Just Jack Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 article : Capitalism: A Love Story website with trailer "The most feared filmmaker in America" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 article : Capitalism: A Love Story website with trailer "The most feared filmmaker in America" Oh just die of a heart attack already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fewell733 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 PPP please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Little Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I wonder if Michael Moore, being the great Socialist that he is, would share some of his donuts and hot dogs if asked. Probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I am no Michael Moore fan but like to play devils advocate. What has capitalism done for the US in our lifetime? Health care is a joke and our total deficit is over a trillion dollars. Our dollar plummets almost daily and there is a movement to make a a new global currency. We lost most of our manufacturing jobs. And most corporations are run by !@#$s- Enron, MCI, Global Crossing, AIG, Bear Stearns, Tyco, yada yada. We privatize government and practice cronyism, with douche bags that skim off huge contracts and outsource. Capitalism has some serious flaws. That you must admit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Capitalism has some serious flaws. That you must admit No system is perfect. What other one out there has been better and without flaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 No system is perfect. What other one out there has been better and without flaw? Sweden and Norway for example. And yes I admit all systems are flawed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Sweden and Norway for example. And yes I admit all systems are flawed Here's Walter William's column of a few months ago - Sweden's Government Health Care: http://economics.gmu.edu/wew/articles/09/S...tHealthCare.htm No thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Sweden and Norway for example. And yes I admit all systems are flawed Both very expensive countries to live in. Prosperous and well run, but very expensive, especially Oslo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britbillsfan Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Both very expensive countries to live in. Prosperous and well run, but very expensive, especially Oslo. Norway is a unique case anyway. Because it has vast oil reserces and very few people living there it is almost the Kuwait of Europe. With the oil revenues the country can afford programs it would otherwise be unable to provide. Basically capitalism works, but unfettered capitalism can be nightmarish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Sweden and Norway for example. And yes I admit all systems are flawed homogenous low population countries...-Their system would probably work well in Utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el Tigre Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Basically capitalism works, but unfettered capitalism can be nightmarish. Great point. Too bad you'll never get the extemists to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 What has capitalism done for the US in our lifetime? Do you have a job? a car? a house? Health care is a joke and our total deficit is over a trillion dollars. you can blame your government for that. Our dollar plummets almost daily and there is a movement to make a a new global currency. you can blame your government for that. We lost most of our manufacturing jobs. we are a service based economy. If you want more manufacturing jobs, i suggest you move to a poorer country. And most corporations are run by !@#$s- Enron, MCI, Global Crossing, AIG, Bear Stearns, Tyco, yada yada. Most corporations are corrupt, even though there are thousands who run legitimate businesses? Capitalism has some serious flaws. That you must admit Every system has it's flaws, but we don't have the luxury of feeding off capitalist countries like the scandanavians do. Their socialist systems work because the government can bring in enough money by selling oil and other resources to wealthy countries. If you want, we can move to the French style of socialism. I like constant 10% unemployment... Don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Capitalism is the worst system devised by the wit of man, except for all the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Norway is a unique case anyway. Because it has vast oil reserces and very few people living there it is almost the Kuwait of Europe. With the oil revenues the country can afford programs it would otherwise be unable to provide. Basically capitalism works, but unfettered capitalism can be nightmarish. Agree, they have a very good system and having a wealth of oil always helps as well. They've done a pretty good job of keeping things in check vs. the US who have let thing run wild for years without trying to step in other than to line their own pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 How many of you could define "capitalism" if you had to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 homogenous low population countries...-Their system would probably work well in Utah Thank you. It makes my skin crawl when people try to make that apples to dumptrucks comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I am no Michael Moore fan but like to play devils advocate. What has capitalism done for the US in our lifetime? Health care is a joke and our total deficit is over a trillion dollars. Our dollar plummets almost daily and there is a movement to make a a new global currency. We lost most of our manufacturing jobs. And most corporations are run by !@#$s- Enron, MCI, Global Crossing, AIG, Bear Stearns, Tyco, yada yada. We privatize government and practice cronyism, with douche bags that skim off huge contracts and outsource. Capitalism has some serious flaws. That you must admit Everything you quoted that's wrong with capitalism came about through governement interference. From laws made to promote certain companies to laws formed to force and (over) protect unions. Capitalism certainly has it's faults, but government exacerbates those faults to horrific levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Everything you quoted that's wrong with capitalism came about through governement interference. Exactly. It is frightening that people are so duped so as to believe our problems are the result of 'capitalism' and 'corporations' rather than an unchecked, corrupt, federal bureaucracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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