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    Capitalism ?

    Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

    I mean go out save the world from the baddies, take advantage of corruption and people's misinformation. Buy cars regularly but work XXX hours per week.

    I wonder if anyone from the real capitalists is on here , but I highly doubt it , I mean what the hell a man with a few millions would be doing on a forum site ?

    #2
    Originally posted by newblood View Post
    Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.
    It is very different - in communism you'd be in jail by now for asking such stupid questions: you'd have time to think what went wrong whilst on a cold train to GULAG.

    HTH

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      #3
      Originally posted by newblood View Post
      Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

      I mean go out save the world from the baddies, take advantage of corruption and people's misinformation. Buy cars regularly but work XXX hours per week.

      I wonder if anyone from the real capitalists is on here , but I highly doubt it , I mean what the hell a man with a few millions would be doing on a forum site ?
      Dunno, maybe they're bored?

      Oh, have you seen this little video?
      Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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        #4
        I don't necessarily agree with all the greed but I'm happy to live in a relatively stable country brought about mostly by capitalism/consumerism.

        You can enjoy the benefits without being suckered into the entire philosophy.
        Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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          #5
          It's not so much capitalism, as freedom from socialist controls, waste and daftness.

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            #6
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            It is very different - in communism you'd be in jail by now for asking such stupid questions: you'd have time to think what went wrong whilst on a cold train to GULAG.

            HTH
            That's nothing to do with communism though, that's totalitarianism. That can happen with or without communism.

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              #7
              I asked my dad when I was about 8 if he was a capatalist, it was when Thatcher was just in, he said no. A few years later I found out he was a director of a national company with a large slice of ownership. So what exactly is a capatalist? Someone who makes money from capital? I think we all are now. Maybe he just never wanted to tell me or maybe capitalist is something different now.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Bunk View Post
                That's nothing to do with communism though, that's totalitarianism. That can happen with or without communism.
                Funnily enough all of supposedly "communist" countries are also totalitarian. Same goes for many "socialist" ones, ie Venezuala.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by AtW View Post
                  Funnily enough all of supposedly "communist" countries are also totalitarian. Same goes for many "socialist" ones, ie Venezuala.
                  Communism == totalitarianism, socialism is just a wheeze of a notion and I would say GB was a socialist country for many a year despite being funded by a capitalists nation during that time. Communism has never existed if you use the correct definition by the father of communism.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by newblood View Post
                    Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

                    I mean go out save the world from the baddies, take advantage of corruption and people's misinformation. Buy cars regularly but work XXX hours per week.

                    I wonder if anyone from the real capitalists is on here , but I highly doubt it , I mean what the hell a man with a few millions would be doing on a forum site ?
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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