Progressive Success Story: Detroit

[Roadrunner]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Sounds like a fairy tale.

 

[Mr Natural]

The collapse of Detroit had nothing to do with bad management or the crap the automakers were turning out in the '70s.

No, it was working people making too much.

Goddamn workers, they fuck up everything.

 

[Roadrunner]

The collapse of Detroit had nothing to do with bad management or the crap the automakers were turning out in the '70s.

No, it was working people making too much.

Goddamn workers, they fuck up everything.

Union labor outpriced themselves, and unions stole workers pensions.

Robots replaced semi-skilled labor asking for too much, and shoddy workmanship drove the consumer to Japanese cars.

To this day, a Toyota truck will outlive a GMC truck by years and hundreds of thousands of miles.

 

[The Rabbi]

Detroit was used up and abandoned by Capitalists

I had no idea city unions were capitalists.

 

[The Rabbi]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

It was progressive utopia: government subsidies and programs as far as the eye could see. War on rich people everywhere.

 

[The Rabbi]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Memo to Frank:
Check my sig line.

 

[rightwinger]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Detroit was not built in 1940. Detroit was built by capitalism, not socialism.

Unions & socialism were able to live off that which had been built. Over time the unions & socialism destroyed detroit. How? Easy unions & socialism could not compete with capitalists.

Very true

Detroit was built by Capitalism and destroyed by Capitalism

 

[The Rabbi]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Detroit was not built in 1940. Detroit was built by capitalism, not socialism.

Unions & socialism were able to live off that which had been built. Over time the unions & socialism destroyed detroit. How? Easy unions & socialism could not compete with capitalists.

Very true

Detroit was built by Capitalism and destroyed by Capitalism

Unions represent capitalism? Big government represents capitalism?
I dont thnk the word means what you think it means.

 

[rightwinger]

The collapse of Detroit had nothing to do with bad management or the crap the automakers were turning out in the '70s.

No, it was working people making too much.

Goddamn workers, they fuck up everything.

Union labor outpriced themselves, and unions stole workers pensions.

Robots replaced semi-skilled labor asking for too much, and shoddy workmanship drove the consumer to Japanese cars.

To this day, a Toyota truck will outlive a GMC truck by years and hundreds of thousands of miles.

It was not shoddy workmanship that sent the work overseas but shoddy design. You can always replace a shoddy worker but shoddy designs with cheap components and materials are the decisions of management
Capitalists were looking to turn quick profits on their cars and were unwilling to invest in infrastructure and quality designs
Detroit paid a price

 

[The Rabbi]

The collapse of Detroit had nothing to do with bad management or the crap the automakers were turning out in the '70s.

No, it was working people making too much.

Goddamn workers, they fuck up everything.

Union labor outpriced themselves, and unions stole workers pensions.

Robots replaced semi-skilled labor asking for too much, and shoddy workmanship drove the consumer to Japanese cars.

To this day, a Toyota truck will outlive a GMC truck by years and hundreds of thousands of miles.

It was not shoddy workmanship that sent the work overseas but shoddy design. You can always replace a shoddy worker but shoddy designs with cheap components and materials are the decisions of management
Capitalists were looking to turn quick profits on their cars and were unwilling to invest in infrastructure and quality designs
Detroit paid a price

They were unable to invest due to union demands.

 

[mdk]

The demise of Detroit is due to a myriad of problems and their is more then enough blame to go around. I mainly blame the city's linear economy for their present woes. Don't put all your eggs in one economic basket is the real lesson here. It was a lesson my city learned dearly when the steel industry collapsed but we diversified and have persevered as a result.

 

[Conservative65]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Detroit was not built in 1940. Detroit was built by capitalism, not socialism.

Unions & socialism were able to live off that which had been built. Over time the unions & socialism destroyed detroit. How? Easy unions & socialism could not compete with capitalists.

Very true

Detroit was built by Capitalism and destroyed by Capitalism

It was destroyed by Progressives who ran the local government for years.

 

[The Rabbi]

The demise of Detroit is due to a myriad of problems and their is more then enough blame to go around. I mainly blame the city's linear economy for their present woes. Don't put all your eggs in one economic basket is the real lesson here. It was a lesson my city learned dearly when the steel industry collapsed but we diversified and have persevered as a result.

You must be in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburg is the anti-Detroit. Instead of blaming the rich and demonizing people they attracted new industries and played on their strengths. While Coleman Young was fathering the city mayors in Pittsburgh were trying to solve problems.

 

[RKMBrown]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Detroit was not built in 1940. Detroit was built by capitalism, not socialism.

Unions & socialism were able to live off that which had been built. Over time the unions & socialism destroyed detroit. How? Easy unions & socialism could not compete with capitalists.

Very true

Detroit was built by Capitalism and destroyed by Capitalism

Said another way... it was built by Capitalism, before it abandoned capitalism for socialism and unions, before it was then subsequently destroyed as further proof that socialism and unions can't compete with capitalism on their own.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Detroit was not built in 1940. Detroit was built by capitalism, not socialism.

Unions & socialism were able to live off that which had been built. Over time the unions & socialism destroyed detroit. How? Easy unions & socialism could not compete with capitalists.

Very true

Detroit was built by Capitalism and destroyed by Capitalism

Rabbi's Rule#1: No liberal can argue without posting a logical fallacy or a factual error within 2 posts.
Rabbi's Rule@2: Rightwinger can only post ignorant crap for 24hrs/day. After that it's a new day.

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[CrusaderFrank]

The collapse of Detroit had nothing to do with bad management or the crap the automakers were turning out in the '70s.

No, it was working people making too much.

Goddamn workers, they fuck up everything.

I'm going to alert the Mods that someone hacked your account and is posting things that make you look well, silly

 

[rightwinger]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

You don't actually believe any of the crap you post, do you?

Detroit had strong unions in the 40s, 50s and 60s and still flourished
Somehow, sharing profits with your workers did not bring the city to its knees

In the 70s and beyond, Detroit built cheap cars that nobody wanted. Capitalists looked to turn quick profits by ignoring aging infrastructure and spitting out cookiecutter cars. They took the American consumer for granted and assumed they would always buy the cars they put out as long as they had flashy ornaments and pretty girls to sell them

Who paid the price for the blunders of the Capitalits? Not the Capitalists they had the government behind them as they sold out and abandoned Detroit and sold out to the highest bidders

The workers paid the price and the city collapsed

Detroit was not built in 1940. Detroit was built by capitalism, not socialism.

Unions & socialism were able to live off that which had been built. Over time the unions & socialism destroyed detroit. How? Easy unions & socialism could not compete with capitalists.

Very true

Detroit was built by Capitalism and destroyed by Capitalism

Rabbi's Rule#1: No liberal can argue without posting a logical fallacy or a factual error within 2 posts.
Rabbi's Rule@2: Rightwinger can only post ignorant crap for 24hrs/day. After that it's a new day.

Ron Paul? No. Join the RuPaul RuVolution! It's Fabulous!

Sweet!

Nothing says Rabbi is my bitch more than him dedicating a sig to me

 

[Mr Natural]

The collapse of Detroit had nothing to do with bad management or the crap the automakers were turning out in the '70s.

No, it was working people making too much.

Goddamn workers, they fuck up everything.

I'm going to alert the Mods that someone hacked your account and is posting things that make you look well, silly

Blaming workers for making too much. Now that's fucking silly.

 

[gipper]

Detroit was never a progressive city

It was blue collar, beer and a lunchpail America

It was the capitalists that used up what was once a great city. When they found a cheaper alternative they dumped it and blamed the workers

How does one 'use up a city?'

 

[gipper]

I grew up in Detroit. It was a great city...so many decades ago.

It died due to a lot of things, but certainly the D party has much responsibility. The other causes were:

- forced busing (D party imposed),
- white flight (due to D party policies),
- HUD policies of selling a house for $1 (D party policy),
- the racial aspect,
- poor schools,
- poor policing,
- increase in crime,
- decline of the Big 3
- construction of expressways allowing people to leave the inner city for suburbs