Don't even want to share air with you people anymore

[ZEROSUM]

Recent poll results were released which asked American's what their opinion of Socialism is. Young people prefer Socialism over Capitalism.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1175218.html


You want to be slaves

[Doublestep]

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[Orruar]

Is this the first you have noticed that the vast majority of Americans are ignorant? Hell, most that oppose socialism only do so because the politicians of their team say to oppose it. I'd bet 95% or more of the public have no idea what the "calculation problem" is.

[ZEROSUM]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is this the first you have noticed that the vast majority of Americans are ignorant? Hell, most that oppose socialism only do so because the politicians of their team say to oppose it. I'd bet 95% or more of the public have no idea what the "calculation problem" is.

The Soviet Union's collapse proved it doesn't work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predict...oviet_collapse

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by ZEROSUM [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Soviet Union's collapse proved it doesn't work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predict...oviet_collapse

The problem with that argument is that anyone can argue that the soviets just didn't do it right. I mean, they were kinda far from "perfect" socialism. To really show why socialism will always fail, you have to understand some basic economic theory. Unfortunately, the for the majority of Americans, exercising their brain is simply not an option. Far easier to let others do the thinking for you.

[Darwoth]

probably should not take anything the huffington post says seriously.

[Cast]

pokerman is my idol

[yaaaflow]

Capitalism failed bros, time to hang it up and try something else

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by yaaaflow [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Capitalism failed bros, time to hang it up and try something else

Yeah, because we've clearly been living under capitalism for the past century.

[vaylorie]

Originally Posted by yaaaflow [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Capitalism failed bros, time to hang it up and try something else

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism. A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. It's not capitalism when the system is plagued with incomprehensible rules regarding mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, along with wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, international management of trade, complex and punishing corporate taxes, privileged government contracts to the military-industrial complex, and a foreign policy controlled by corporate interests and overseas investments. Add to this centralized federal mismanagement of farming, education, medicine, insurance, banking and welfare. This is not capitalism!

To condemn free-market capitalism because of anything going on today makes no sense. There is no evidence that capitalism exists today. We are deeply involved in an interventionist-planned economy that allows major benefits to accrue to the politically connected of both political spectrums. One may condemn the fraud and the current system, but it must be called by its proper names — Keynesian inflationism, interventionism, and corporatism.

- Quoted from HBB's BFF, Ron Paul.