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Donnachaidh
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Tue Aug-23-11 08:30 AM Original message |
Why Did Capitalism Fail? |
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PDJane
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Tue Aug-23-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. All of those things are true, |
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xchrom
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Tue Aug-23-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. recommend |
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TreasonousBastard
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Fail at what? Once again someone whines about what's wrong, but never bothers... |
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slackmaster
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I suspect that Mr. Burnett is lamenting the fact that he has to work to make a living |
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phantom power
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. In a sentence: the negative feedback loops were deliberatedly dismantled. |
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TexasProgresive
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Thank you |
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Recursion
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. It was a PID controller with the D term removed |
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socialist_n_TN
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's inherent. At some point capitalism becomes |
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TexasProgresive
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. My understanding is that this is what Marx predicted |
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hifiguy
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Wed Aug-24-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Marx and Engels thought that the Revolution |
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slackmaster
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. What does the author believe capitalism was supposed to do, and how was it to be measured? |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. So you think things are going good? You think unregulated capitalism is good? |
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slackmaster
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Things are tough but I don't know anyone who is homeless or starving |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well you must have your eyes closed. I call strawman on your commie comment. |
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slackmaster
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Tue Aug-23-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I call strawman back on your silly Ayn Rand comment. |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Are you telling me you dont follow Ayn Rand? You espouse unregulated |
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slackmaster
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Tue Aug-23-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That's a flat-out lie |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I appologize if I misunderstood your earlier posts. Please clear it up for me as to what you do |
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slackmaster
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I've never in my entire life said or written anything to the effect that I oppose regulation |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Good grief. So your mocking of the OP, what was that? nm |
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slackmaster
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Wed Aug-24-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The author said that capitalism had failed, but didn't explain what success would have meant. |
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seabeyond
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. regulation failed. allowed greed to take precedence. nt |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Regulation worked. But citizens got lazy and stopped paying attention and the greedy |
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seabeyond
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. right on. i agree. nt |
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blindpig
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Because of inherent internal contradictions. |
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hifiguy
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Wed Aug-24-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. I wish I could rec that post, blindpig. nt |
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lindysalsagal
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's no wonder our beautiful 300 year experiment in representative democracy is floundering |
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elleng
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. Professional analysis here: |
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woo me with science
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. K&R |
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ThomWV
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. You confuse failure of capitalism with the capitalist system having been robbed. |
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rhett o rick
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Tue Aug-23-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I disagree. Capitalism abhors regulation and relishes monopolies. nm |
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The2ndWheel
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Wed Aug-24-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Humanity wouldn't be where we are if didn't follow those exact paths |
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white_wolf
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Tue Aug-23-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. Capitalism failed because of over production. |
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GliderGuider
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Tue Aug-23-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. Capitalism contains so many inherent flaws it could hardly NOT fail. |
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gulliver
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Tue Aug-23-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Would that it were so simple. |
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Starry Messenger
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Tue Aug-23-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. k&r |
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hifiguy
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Wed Aug-24-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
34. Two words: Milton Friedman |
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yella_dawg
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Wed Aug-24-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. Capitalism failed because capitalism rewards greedy sociopaths. |
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