Donald Trump is a good person

[Aractus]

Yep really good guy you got there. Lier,  racist, flip flopper, failed business man, violent.  Real good guy.

With all due respect that makes him sound perfectly qualified for the job he's applying for, no?

[Minimalist]

Nah.  We like to fool ourselves.

All the other politicians except the one we support are liars.

[brewer]

All businessmen are criminal assholes.

Thanks for the blanket condemnation.

[Minimalist]

That's what capitalism does.

[brewer]

That's what capitalism does.

I disagree. That can happen but in my experience the majority are not criminals or assholes. My father was not, his father was not, most of the small businesses I grew up with and do business with now are not. The people I worked for were not. And on, and on, and on, ..................

Just tired of the blanket statements. It's not reality. Every person that you have ever done business with is a criminal asshole? Must suck to be you.

[Minimalist]

Don't buy it.





I'm sure the robber barons of the 1890's considered your grandfather a "capitalist."

[Minimalist]

Meanwhile, modern robber barons are looking to cut their losses.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/the-trum...tial-race/

The Trump ‘cult’ is causing GOP mega-donors to abandon the presidential race

Key conservative groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and their network of rich allies are plowing millions into Senate races after becoming frustrated by the overheated rhetoric and policies of leading Republican presidential candidates – especially frontrunner Donald Trump – and opting to stay out of the primaries.

[Jackalope]

Pretty clear sign the GOP has given up on winning the presidency, IMO.

[Minimalist]

Stephen Colbert discusses Cruz' new-found "support."

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/colbert-...ittle-bit/


Includes video.

[abaris]

I disagree. That can happen but in my experience the majority are not criminals or assholes.

You're talking about small businesses and I agree. My father was a moderate businessman too. Running a small chain of shops and we were well off when I was a child. He was what you might call a patron, always looking out for his employees wellbeing and calling them by first name while they adressed him with mister.

But we're not talking about that anymore in our world. What makes it tick are impersonal corporations run by scum, getting away with everything, as 2008 has taught us in the most painful way possible. Buying out the competition, so it's not even a free market anymore. Large behemoths are running the economy, dertermining the quality as well as the price of goods. There's almost no competition to speak of in many fields. To the detriment of the consumer and to the detriment of the employees. That's a caricature of a free market, and a bad one for that matter.

And that's why I always make the distinction between a free market and capitalism. The former is helpful, the latter only serving a select few.