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RE: Jokes section ?
September 28, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Are bad workplace conditions and lack of due respect for the working class a failure of capitalism or a failure of society itself? Capitalism as a system works perfectly well, especially on the free market. Anyone can have an idea, fight for it, get venture capital, and become a millionaire.
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RE: Jokes section ?
September 28, 2009 at 8:17 pm
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And communism's failure was not also a failing if the society? Socialism as described by Marx would have been a very good system... but it could not be implemented. My statement of capitalism reflects how it has worked out in every single implementation of it.
Many more have an idea... fight for it... lose... and become even poorer.
An interesting note on the difference between communism and capitalism:
Communism: This is such a great country, we're all equal... equally poor.
Capitalism: This is such a great country, we've all got a chance to make it big... but most of us don't.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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RE: Jokes section ?
September 29, 2009 at 12:29 am
Sae,
Socialism by itself falls on its ear because it fails to use human desire as a motivator, whereas Capitalism by itself fails to reign in those desires and free markets DO NOT control externalities and there is a possibility of a corporation growing so large as to prevent competition from entering their market.
Winston Churchill nails it right on the head:
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
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RE: Jokes section ?
September 29, 2009 at 8:56 am
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Personally, it's not God I dislike, it's his fan club I can't stand.
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RE: Jokes section ?
September 29, 2009 at 1:29 pm
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Good joke overmars.
heres one that I know:
Your at the beach how do you find Ronald MCDonald?
The answer is:
by his sesame seed buns.
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RE: Jokes section ?
October 1, 2009 at 6:33 am
A guy goes to see an oracle and asks "what does heaven look like? Will I enjoy it there?"
The oracle gets into a trance and says "I have good new and I have bad news. Heaven is filled with 18 hole golf courses, and always fair weather to play, and always challenging"
"So what is the bad news?" the man asks.
"Well" says the oracle, "You have an appointment for tee-off at 8:30 tomorrow morning"
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October 1, 2009 at 6:37 am
A man wants his fortune told. The fortune teller says "for 5 euros I will predict you one year.". The man says "I don't want one year, I want my fortune told for my entire life.". "That will be 2,50" says the fortune teller.
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RE: Jokes section ?
October 5, 2009 at 8:05 am
(September 29, 2009 at 1:29 pm)Amphora Wrote: Your at the beach how do you find Ronald MCDonald?
The answer is:
by his sesame seed buns.
I don't get it...
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
Basically, Marx idealized that the less fortunate would be given enough money from the rich that they wouldn't be unjustly served in life. (An exceptional book at illustrating this, would be 
