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rgbecker

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9. Well, to suggest Socialism as you think was operational in the Soviet Union
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 11:03 PM
Apr 2019

is the only alternative to Capitalism is a little constrictive for me. A working democracy would need be a foundation for any egalitarian economic system that I would promote. If the only reason to support Capitalism is a lack of imagination of what could be then so be it for you. But try to imagine the resources of a nation put to use by people choosing a path via the ballot box rather than via the dollar. In the case of the dollar, we get a country run by the rich. In the case of the ballot box, properly regulated, we might get a more balanced, and equal distribution of the nation's resources. Now in America, it is almost a religion that only the rich and well endowed, intelligent and educated, hardworking and lucky should get what they want.....the rest get simply the crumbs which they might find beneath the table.

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