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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is NOT a dirty word. [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)167. LOL. Admittedly, I have not met every person who self-identifies as a liberal.
That said, I'd love to critique your own, personal definition of a liberal. Spell it out for me, please.
-Laelth
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So trashing it publicly will get the slower students to re-think it and do what exactly?
LionsTigersRedWings
Mar 2014
#12
So you would like to see what to OP talks about, Capitalism with liberal laws in place to
LionsTigersRedWings
Mar 2014
#25
Have you considered it's the political apparatus and not the economic apparatus that's to blame?
kristopher
Mar 2014
#85
I don't think it would make much if any difference in our propaganda drenched society
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#235
See? You're trashing socialism. It's not black & white. That is why people need to re-think
loudsue
Mar 2014
#32
I think a lot of people throw around the word "socialism" without knowing what it means.
Laelth
Mar 2014
#47
Liberal socialism (like they have in some European countries) is just liberalsim.
Laelth
Mar 2014
#117
Capitalism is an unjust means of dividing resources. That seems pretty "dirty" to me.
MNBrewer
Mar 2014
#6
I would agree, and that lack of critical examination has gotten us to this paradise, called
MNBrewer
Mar 2014
#16
Sharecropping (a concentration of wealth) has been a major feature of capitalism.
cprise
Mar 2014
#254
Its core value of reducing everything, including humans, to a commodity can be explicitly rejected.
rug
Mar 2014
#218
When exploiting the earth and the people to fashion unnecessary comforts to be...
NoOneMan
Mar 2014
#20
See? That's just ignorant as hell. Like it is supposed to be some dogma that everyone can live by.
loudsue
Mar 2014
#36
worker control of the means of production was the norm before the industrial revolution....
mike_c
Mar 2014
#174
that's not at all what I said, but you're also demonstrating quite a bit of misunderstanding...
mike_c
Mar 2014
#351
I was wondering that myself, but I thought maybe I'd just missed the memo.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Mar 2014
#207
I'm more of a democratic socialist. Though one fellow writer describes it as "Left Libertarian"
villager
Mar 2014
#186
Very interesting post, JHB. And you can see how they were able to successfully
loudsue
Mar 2014
#269
What are liberal laws? I don't see the word 'regulation' in your post, is that what you mean?
Avalux
Mar 2014
#31
The point is that the use of public resources has to go towards benefiting the whole.
NuclearDem
Mar 2014
#113
"There is a difference between "private property" and "personal property". Most important post ^ n/t
Catherina
Mar 2014
#375
an oligarchy that meets the needs of all the people." is perhaps the most fanciful statement ever
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#370
You think the oligarchs are the office holders? No wonder we have a failure to communicate.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#378
Well, if the oligarchs are beyond election then I'm missing the "how" to get benign ones
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#380
That was well written and you know what? I substantially agree with you.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#382
Some times I pray that armies of true Progressives would become business owners
bluestate10
Mar 2014
#250
I thought we had pretty much all agreed on a mixed approach by now?
ForgoTheConsequence
Mar 2014
#48
I don't say that something that hasn't been tried should never be tried...
brooklynite
Mar 2014
#116
I really had no idea the northern European countries were small settlements
nadinbrzezinski
Mar 2014
#121
It's not a fantasy word, it's a political PHILOSOPHY, not a hard-wired SYSTEM.
sibelian
Mar 2014
#80
I don't think anyone equates "Public Sector" with "socialism" as an economic structure.
brooklynite
Mar 2014
#98
Cool! I'll check into these. It's looking to me as if capitalism can only lead in one direction
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#112
Also, theoretically, capitalism will always result in monopolies in the end
laundry_queen
Mar 2014
#157
Good thread and post. Trashing capitalism is cool, particularly if you don't understand it...
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#69
I agree. In the public debate, we need to talk more about ETHICAL Capitalism,
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#75
My suggestion is to transition away from capitalism, rather than accede to it.
Maedhros
Mar 2014
#308
"to limit the accumulation and concentration of capital," is essential!
Dark n Stormy Knight
Mar 2014
#199
But, when it combines with government to run the country it becomes Fascism. Which is a dirty word.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#78
Yes, that's my understanding of the word fascism, or, "corporatism" as Moussolini called it.
Laelth
Mar 2014
#304
It's a dirty word when America decides it's policy is to promote it by murder.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2014
#125
The Exxon Valdez spill was an avoidable accident, neccessary equipment was left
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#315
The system I want needs no regulation to prevent the rich from abusing the 99%.
fasttense
Mar 2014
#279
But capitalism caused the Gilded Age as much as it has caused the current crisis.
fasttense
Mar 2014
#371
Laelth, a sane, just, and humane capitalism appears to be out of our reach.
Enthusiast
Mar 2014
#154
I am open to discussing your definition of socialism as soon as you produce it. n/t
Laelth
Mar 2014
#224
No offense, but it is true. I see that mistake made all the time here in Texas by RWingers.
Rex
Mar 2014
#212
I see that now and appreciate the elaboration, which makes (for me) your OP make a lot more sense.
Rex
Mar 2014
#326
Seems like a good time to post this. Didn't see it posted in this thread yet.
redqueen
Mar 2014
#213
From what I read above, some on the left might lop off your head for daring ...
JoePhilly
Mar 2014
#214
I mostly agree with you. It the fetishizing of unfettered capitalism that creates economic chaos
Bucky
Mar 2014
#232
The problem is that any criticism of capitalism is considered communistic by people who love
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2014
#274
All talk about the success of capitalism is based on a small exceptional period
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#275
That's like saying slavery is not the problem, it just needs better regulation.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#285
Social democracy like they have in Western Europe is basically the best thing that's been tested...
Hippo_Tron
Mar 2014
#337