. Seems capitalists aren't sure it fails without help from them. Same for Cuba.
Obama tried to open up Cuba and trump and the plutocrats turned it back. That makes no sense. Make lots of people suffer because you can.
Fentoine Lum
Verified User
Castro's sin was tossing out US corporations and the american mob, both who had used Cuba as a wealth extraction playground. Same for Venezuela, which we are still destabilizing, they merely tossed out our predatory globalist capitalists and refused to play ball with Wall Street, the IMF and the World Bank - going to war stuff. I do not see the party disparities in these efforts that you do. Yeah, Obama made a tepid gesture, the the Dems have had decade upon decade to do something other than posture for appearances sake.
evince
Truthmatters
America works
its a capitalist country run by the people
when we properly fetter our capitalism
that is our history
if you want socialism move
evince
Truthmatters
because we cant get it all done due to republican election cheating weakening our power with cheating Americans out of their votes to steal as much power as they can.
end the republican party cheating
which is completely documented in our court system
why do you keep pretending that is not an issue?
Castro took over with the mafia running Havana and American Ag companies using slave labor on their land. It had to end. We had a chance to stay if we were going to treat Cuba with respect. That is not the nature of capitalists. They were going to take their land back. So the Bay of Pigs killed the chance for diplomacy. We could have apologized and hoped for better. But not our way.
You should change that sub-title from King of Cheese Steals (which I actually am)...
...to King of trite bullshit.
You want more freedom for yourself...move to Antarctica.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello FKD19124,
Venezuela also relied on one hydro dam for most of their power. Then they faced a big drought. It came at the worst timing, when oil sales dried up for them.
Venezuela is a small country with limited resources. It is illogical to compare it to the USA. An Apples/Oranges thing.
Actually socialism in the USA, in the form of the social safety net, has made the poor far better off than capitalism ever did.
Wealth redistribution is proven effective at improving the lives of the poor. Even with the minimal wealth redistribution that we do, wealth inequality is becoming more and more extreme.
The government is us. We formed our own self-government a long time ago. Part of the reason is in the founding documents, to Promote the General Welfare. We, The People, have the ultimate power in this country. All that is needed is for us to unite and use our combined power to offset the damage caused by the Class War. It is the rich and powerful that makes government do bad things. We are the 99%. We can do this if we just unite against the powerful. We could have it so much better. And we could have our debt under control. Better energy, better education, better healthcare at lower cost. And guess what else? We could have far cheaper internet. We are all getting ripped off, you know.
Venezuela also relied on one hydro dam for most of their power. Then they faced a big drought. It came at the worst timing, when oil sales dried up for them.
Venezuela is a small country with limited resources. It is illogical to compare it to the USA. An Apples/Oranges thing.
Actually socialism in the USA, in the form of the social safety net, has made the poor far better off than capitalism ever did.
Wealth redistribution is proven effective at improving the lives of the poor. Even with the minimal wealth redistribution that we do, wealth inequality is becoming more and more extreme.
The government is us. We formed our own self-government a long time ago. Part of the reason is in the founding documents, to Promote the General Welfare. We, The People, have the ultimate power in this country. All that is needed is for us to unite and use our combined power to offset the damage caused by the Class War. It is the rich and powerful that makes government do bad things. We are the 99%. We can do this if we just unite against the powerful. We could have it so much better. And we could have our debt under control. Better energy, better education, better healthcare at lower cost. And guess what else? We could have far cheaper internet. We are all getting ripped off, you know.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Slave labor? According to the Cuban government the average wage is $18 per month.
Fentoine Lum
Verified User
No, it is not your history, it is your imprinting. The world's staunchest and most vociferous "capitalist" "free marketeers" begged for socialism - on the backs of the unsubstantial people - when they tanked the economic system, and got it, across both "conservative" and "liberal" administrations, and the entire world witnessed it. America merely leverages its brand of socialism to benefit the ruling aristocracy versus society at large.