Albert Einstein on Socialism

[Agit8r]

From a 1949 essay by Albert Einstein:

Production is carried on for profit, not for use. There is no provision that all those able and willing to work will always be in a position to find employment; an “army of unemployed” almost always exists. The worker is constantly in fear of losing his job. Since unemployed and poorly paid workers do not provide a profitable market, the production of consumers’ goods is restricted, and great hardship is the consequence. Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all. The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is responsible for an instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions. Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals which I mentioned before.

Why Socialism

In the wake of technological advances which increasingly benefit only the rich, I think everyone should open their minds to the possibility of what the world could be instead.

Hey Joe... There's nothing stopping you from being rich, but you.

And Joe, envy is a very ugly instinct.

You guys really do need a new shtick. I have over a million dollars in assets. I know, that's not really rich in today's dollars but it's way better off than most. this world is going down and the reason is human stupidity - just like yours. Just keep on buying into the current system. Let's see how far it goes.

Do you believe America's economy today is unfettered capitalism? If so, you could not be more wrong. America is a crony capitalist fascist oligarchy.

The problem with socialism, as with most economic systems, is it requires man to control it...and we all know man is a terribly flawed thing.

Has there ever been a nation with an unfettered capitalist economy?

I pretty much agree with what you say here. As to that last question, no, it is like the other utopian theories.

 

[bripat9643]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Capitalism doesn't put faith in anyone. Every product an institution has to undergo the market test every single day. Not so with government.

 

[Mac1958]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Bingo.

The key is in finding the proper equilibrium, a system that is carefully, thoughtfully and efficiently regulated and implemented without that very regulation creating too much of a drag on the dynamics of that system.

Socialism/Capitalism, either/or, binary thought here. It's not one or the other. Our system has always been a blend.

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[Agit8r]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Capitalism doesn't put faith in anyone. Every product an institution has to undergo the market test every single day. Not so with government.

Neither the market test nor profit motive will protect the rights of all individuals in a society.

 

[occupied]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Bingo.

The key is in finding the proper equilibrium, a system that is carefully, thoughtfully and efficiently regulated and implemented without that very regulation creating too much of a drag on the dynamics of that system.

Socialism/Capitalism, either/or, binary thought here. It's not one or the other. Our system has always been a blend.

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It seems the proper blend for dogmatic capitalists is for the government to protect "job creators" from the rabble but not to protect the rabble from them. Any consumer protection measures or labor law are going too far if they do anything at all. These capitalist champions who blame the shortcomings on cronyism react to anything to combat the practice with horror.

 

[Mac1958]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Bingo.

The key is in finding the proper equilibrium, a system that is carefully, thoughtfully and efficiently regulated and implemented without that very regulation creating too much of a drag on the dynamics of that system.

Socialism/Capitalism, either/or, binary thought here. It's not one or the other. Our system has always been a blend.

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It seems the proper blend for dogmatic capitalists is for the government to protect "job creators" from the rabble but not to protect the rabble from them. Any consumer protection measures or labor law are going too far if they do anything at all. These capitalist champions who blame the shortcomings on cronyism react to anything to combat the practice with horror.

What would you say proper blend for dogmatic socialists would be?

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[Where_r_my_Keys]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Capitalism doesn't put faith in anyone. Every product an institution has to undergo the market test every single day. Not so with government.

Neither the market test nor profit motive will protect the rights of all individuals in a society.

Hmm... "Rights"?

Why is it that we never see a Leftist speak to RESPONSIBILITY?

They spend every waking hour braying about their RIGHTS... demanding that all responsibility be transferred to government, then they weep and gnash their tooth when someone screws them, claiming that government should have protected them.

The irrepressible hallmark of the lowly idiot.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Bingo.

The key is in finding the proper equilibrium, a system that is carefully, thoughtfully and efficiently regulated and implemented without that very regulation creating too much of a drag on the dynamics of that system.

Socialism/Capitalism, either/or, binary thought here. It's not one or the other. Our system has always been a blend.

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It seems the proper blend for dogmatic capitalists is for the government to protect "job creators" from the rabble but not to protect the rabble from them. Any consumer protection measures or labor law are going too far if they do anything at all. These capitalist champions who blame the shortcomings on cronyism react to anything to combat the practice with horror.

Psst... dumbass. Crony-capitalism is a misnomer. It's not capitalism. (It's socialism.) And it fails, every time it's tried. But that's only because nature requires that it must fail.

 

[Theowl32]

Albert Einstein area of expertise was in physics. Not social engineering.

You still have to wonder, if socialism was really so great, why there is not a massive number of people trying to "flee" America.

Why aren't Americans trying to sail to Cuba on rafts?

Why aren't Americans trying to cross over to Canada and declare political asylum at the same rate Mexicans are coming here.

Maybe, the Mexicans, Guats, Hondurans are really trying to get to Canada.

Now, here they are trying to quote Einstein. Einstein was also a deist. So was Sir Isaac Newton.

Oh never mind. Liberals and their utopia. Have to laugh at the losers. They are such hypocrites.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

From a 1949 essay by Albert Einstein:

Production is carried on for profit, not for use. There is no provision that all those able and willing to work will always be in a position to find employment; an “army of unemployed” almost always exists. The worker is constantly in fear of losing his job. Since unemployed and poorly paid workers do not provide a profitable market, the production of consumers’ goods is restricted, and great hardship is the consequence. Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all. The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is responsible for an instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions. Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals which I mentioned before.

Why Socialism

In the wake of technological advances which increasingly benefit only the rich, I think everyone should open their minds to the possibility of what the world could be instead.

I'd rather take economic advise from Milton Friedman and people who know what they're talking about

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I wan tto know what Angelina Jolie thnks about capitalism. That will decide things for me!

Or Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio!

 

[Theowl32]

I wan tto know what Angelina Jolie thnks about capitalism. That will decide things for me!

Or Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio!

I asked the other day, just what in the hell was Leonardo DiCrapio doing addressing world leaders on climate change?

You can just hear liberals, after seeing this......

"DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING NOW!?!?!?!"

Of course those same fucking moronic dipshits, who are now quoting a genius physicist on social engineering dismiss the 30,000 scientists who signed the petition contradicting the man made global warming crowd.

^^^The liberals reject that, but are awe inspired by DiCrapio.

Here are 917 Signers out of 31,487 Total in US

Earl M. Aagaard, PhD, Charles W. Aami, Roger L. Aamodt, PhD, Wilbur A. Aanes, M. Robert Aaron, Ralph F. Abate, Hamed K. Abbas, PhD, Wyatt E. Abbitt II, Bernaard J. Abbott, PhD, David J. Abbott, MD, David M. Abbott Jr., Donald W. Abbott, Douglas R. Abbott, Eugene Abbott, Frank D. Abbott, Paul Abbott, Ursula K. Abbott, PhD, Refaat A. Abdel-Malek, PhD, Albert S. Abdullah, DVM, Alan E. Abel, MD, Jason Abel, Janis I. Abele, Joseph M. Abell, Robert E. Abell, Gene H. Abels, MD, Philip H Abelson, PhD*, Wayne Aben, Jerrold Abernathy, Marshall W. Abernathy, Grady L. Ables, Earl Arthur Abrahamson, PhD, Alan V. Abrams, MD, Carl M. Abrams, Robert C. Abrams, Paul B. Abramson, PhD, Jose L. Abreu Jr., Joe L. Abriola Jr., B. Steven Absher, Sally Absher, Ahmed E. Aburahmah, PhD, Joseph P Accardo, Austin R. Ace, David A. Acerni, John W. Achee Sr., Billy R. Achmbaugh, Daniel T. Achord, PhD, Ernest R. Achterberg, Ava V Ackerman, DVM, Gene L. Ackerman, John R. Ackerman, William L. Ackerman, Richard E. Ackermann, Terry D. Ackman, Donald O. Acrey, Lee Actor, Humberto M. Acuna Jr., Robert K. Adair, PhD, William G. Adair Jr., Brian D. Adam, PhD, Chris Adam, Anthony F. Adamo, Albert H. Adams, MD, Ann S. Adams, Anthony W. Adams, MD, Audrey W Adams, Brook W. Adams, Bryan C. Adams, Bryant L Adams, PhD, Charles K. Adams, Daniel B Adams Jr., Daniel Otis Adams, PhD, Dell H. Adams, Donald Adams, Dwight L. Adams, MD, Eugene Adams, Gail D. Adams, PhD, George Baker Adams, PhD, George F. Adams, Gerald J. Adams, PhD, Gregory A Adams, Harold Elwood Adams, PhD, Henry J. Adams, Howard J. Adams, James D. Adams, James William Adams, Jim D. Adams, John Edgar Adams, PhD, John Adams, Kent A. Adams, Lee A Adams Jr., Leonard Caldwell Adams, PhD, Lewis R. Adams, Louis W. Adams, PhD, N. Adams, Neil Adams, PhD, Opal Adams, Phillip Adams, PhD, Richard Ernest Adams, Richard L. Adams, Richard W. Adams, MD, Roy Melville Adams, PhD, Roy B. Adams, Stanley D Adams, Steve W. Adams, Steven W. Adams, William W. Adams, William P. Adams, MD, William M. Adams, PhD, William John Adams, William D. Adams, Wilton T. Adams, PhD, Verne E. Adamson, Wayne L. Adamson, Karlis Adamsons Jr., PhD, George Adcock, Robert E. Adcock, Rusty Adcock, MD, Lionel Paul Adda, PhD, Ben J. Addiego, Albert W. Addington, Tim Addington, William H. Addington, Paul Bradley Addis, PhD, Marshall B. Addison, PhD, Winford R. Addison, Joseph E. Adducci, MD, John K. Addy, PhD, Wayne F. Addy, C. William Ade, Albert H. Adelman, PhD, Barnet R. Adelman, Gary N. Adkins, L. A. Adkins, Michael F. Adkins, Ronald R. Adkins, PhD, T. Adkins, Wilder Adkins, Perry Lee Adkisson, PhD, Norman Adler, PhD, Jacques J.P. Adnet, Eric R. Adolphson, John H. Adrain, MD, Anthony J. Adrignolo, PhD, V. Harry Adrounie, PhD, Richard A. Adsero, Steve E. Aeschbach, Stanley P. Aetrewicz, Stephen B. Affleck, PhD, Siegfried Aftergut, PhD, Jack G. Agan, Frederick A. Agdern, Larry Delmar Agenbroad, PhD, Sven Agerbek, David Agerton, PhD, George Aggen, PhD, Vincent Agnello, MD, Kenneth Agnes, Mark R. Agnew, Nathan Agnew, Robert F. Agnew, MD, Sean R Agnew, Thomas I. Agnew, PhD, M. C. Agress, John Aguilar, Jorge T. Aguinaldo, Aida M. Aguirre, Robert Aharonov, Richard Ahern, Phillip S. Ahlberg, Kevin Ahlborg, Mark Ahlert, Terry Ahlquist, Richard G. Ahlvin, Edward J Ahmann, MD, Mumtaz Ahmed, PhD, Rafique Ahmed, PhD, Robert A. Ahokas, PhD, H. William Ahrenholz, Edward Ahrens, Rolland W. Ahrens, PhD, Robert M. Ahring, PhD, John J. Aiello, Robert P. Aillery, Brian R. Ainley, Alfred Ainsworth, Oscar Richard Ainsworth, PhD, Steven L. Ainsworth, Sol Aisenberg, PhD, John W. Ake, John Hvan Aken, Arthur W. Akers, David J. Akers, Stuart R. Akers, Gary L. Akerstrom, Wayne Henry Akeson, MD, Munawwar M. Akhtar, Frank Jerrel Akin, PhD, Thane Akins, Frederick I. Akiya, MD, John S. Akiyama, M. H. Akram, PhD, Philip R. Akre, MD, Zeki Al-Saigh, PhD, Zaynab Al-Yassin, PhD, G. James Alaback, Lloyd Alaback, John A. Alai, Robert J. Alaimo, PhD, Rogelio N. Alama, Greg Alan, Janet Alanko, Randy A Alanko, MD, Vincent M. Albanese, Henry Albaugh, Grant Alberich, Daniel C. Albers, Kenneth O. Albers, MD, Timothy A. Albers, Arthur Edward Albert, PhD, Edward G Albert, Eric K. Albert, PhD, James T. Albert, Tom J. Albert, William L. Albert, James L. Alberta, Leland C. Albertson, Roy A. Albertson, Frank Addison Albini, PhD, Allan J. Albrecht, Robert M. Albrecht, Rudolph C. Albrecht, Fred Ronald Albright, PhD, James C. Albright, PhD, Jay Donald Albright, PhD, Robert Lee Albright, PhD, William D. Albright, Marcus Albro, Allwyn Albuquerque, Evelyn A. Alcantara, PhD, Ernest Charles Alcaraz, PhD, Garrett D. Alcorn, John C. Alden, PhD, Ronald Godshall Alderfer, PhD, Thomas Alderson, PhD, Ben Alderton, Franklin Dalton Aldrich, PhD, Harl P. Aldrich, PhD, Reuben J. Aldrich, Richard John Aldrich, PhD, Samuel Roy Aldrich, PhD, Robert Aldridge, Gabriel C. Aldulescu, MD, Perry Baldwin Alers, PhD, Alex F. Alessandrini, Steven J. Alessandro, Andrew J. Alessi, Stephen R. Alewine, Joseph J. Alex, Danrick W. Alexander, Dave Alexander, Dennis J. Alexander, Fred Alexander, George C. Alexander, DVM, Harold R. Alexander, Ira H. Alexander, James B Alexander, James F. Alexander Jr., John C. Alexander, Kelsey Alexander, Kevin Alexander, M. Dale Alexander, PhD, Michael L. Alexander, Moorad Alexanian, PhD, Igor Alexeff, PhD, Charles D. Alexson, Rodolfo Q. Alfonso, Jennifer M. Alford, Mary E. Alford, Rex Alford, Robert L. Alford, Luis A. Algarra, Roger C. Alig, PhD, Mark J. Alkire, MD, R. Allahyari, PhD, Louis John Allamandola, PhD, Roger L. Allard, Joel W. Alldredge, William David Alldredge Jr., Fred A. Allehoff, John F. Alleman, Ben C. Allen, PhD, Charles W Allen, PhD, Charles M. Allen, PhD, Charles C. Allen, Christopher G. Allen, Clayton H. Allen, PhD, David M. 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Aman, Farouk Amanatullah, Larry C. Amans, James L. Amarel, Charles David Amata, PhD, Carmelo J. Amato, Paul Gerard Amazeen, PhD, Ronald F. Amberger, PhD, Leonard Amborski, PhD, Joseph R. Ambruster, Donald Ford Amend, PhD, Marvin Earl Ament, Richard Amerling, MD, Edward J. Ames II, Lynford L Ames, PhD, Martin R. Ames, Donald R. Amett, Michael R. Amick, Wayne P. Amico, Dean P. Amidon, Pushpavati S. Amin, Duane R. Amlee, Kenneth S. Ammons, Moris Amon, PhD, Richard D. Amori, Lee Amoroso, PhD, Bonnie B. Amos, PhD, Dewey Harold Amos, PhD, A. Amr, PhD, Fred Amsler, MD, Robert L. Amster, DVM, Thomas A. Amundsen, Adolph L. Amundson, Keith L Amunson, James P. Amy, Barry M. Amyx, MD*, Raymond J. Anater, Sal A. Anazalone, Kenneth L. Ancell, Melvin M. Anchell, MD, Ernest J. Andberg, Kenneth J. Anderer, G. Anderle, PhD, John P. Anders, MD, D. Andersen, Donald A. Andersen, PhD, Donald R. Andersen Jr., Doug E. Andersen, Gene P. Andersen, George H. Andersen, Lawrence D. Andersen, Terrell Neils Andersen, PhD, Torben B. Andersen, PhD, Wilford Hoyt Andersen, PhD, Robert W. Andersohn, Alan J. Anderson, Albert S. Anderson, MD, Amos Robert Anderson, PhD, Amy L Anderson, Andrew S. Anderson, PhD, Anita Teter Anderson, Arthur G. Anderson, PhD, Arthur E. Anderson, Arvid Anderson, Barry D. Anderson, Bernard Jeffrey Anderson, PhD, Bruce Martin Anderson Jr., C. M. Anderson Jr., Charles R Anderson, PhD, Chris Anderson, Christopher Anderson, Conrad E. Anderson, MD, Corby G. Anderson, PhD, Craig A. Anderson, David W. Anderson, David Robert Anderson, PhD, David O. Anderson, PhD, David B. Anderson, David A. Anderson, David Anderson, PhD, David Anderson, Donald Anderson, PhD, Donald Heruin Anderson, PhD, Douglas J. Anderson, MD, Elmer A. Anderson, PhD, Eric Anderson, Fred G. Anderson, MD, Gerald L. Anderson, Glenn L. Anderson, Greg J. Anderson, H. C. Anderson, Harrison Clarke Anderson, MD, Ingrid Anderson, PhD, J. Hilbert Anderson, James R. Anderson, James R. Anderson, James P. Anderson, James K. Anderson, James Anderson, Jane E. Anderson, Janis W. Anderson, Joel Anderson, John C. Anderson, PhD, John O. Anderson, Jon C. Anderson, MD, Joy R. Anderson, PhD, Julia W. Anderson, PhD, Keith R. Anderson, Ken Anderson, Kenneth E. Anderson, Larry Anderson, PhD, Leif H. Anderson, Leslie Anderson, PhD, Louis Weston Anderson, Lowell Ray Anderson, Lynn C. Anderson, DVM, Mark Anderson, Mark A. Anderson, Mary P Anderson, Mike E. Anderson, Mitchell Anderson, Nathan Anderson, Orson Lamar Anderson, PhD, P. Jennings Anderson, Percy G. Anderson Jr., R. L. Anderson, Randall H. Anderson, Reece B. Anderson, Richard Alan Anderson, PhD, Richard C. Anderson, Robert Anderson, Robert E. Anderson, Robert J Anderson, MD, Rodney C. Anderson, PhD, Roger O. Anderson, Roscoe B. Anderson, MD, Ross S. Anderson, PhD, Roy E. Anderson, Russell Anderson, Theodore D. Anderson, Thomas P. Anderson, Thomas F. Anderson, PhD, Thornton Anderson, Tom Anderson, Tom P. Anderson, Walton O. Anderson, Warren Ronald Anderson, Wilbert C. Anderson, William L. Anderson, Karen Andersonnoeck, Charles S. Andes, David J. Andes, Mark J. Andorka, Robynn Andracsek, John Robert Andrade, PhD, Manuel Andrade, John Andrako, PhD, Ivan J. Andrasik, Peter R. Andreana, PhD, Gilbert M. Andreen, Eva Andrei, PhD, George Andreiev, Richard M. Andres, PhD, Douglas R Andress, Steven M. Andreucci, James F. Andrew, PhD, James M. Andrew, Felixe A. Andrews, Frederick T. Andrews, Harry N. Andrews, John Stevens Andrews, PhD, Marion L. Andrews, Mel Andrews, Raynal W. Andrews, Russell A. Andrews, Russell S. Andrews, PhD, Scott Andrews, PhD, Timothy Andreychek, Lois Andros, Edward A. Andrus, M. B. Andrus, PhD, Walter S. Andrus, Robert E. Angel, Ernest F. Angelicola, Vincent Angelo, PhD, Francis M. Angeloni, PhD, T. Angelosaute, Steven T. Angely, Claude B. Anger, Robert H. Angevine, Ernest Angino, PhD, Keith Angle, Walter C. Anglemeyer, Howard P. Angstadt, PhD, Micheal J. Anhorn, Kevin P. Ankenbrand, William D. Ankney, William L Anliker, Stuart H. Anness, MD, Stig A. Annestrand, Edward J Annick, B. M. Anose, PhD, Mohammed R. Ansari, Gregory W. Antal, Bradley C. Antanaitis, PhD, John Allen Anthes, PhD, Elizabeth Y. Anthony, PhD, Jack R. Anthony, Lee Saunders Anthony, PhD, Robert D. Anthony, Charles H. Antinori, PhD, Achilles P. Anton, MD, Herbert D. Anton, Nick J. Antonas, Dan Antonescu-Wolf, MD, Rolando A. Antonio, Wilfred L. Antonson, Stephen P. Antony, Mary J. Anzia, PhD, Clarence R. Apel, MD, Henry W. Apfelbach, MD, P. J. Apice, Carl Apicella, Bruce W. Apland, David R. Appel, Kenneth P. Apperson, Norman Apperson, W. H. Appich Jr., Lynn Apple, Alan Appleby, PhD, Robert H. Appleby, Donald Applegate, DVM, James K. Applegate, PhD, Lowell N. Applegate, John K. Applegath, Herbert S Appleman, Douglas E. Applequist, PhD, Morris Herman Aprison, PhD, Charles Apter, PhD, Richard Apuzzo II, J. B. Aquilla, MD, Arturo Q. Arabe, PhD, Ara Arabyan, PhD, Steven B. Aragon, MD, Orlando A. Arana, Eric C. Araneta, Jonathan Arata, PhD, Howard Arbaugh, Anatoly L Arber, PhD, Harry D. Arber, R. Kent Arblaster, Jaime Arbona-Fazzi, PhD, Earl F. Arbuckle, John Arcadi, MD, Antonio E. Arce, Ed Arce, James R. Arce, Frank G Arcella, PhD, Byron J. Arceneaux, Leon M. Arceneaux, Webster J. Arceneaux Jr., John Arch, Diane M Archer, Donald Archer, William W. Archer, Patrick J. Archey, Philip Archibald, Robert L. Archibald, John L Archie, Angela N. Archon, William Bryant Ard, PhD, William Ard, Richard J. Ardine Arthur, Joe R. Arechavaleta, Christopher Arend, Robert W. Arends, Elton E. Arensman, Vittorio K. Argento, PhD, Harold V. Argo, PhD, Guvenc Argon, John W. Argue, Lawrence Ariano, MD, William J. Arion, PhD, Gary Arithson, Zaven S. Ariyan, PhD, Alfred Arkell, PhD, Raymond D Arkwright, Giacomo Armand, PhD, Gertrude D. Armbruster, PhD, Thomas G. Armbuster, MD, Bradley Armentrout, Richard W. Armentrout, PhD, Lew Armer, Joseph S Armijo, PhD, Ralph Elmer Armington, PhD, Bobby M. Armistead, William E Armour, Robert L. Arms, Baxter H. Armstrong, PhD, Clifford B. Armstrong Jr., Desiree A. Armstrong, PhD, Glenn M. Armstrong, James E. Armstrong, James R. Armstrong, DVM, Lou Armstrong, Lowell Todd Armstrong, Mark Armstrong, Marvin D. Armstrong, PhD, Melvin B. Armstrong, Robert L. Armstrong, PhD, Robert Lee Armstrong, PhD, Robert Emile Arnal, PhD, Dana Arndt, Harold H. Arndt, Jerome C. Arnett Jr., MD, Ross Harold Arnett, PhD, William S. Arnett, Charles Arney, Philip J. Arnholt, PhD, Aaron J Arnold, Charles W. Arnold, Charles Arnold, PhD, David Arnold, Edwin L. Arnold, Gregory B. Arnold, Herbert K. Arnold, Jack N. Arnold, John K Arnold, DVM, Lance L. Arnold, Marcia L. Arnold, R. Arnold, PhD, Randall W. Arnold, Robert Arnold Jr., DVM, Stephen Arnold, Timothy D. Arnold, William Archibald Arnold, PhD, John H Arns, Jr, Lester C. Arnwine, James T. Arocho, MD, Sidney O. Arola, Casper J. Aronson, Seymour Aronson, PhD, George V Aros Chilingarian, PhD, Joseph Bartholomew Arots, PhD, Adrian Arp, PhD, Charles Hammond Arrington, PhD, Dale E. Arrington, PhD, Donald R. Arrington, Clement R. Arrison, Rhea T. Van Arsdall, John V. Artale, James S. Arthur, PhD, Charles G. Artinian, MD, Robert Artz, Jaime N. Aruguete, MD, Delano Z. Arvin, PhD, Joseph J. Arx, Goro G Asaki, George J. Asanovich, Charles H. Asbill, Bob J. Ascherl, Alvin G. Ash, Michael W. Ashberry, Edward V. Ashburn, Joe E. Ashby, PhD, Kenny Ashby, Randolph W Ashby, PhD, Raymond A. Ashcraft, Charles R. Ashford, A. Ashley, PhD, Doyle Allen Ashley, PhD, Edward E. Ashley, Holt Ashley, PhD, Maynard B. Ashley, Warren Cotton Ashley, PhD, Wayne A. Ashley, William M. Ashley, Alvin Ashman, Jerome P. Ashman, Abhay Ashtekar, PhD, Philip T. Ashton, Romney A. Ashton, MD, Walter R. Ashwill, Bob Ashworth, Jim F. Ashworth, Monroe Ashworth, Robert A Ashworth, Robert S. Ashworth, Victor Asirvatham, PhD, Orv B. Askeland, Ann Askew, B. Askildsen, Charles W. Askins, Philip R. Askman, Tom Asmas, PhD, Robert C. Asmus, Erik Aspelin, Winifred Alice Asprey, PhD, Don O. Asquith, PhD, Mike Assad, Andrew P. Assenmacher, Orazio J. Astarita, Jacob F. Asti, Everett L. Astleford, Eugene Roy Astley, R. Lee Aston, PhD, Raymond J. Astor Sr., Otilia J. Asuncion, MD, Charles E. Atchison, James Atchison, Curtis L. Atchley, Greg J. Aten, Robert Aten, PhD, James Athanasion, Michael J. Atherton, PhD, William J. Atherton, PhD, Robert D. Athey Jr., PhD, Arthur C. Atkins, David C. Atkins, Larry P. Atkins, Mark D. Atkins, D. O. Atkinson, Erika J Atkinson, John P. Atkinson, MD, John R. Atkinson, Keith Atkinson, Larry N. Atkinson, Lynn A Atkinson, Matthew R. Atkinson, Stanley L. Atnipp, Richard Attig, Leonardo D. Attorre, William J. Attwooll, Jerry C. Atwell, Mark Atwood, PhD, Robert C. Atwood, Luben Atzeff, MD, Jerry Y. Au, Lester C. Auble, Darrel D. Auch, James C. Auckland, Walter Auclair, PhD, Daniel J. Aucutt, Bryan Audiffred, William H. 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Averhoff, Frank Averill, PhD, Rosario D. Averion, MD, Alex Avery, Donald Avery, Nathan M. Avery, Philip J. Avery, Kenneth Avicola, Arthur J. Avila, Luis A. Avila, Teresita D. Avila, MD, Joseph Avruch, MD, Theodore C. Awartkruis, PhD, Steven G. Axen, M. Friedman Axler, PhD, William P. Aycock, Jessica Ayers, Robert C. Ayers Jr., PhD, Bruce D. Ayres, PhD, T. G. Ayres, Wesley P. Ayres, PhD, Dany Ayseur, Alison M. Azar, Max Azevedo, Azizollah Azhdam
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis - Forbes

Do not worry though, cause Leonardo DiCrapio made a speech at the UN and Matt Damon made a movie against fracking.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Bobby Flay on Relativity.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Socialism is what protects nations from Communism.

Socialism ameliorates economic conditions in a nation, and thus reduces the chances of more radical movements, such as a communist revolution, occurring.

Wrong. All socialism does is make the government stronger. Of course, those who make their living off of government will always defend socialism. It's a feed-back loop. The more people that get on the government teat, the more people there are who have a vested interest in growing the government, and the more people you have who defend socialism.

Capitalism is what ended starvation and poverty, not socialism.

Of all the nations that ever went, by definition, Communist, which did so going from socialism to communism?

 

[occupied]

Just like with pure capitalism, a planned economy puts too much faith the goodness of a few men.

Bingo.

The key is in finding the proper equilibrium, a system that is carefully, thoughtfully and efficiently regulated and implemented without that very regulation creating too much of a drag on the dynamics of that system.

Socialism/Capitalism, either/or, binary thought here. It's not one or the other. Our system has always been a blend.

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It seems the proper blend for dogmatic capitalists is for the government to protect "job creators" from the rabble but not to protect the rabble from them. Any consumer protection measures or labor law are going too far if they do anything at all. These capitalist champions who blame the shortcomings on cronyism react to anything to combat the practice with horror.

Psst... dumbass. Crony-capitalism is a misnomer. It's not capitalism. (It's socialism.) And it fails, every time it's tried. But that's only because nature requires that it must fail.

State clearly how capitalism can exist without strongly exerting it's influence over the government, you cannot. It is the nature of wealth to seek political power. This stupid cop-out you people use to wriggle out of defending the plutocratic side effects of capitalism is nothing but a smoke screen. Capitalism breeds plutocracy, there is no avoiding it, especially when any attempt to prevent plutocracy is greeted with knee-jerk accusations of socialism or class warfare.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Capitalism is like fire, very useful if kept under control, very dangerous if left to do what it pleases.

 

[occupied]

Capitalism is like fire, very useful if kept under control, very dangerous if left to do what it pleases.

Yes, people treating it like a religious faith are deluded, any ideology can be perverted to serve a select few at the expense of everyone else. Trusting capitalism to self-regulate is like trusting a hyena not to chew your face off.

 

[Theowl32]

Capitalism is like fire, very useful if kept under control, very dangerous if left to do what it pleases.

Yes, people treating it like a religious faith are deluded, any ideology can be perverted to serve a select few at the expense of everyone else. Trusting capitalism to self-regulate is like trusting a hyena not to chew your face off.

Trusting that your fucking socialists in the democrat party actually care about the poor, and believing socialism is some fucking utopia is you being the fat bloviated fucking moron.

You stupid fucking moron.

In a monetary system, capitalism (better known as free market enterprise) works MOST PRACTICAL.

You ignorant fucking moronic tool.

I am still waiting for one of you smelly hypocritical trust fund babies better known as "occupy wall street morons" to let us all know why there are not droves of people trying to leave America for those great socialist countries.

You never even attempt to answer the question you dumb blind fuck. As you sit there wiping your ass with Charmin, banging your key board on evil computers, brushing your fucking teeth with Crest, drinking your fucking Budweiser, and enjoying ALL of the other amenities that the free market has provided for you.

You stupid ignorant spoiled pile of unappreciative liberal socialist shit.

Tell us again how great socialism is and how it is just such a utopia. LOL at you thinking you are so fucking wise.

 

[occupied]

Capitalism is like fire, very useful if kept under control, very dangerous if left to do what it pleases.

Yes, people treating it like a religious faith are deluded, any ideology can be perverted to serve a select few at the expense of everyone else. Trusting capitalism to self-regulate is like trusting a hyena not to chew your face off.

Trusting that your fucking socialists in the democrat party actually care about the poor, and believing socialism is some fucking utopia is you being the fat bloviated fucking moron.

You stupid fucking moron.

In a monetary system, capitalism (better known as free market enterprise) works MOST PRACTICAL.

You ignorant fucking moronic tool.

I am still waiting for one of you smelly hypocritical trust fund babies better known as "occupy wall street morons" to let us all know why there are not droves of people trying to leave America for those great socialist countries.

You never even attempt to answer the question you dumb blind fuck. As you sit there wiping your ass with Charmin, banging your key board on evil computers, brushing your fucking teeth with Crest, drinking your fucking Budweiser, and enjoying ALL of the other amenities that the free market has provided for you.

You stupid ignorant spoiled pile of unappreciative liberal socialist shit.

Tell us again how great socialism is and how it is just such a utopia. LOL at you thinking you are so fucking wise.

Eat shit you vulgar testicle wart, If you cannot discuss ideas without being a shitty asshole of a stereotypical conservative then you can shove your hatred of humanity up your diseased hemorrhoidal ass sideways. I got nothing to say to people who are motivated by blind rage and are unable to speak in a civilized way, you crappy un-American rich man ass-kissing ball of unfocused rage and loathing. How do you like me now dick?

 

[Iceweasel]

State clearly how capitalism can exist without strongly exerting it's influence over the government, you cannot. It is the nature of wealth to seek political power. This stupid cop-out you people use to wriggle out of defending the plutocratic side effects of capitalism is nothing but a smoke screen. Capitalism breeds plutocracy, there is no avoiding it, especially when any attempt to prevent plutocracy is greeted with knee-jerk accusations of socialism or class warfare.

State clearly how any economic system is going to avoid government. This is the stupid cop-out socialist use, as if more government involvement in the marketplace brings us closer to perfection.

Anyone with any experience with government knows how foolish that is. Capitalism doesn't rely on goodness, wholesomeness, the fairness of mankind or any other fairytale. It relies on a marketable product or service that people are willing to pay for. We need jobs to make stuff and jobs to pay for stuff so people go to work or they start their own enterprise.

No system is perfect and none will be any better than those running it. Putting down capitalism for socialism is based on the notion that other people can spend your money more wisely than you.