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Socialism: A solution to America’s recession
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 33272693:MV8yMTI3MTA4XzM1ODk3MTYyXzg5RDk1MDA1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 16056270:MV8yMTI3MTA4XzM1ODk3MTIzXzlBQjJBNTk3] [quote:Alethian:MV8yMTI3MTA4XzM1ODk2NjA3XzEyMUE3MkVD] 1) Capitalism has never failed. The so-called 'failures' of capitalism are all the result of government intervention, particularly the panics. Read Rothbard's [i]History of Banking in America[/i] and his book on the Fed. 2) Socialism [i]can't[/i] work, because an economy needs a pricing mechanism geared to economic fundamentals, and this is possible only under two conditions: (a) hard commodity based money, like gold or silver; (b) complete freedom in the exchange of money, i.e. a completely free market. To the extent that the monetary system is interfered with, the economic will become inflexible and corrupt. The result will be such things as panics. 3) The worst possible example of (2) is the creation of a central bank which has the exclusive right to issue soft money unbacked by a commodity, and no restrictions on its printing. I.e. the Federal Reserve. And socialists all called for a central bank of this sort. 4) Part of the reason the American people want these things is they don't understand the value of capitalism. America hasn't been capitalist in the original and true sense for over 100 years (probably before the Civil War). The big changes during and after the Civil War were basically government involvement in big business and banking - these crushed the country. The other reason, of course, is that the American people are inundated with socialist ideals from birth. No wonder they like the institutions. They no longer understand the nature and value of freedom. 5) Even if the people want this stuff, that says nothing about the true value of socialism. [/quote] . Lol. It's apparent to anyone with half a brain that capitalism is eating itself alive and the planet with it. At this point corruption has become synonymous with capitalism. Go back to your dreamworld where butterflies and rainbows shoot out the arse of Monsanto ceo's. [/quote] All I see is governments propping up private business, that isn't free enterprise. So until you pull your head out of your ass and understand it's THE STATE that is fucking with the market, stop parroting that 'capitalism has failed' shit. [/quote]
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When polled a number of Americans like the essence of many socialist ideas, but fear the term "socialism" itself.
The poll conducted in 2005 eluded to the idea that many Americans favored a system similar to the Swedish governance model.
Michael Prysner of the Party for Socialism and Liberation said that socialism is scary and dangerous only to the top one percent of America’s wealthy, because it aims to help those who are not as well off but work to create the wealth.
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