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limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)alittlelark
(18,891 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,869 posts)right to make a profit is more important than another man's God-given right to eat.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)dotymed
(5,610 posts)It is much worse now that the(mainly) FDR era, imposed regulations have been discarded, but capitalism has and will always equal greed.
tex-wyo-dem
(3,190 posts)It plays on the worst traits of humans.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes
chervilant
(8,267 posts)it's the reason why Karl Marx, a most erudite philosopher, has been vilified and/or discounted lo these many years.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)kleptocracy that labeled itself Communism.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)The Bolsheviks did more harm to the philosophy than the capitalists could ever dream of.
Bakunin predicted what the Bolsheviks would 50+ years before The October Revolution.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)are so much better than capitalist countries like Norway and France.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Neither capitalism nor socialism are without their problems, given that both system are administered by humans. I do think that there is a blend of the two which could work toward the good of all.
BTW, some of the most fervent champions of capitalism in this nation would gladly give us over to a complete dictatorship. What do you think the Koch brothers are pushing for?
GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita [metric tons of CO2]
10.5 Norway
6.1 France
3 North Korea
2.4 Cuba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)...are authoritarian states that are socialist in name only.
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)for the most part the rewarding of evil and punishing of the unlucky.
It is a disaster for the vast majority it touches and needs to be swept away in favor of Democratic Socialism.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)just1voice
(1,362 posts)Without regulation the criminals take over.
D23MIURG23
(2,852 posts)Capitalism and socialism are too broad to be any one simplistic statement, and neither are perfect. The best systems manage to capture some of the strengths of both systems.
Also, fascism can eat shit and die.