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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism is a Sickness [View all]Joe Nation
(962 posts)7. Absolutely spot on!
Try and close a military base in some congressman's district and they can't stop whining. We are becoming the bullies of the world with empire desires that would have made any 20th century dictator envious. Now, if corporations can successfully dumb down the population to nothing more than a herd of ignorant soldiers that will willingly fight wars of choice at great profit, how are we any different than those 20th century dictators?
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The goal is to use the profits generated by markets to improve the lives of everbody
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2015
#22
You are correct - kind of like the mixed economy that FDR favored. Only they made it work for them
jwirr
Apr 2015
#19
Yeah, I sometimes wonder how much of Europe the Europhiles in the US have actually seen
Recursion
Apr 2015
#25
That is true until the trickle down ideas took over. Also I am not so sure you can make that
jwirr
Apr 2015
#29
Greed usually doesn't reeach the point of self-destruction until it is extreme
Joe Nation
Apr 2015
#34