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2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
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RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 7, 2013 at 3:47 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(January 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm)Ryantology Wrote: You can say what you like about socialism, but unrestrained capitalism is destructive for everyone who isn't on top, and the evidence is all over America.
America does not have unrestrained capitalism. It has corporatism.

Give them time, boss. The corporate cocksuckers are working on it. This last election slowed them down but only by a little.
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#72
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
(January 7, 2013 at 3:47 pm)Tiberius Wrote: America does not have unrestrained capitalism. It has corporatism.

Give them time, boss. The corporate cocksuckers are working on it. This last election slowed them down but only by a little.

Who do you think you are? you can't compete with the super elite- whatever scheme you have to stop the oligarchs- stop- it won't work. These guys are thinking 10 steps ahead of you.
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#73
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 7, 2013 at 3:47 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(January 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm)Ryantology Wrote: You can say what you like about socialism, but unrestrained capitalism is destructive for everyone who isn't on top, and the evidence is all over America.
America does not have unrestrained capitalism. It has corporatism.

To be more accurate and precise, the illusion of unrestrained pure capitalism was used to sell what actually was corporatism.

Just because what we have is actually different from the political ideologies that are used to support it doesn't divorce from the concept that the premise of unrestrained capitalism is what convinces people to support corporatism to the point that fair regulation and removal of corporate welfare is considered "socialism."
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
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#74
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 7, 2013 at 3:47 pm)Tiberius Wrote: America does not have unrestrained capitalism. It has corporatism.

True Capitalism ™ has one thing in common with True Communism ™. Neither one has ever existed.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
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#75
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
We came pretty close in the late 19th century. It took Teddy Roosevelt - a good Republican - to reign the cunts in back then.
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#76
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Give them time, boss. The corporate cocksuckers are working on it. This last election slowed them down but only by a little.
What?!? Corporations don't want unrestrained capitalism...they want corporatism. Under capitalism, they would have to play fair and face competition. With corporatism, they buy politicians and get policy changed to suit them. Ron Paul was a supporter of the free market when in office...did you ever see him lobbying for big corporations?
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#77
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 8, 2013 at 5:41 am)Tiberius Wrote:
(January 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Give them time, boss. The corporate cocksuckers are working on it. This last election slowed them down but only by a little.
What?!? Corporations don't want unrestrained capitalism...they want corporatism. Under capitalism, they would have to play fair and face competition. With corporatism, they buy politicians and get policy changed to suit them. Ron Paul was a supporter of the free market when in office...did you ever see him lobbying for big corporations?

This is also part of the problem with True Capitalism ™ that it shares in common with True Communism ™. Proponents (including my professors from business school) offer "in theory, x should happen that will make everything cool." The problem is, x never quite materializes.

In theory...
"Raising the minimum wage raises unemployment"
"Cutting taxes stimulates economic growth and job creation"
"Raising taxes kills the economy"
"We can deregulate because the markets will take care of themselves"

In reality... fail fail fail fail, "well, that doesn't count because (ad hoc excuses ensue)..."

Life's a balance. Neither government bureaucrats nor business tycoons are inherently evil, they have their roles to play in a properly balanced economy. I believe in regulated capitalism with checks and balances between unions, government regulation and business interests.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
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#78
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 8, 2013 at 9:32 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:
(January 8, 2013 at 5:41 am)Tiberius Wrote: What?!? Corporations don't want unrestrained capitalism...they want corporatism. Under capitalism, they would have to play fair and face competition. With corporatism, they buy politicians and get policy changed to suit them. Ron Paul was a supporter of the free market when in office...did you ever see him lobbying for big corporations?

This is also part of the problem with True Capitalism ™ that it shares in common with True Communism ™. Proponents (including my professors from business school) offer "in theory, x should happen that will make everything cool." The problem is, x never quite materializes.

In theory...
"Raising the minimum wage raises unemployment"
"Cutting taxes stimulates economic growth and job creation"
"Raising taxes kills the economy"
"We can deregulate because the markets will take care of themselves"

In reality... fail fail fail fail, "well, that doesn't count because (ad hoc excuses ensue)..."

Life's a balance. Neither government bureaucrats nor business tycoons are inherently evil, they have their roles to play in a properly balanced economy. I believe in regulated capitalism with checks and balances between unions, government regulation and business interests.

So the markets can not regulate themself? How do you explain Ebay's dominance when they rely 100% on customer regulation and DRO model?

Surely, if what you said is true- then Ebay should be a complete failure.
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#79
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 8, 2013 at 9:35 am)BGChuckLee Wrote: So the markets can not regulate themself?

See 2008.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
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#80
RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
(January 8, 2013 at 9:37 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:
(January 8, 2013 at 9:35 am)BGChuckLee Wrote: So the markets can not regulate themself?

See 2008.

What does that mean?

You didn't answer the question.
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