Mayor Pete, "Capitalism has let many people down!"

[Cecilie1200]

Of course capitalism has let a lot of people down.
That's because some people have gotten it into their heads that all regulation is bad, when in fact it's a critical component of capitalism.
And because those same people have refused to admit that many people simply won't function as well in capitalism and need a hand.
So now, as a direct result of this willful ignorance, more and more people are ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Great job, folks.

To say, "Capitalism has let people down" is to imply that capitalism promised them a specific outcome in the first place.
Everything else here is a monstrous straw man, cooked up in your own fevered imagination to assure yourself that your political enemies are always to blame for everything.
"If you had JUST accepted our lies before, we wouldn't have had to create worse lies, so it's all YOUR fault that people are buying our worse lies."

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I'll take that as the sign of surrender that it is.

 

[Mac1958]

Of course capitalism has let a lot of people down.
That's because some people have gotten it into their heads that all regulation is bad, when in fact it's a critical component of capitalism.
And because those same people have refused to admit that many people simply won't function as well in capitalism and need a hand.
So now, as a direct result of this willful ignorance, more and more people are ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Great job, folks.

To say, "Capitalism has let people down" is to imply that capitalism promised them a specific outcome in the first place.
Everything else here is a monstrous straw man, cooked up in your own fevered imagination to assure yourself that your political enemies are always to blame for everything.
"If you had JUST accepted our lies before, we wouldn't have had to create worse lies, so it's all YOUR fault that people are buying our worse lies."

.

I'll take that as the sign of surrender that it is.

Whatever you'd like.
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[progressive hunter]

Most Americans who very hard -- which is why productivity is at all time highs -- but wages have remain stagnant.....Wasn't productivity supposed to be linked to wages?

Salaries: US wage growth in June was 2018's strongest so far
Median base pay for workers in the United States climbed by 1.6 percent in June to $52,052, according to the latest edition of Glassdoor's Local Pay Report. That was the strongest growth in the wage statistic so far in 2018.
Salaries: US wage growth in June was 2018's strongest so far

And the cost of living is what? did it go down or up?

Did the wage gap decrease or increase?

and if everything is so great -- why do you idiots complain so much about losing your country?

the cost of living is dependent on how you want to live,,,,,my cost is very low in fact I could live on less than 20K a year if needed,,,even less if I dropped my standards,,,

God forbid that people have to make choices for themselves about whether or not they can afford what they want. The horror!

Still waiting for you to tell me when did your life become amazing...was it this year, last year? When?

why do you care about others lives???dont you think you need to mind your own business

and on another thought since you keep bringing up illegals,,

if this country is as bad as you claim why are millions of people willing to leave their countries and families to come here illegally???

 

[Tehon]

 

[healthmyths]

Are "corporations" aliens? Are they a species? What makes up a "corporation" and are all corporations evil. Money grubbing. All for a profit.
Are there any "good" corporations?

 

[progressive hunter]

Are "corporations" aliens? Are they a species? What makes up a "corporation" and are all corporations evil. Money grubbing. All for a profit.
Are there any "good" corporations?

the only good corp is one that provides and good product and makes a profit doing it,,,

 

[Avatar4321]

People aren’t let down in socialism.

They are brutally tortured and murdered. They need to be alive to be disappointed

Ungrateful twit

 

[Tehon]

Are "corporations" aliens? Are they a species? What makes up a "corporation" and are all corporations evil. Money grubbing. All for a profit.
Are there any "good" corporations?

They are a legal contrivance. They exist to make a profit and limit individual liability.

 

[fncceo]

Are you saying that an average CEO making over 300 times more than his average salaried employee is a good thing?

It's a great thing!

 

[Dragonlady]

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-2020-socialism-capitalism-cnntv/index.html?r=https://www.drudgereport.com/

Well that's true Mayor Pete.....take a bow!

But here's the thing. Socialism leads more to plunder! Duh. Socialism let's waaaaaaaay more people down.

You want a world where the state decides.....and has power of attorney over you on....

• WHERE YOU WORK?
• WHEN YOU WORK?
• HOW MANY HOURS YOU WORK?
• HOW MUCH MEDICAL CARE YOU GET OR DONT GET?
• WHERE YOU LIVE?
• WHAT YOU DRIVE?
• WHERE YOU DRIVE?

Well hey.....perhaps Mayor Pete is your guy!

What you're describing is NOT socialism. It's totalitarianism.

 

[healthmyths]

Are "corporations" aliens? Are they a species? What makes up a "corporation" and are all corporations evil. Money grubbing. All for a profit.
Are there any "good" corporations?

They are a legal contrivance. They exist to make a profit and limit individual liability.

Do all corporations exist to make a profit?

 

[healthmyths]

Some people.

When they fail at business, they blame capitalism and not themselves. From the get-go their whole argument falls apart.

Here's the thing. Even if I can't successfully start a business and/or get rich, capitalism STILL hasn't failed me, because I STILL live in an amazing country that makes my life better and easier in a million different ways every day precisely because of capitalism.

Because of this country having a mixed economy.....

Capitalism is only part of why your life is amazing...

However, I wonder how amazing your life is -- because leave it to you trumpers -- how can you life be amazing when America has to be made great again...was your life not amazing in 2015?

Well you tell me with a president who wanted the following what kind of future did we have?
Tell that to the black community where unemployment in 2015 was nearly 9% vs today of less than 6%
Black unemployment rate falls to record low

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Some people.

When they fail at business, they blame capitalism and not themselves. From the get-go their whole argument falls apart.

Most people who participate in our economy are not capitalists.....they do not own capital....not many people do...which is sorta of the flaw in our current system

And, the alternative is...what?

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[Cecilie1200]

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-2020-socialism-capitalism-cnntv/index.html?r=https://www.drudgereport.com/

Well that's true Mayor Pete.....take a bow!

But here's the thing. Socialism leads more to plunder! Duh. Socialism let's waaaaaaaay more people down.

You want a world where the state decides.....and has power of attorney over you on....

• WHERE YOU WORK?
• WHEN YOU WORK?
• HOW MANY HOURS YOU WORK?
• HOW MUCH MEDICAL CARE YOU GET OR DONT GET?
• WHERE YOU LIVE?
• WHAT YOU DRIVE?
• WHERE YOU DRIVE?

Well hey.....perhaps Mayor Pete is your guy!

What you're describing is NOT socialism. It's totalitarianism.

You say that as though they're mutually exclusive, rather than one being the natural and inevitable result of the other.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Are "corporations" aliens? Are they a species? What makes up a "corporation" and are all corporations evil. Money grubbing. All for a profit.
Are there any "good" corporations?

They are a legal contrivance. They exist to make a profit and limit individual liability.

Do all corporations exist to make a profit?

If they intend to exist for any length of time.