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Children working in coal mines use to be capitalism too -- but the mean ole government stepped in -- due to the response of labor unions organizing and being mean to capitalism...No minimum wage. Federally enforced anyway...Taken to the extreme?The original settlers adopted a socialist policy of government. It cost them the lives of over half their population, through apathy, and theft. Only after introducing “profit” did their production boon. Thus saving, and ensuring the prosperity of the colonies...
Yup, you need capitalism for society to work thanks to human nature.
Will you agree with me that we need some controls on that capitalism? Once again because of human nature.
“Yes”.
Cool.
I have this thing that we argue about percentages of capitalism. Should we be 92% capitalist or have that minimum wage law that makes us 91.9% capitalist, that type of thing gets us all riled up and makes name callers out of folks.
If you can’t get workers to show up? Offer more money. That’s capitalism...
Truth of the matter is capitalism couldn't exist without government
That is a slippery slope, policy wise, what exactly is regulating Facebook, Twitter, etc?Children working in coal mines use to be capitalism too -- but the mean ole government stepped in -- due to the response of labor unions organizing and being mean to capitalism...No minimum wage. Federally enforced anyway...Taken to the extreme?Yup, you need capitalism for society to work thanks to human nature.
Will you agree with me that we need some controls on that capitalism? Once again because of human nature.
“Yes”.
Cool.
I have this thing that we argue about percentages of capitalism. Should we be 92% capitalist or have that minimum wage law that makes us 91.9% capitalist, that type of thing gets us all riled up and makes name callers out of folks.
If you can’t get workers to show up? Offer more money. That’s capitalism...
Truth of the matter is capitalism couldn't exist without government
We have to include Facebook in the companies to regulate and break up also. We might even be able to do it by preventing further corporate purchases like whoever decided they should be able to buy Instagram. Everyone with a Facebook App on their phone may as well go register their guns.
That is a slippery slope, policy wise, what exactly is regulating Facebook, Twitter, etc?Children working in coal mines use to be capitalism too -- but the mean ole government stepped in -- due to the response of labor unions organizing and being mean to capitalism...No minimum wage. Federally enforced anyway...Taken to the extreme?
“Yes”.
Cool.
I have this thing that we argue about percentages of capitalism. Should we be 92% capitalist or have that minimum wage law that makes us 91.9% capitalist, that type of thing gets us all riled up and makes name callers out of folks.
If you can’t get workers to show up? Offer more money. That’s capitalism...
Truth of the matter is capitalism couldn't exist without government
We have to include Facebook in the companies to regulate and break up also. We might even be able to do it by preventing further corporate purchases like whoever decided they should be able to buy Instagram. Everyone with a Facebook App on their phone may as well go register their guns.
If there was not some ambiguous evil entity (Facebook, Google, etc) to point to - organizations like the NRA would have a harder time using that fear to fund raise off ofThat is a slippery slope, policy wise, what exactly is regulating Facebook, Twitter, etc?Children working in coal mines use to be capitalism too -- but the mean ole government stepped in -- due to the response of labor unions organizing and being mean to capitalism...No minimum wage. Federally enforced anyway...Cool.
I have this thing that we argue about percentages of capitalism. Should we be 92% capitalist or have that minimum wage law that makes us 91.9% capitalist, that type of thing gets us all riled up and makes name callers out of folks.
If you can’t get workers to show up? Offer more money. That’s capitalism...
Truth of the matter is capitalism couldn't exist without government
We have to include Facebook in the companies to regulate and break up also. We might even be able to do it by preventing further corporate purchases like whoever decided they should be able to buy Instagram. Everyone with a Facebook App on their phone may as well go register their guns.
Agreed.
I think we need to limit the data companies are allowed to collect on individuals. It will hurt internet advertising profits but we're past the point of needing to provide welfare to the internet to get it going. In my mind it is just silly for the NRA to rant about the evils of registering guns when this data is all collected and there for any evil organization to go hack or government to take. You should see how targeted the ads on line even the little company I work for can take out.
Most people only consider the negative, in regard to anarchy. It’s become nearly synonymous with mayhem.Anarchies capitalism...Anarcho-capitalism fixes this. Once one combines the power of a “state, (which also means power of violent force)...No minimum wage. Federally enforced anyway...
If you can’t get workers to show up? Offer more money. That’s capitalism...
Maybe we can get together on this one.
I like some federal laws so our relatively easy to buy aldermen can't go competing with each other to pick the winners in this world by paying for Amazon centers or football stadiums.
If Springfield 14 wants to lower taxes to attract businesses, great. I just don't think they should offer money for any ONE business and I don't know how to stop that w/o federal regulation.
It’s no longer true capitalism...
I'm pretty moderate. We've done well with what we have so Anarcho-capitalism sounds like a needless risk to me.
What can we do to keep 50 Springfields from all competing against eachother to the detriment of America and the benefit of a corporation?
Which would prevent corporations from amassing enough power, to influence government to assist them in stifling competition...
The word Anarchy worries me but we're shooting for the same goal. Perhaps you can shoot me a link or explain better.
When I hear anarchy I think about folks ignoring stop signs lol.
The myth of the "People's Republic of Plymouth" was promulgated during the Cold War in a column by Henry Hazlit warning against the temptations of socialism.The original settlers adopted a socialist policy of government. It cost them the lives of over half their population, through apathy, and theft. Only after introducing “profit” did their production boon. Thus saving, and ensuring the prosperity of the colonies...You claim to be an educator yourself; no? Why not suffer yourself, a taste of your own “medicine” on behalf of those you would pretend to “ educate”. It’s all factual, and likely completely unknown to you. It’s called “non-Fiction”. And it’s the real story of “Thanksgiving”.The only Thanksgiving threads I've seen so far have been by right wingers trashing the left--the out of control insane crazy socialist lefties who all hate Thanksgiving are home making cranberry sauce and stuffing and getting ready for a house full tomorrow.
LOL
You people are absolutely hateful. But I hope you have a good Thanksgiving, anyway.
But fret not. I’ll save you the trouble, and posit on your behalf “TL; DW”...
Can you explain it to me? I despise videos. Listening is SOOO much slower than reading.
Since this is a political opinion forum...Lol! The opinion piece you quote reaffirms that collectivism was a failure. And as such, was abandoned...
Precisely. That wasn’t free market capitalism.Since this is a political opinion forum...Lol! The opinion piece you quote reaffirms that collectivism was a failure. And as such, was abandoned...
Here's another opinion for you: The initial failure of the corporate colonists was another Tragedy of the Commons brought to you by the same greedy parasite (investor) class which got rich from an earlier version.
The Right-Wing Myth That Thanksgiving Celebrates the Pilgrims’ Triumph Over Socialism
"...'Under the terms of the contract … for the first seven years no individual settler could own a plot of land.
"To ensure that each farmer received his fair share of good or bad land, the slices were rotated each year, but this was counterproductive.
"Nobody had any reason to put in extra hours and effort to improve a plot if next season another family received the benefit.”
"The pilgrims’ transition—which, again, happened after the first Thanksgiving—can indeed be used to illustrate the benefits of individualism or the tragedy of the commons.
"But the Rush Limbaugh crowd should note that the settlers at Plymouth were rebelling against the rules set by a corporation, not against the strictures of some Stalinist collective farm or a hippie commune."
Its too bad schools don’t teach history anymore. If they did; this current generation of Millenial Socialists would already know how this story ends. After all it’s been told before. Time, and time again. But for the Millenial it’s brand new! Unfortunately this tale is as old as human nature. And it always ends the same way...
So for my Capitalist friends I bring you this tiding of Holiday knowledge. And for our leftist NPCs I’ll save you the trouble of educating yourselves by positing on your behalf... “TL; DW”... Damned attention span...
So for all the board; I present to you... the real Story of...
Thanksgiving!!!
Enjoy! Or cry into your pillow... Whichever you prefer...
It seems to have had more in common with plantation capitalism:Precisely. That wasn’t free market capitalism.Since this is a political opinion forum...Lol! The opinion piece you quote reaffirms that collectivism was a failure. And as such, was abandoned...
Here's another opinion for you: The initial failure of the corporate colonists was another Tragedy of the Commons brought to you by the same greedy parasite (investor) class which got rich from an earlier version.
The Right-Wing Myth That Thanksgiving Celebrates the Pilgrims’ Triumph Over Socialism
"...'Under the terms of the contract … for the first seven years no individual settler could own a plot of land.
"To ensure that each farmer received his fair share of good or bad land, the slices were rotated each year, but this was counterproductive.
"Nobody had any reason to put in extra hours and effort to improve a plot if next season another family received the benefit.”
"The pilgrims’ transition—which, again, happened after the first Thanksgiving—can indeed be used to illustrate the benefits of individualism or the tragedy of the commons.
"But the Rush Limbaugh crowd should note that the settlers at Plymouth were rebelling against the rules set by a corporation, not against the strictures of some Stalinist collective farm or a hippie commune."
