CasualLurker
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I couldn't disagree more with Damo's recent post on the "Marxism" thread. Not looking for an argument. Just needed to unburden myself of that.
I don't have posting privileges on APP, but...
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Grim Reaper
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Here ya go
I wrote a reply to Damo just a short while ago...and told him in no uncertain terms that I also could not disagree more. You might want to take a look at it. Perhaps it says what you would have...although I did get a bit nasty and you might disagree with that. I normally do not do that with Damo.
Grim Reaper
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Dammo has got the causality backwards.
Other countries keep prices low because their governments negotiate. Americans pay more because our system lets companies charge whatever they want.
That’s not socialism, that’s unregulated pricing power.
If you want to argue about government picking winners and losers, fine. But blaming Canada’s negotiation for U.S. prices is like blaming your neighbor’s budget for your credit‑card bill.
Other countries keep prices low because their governments negotiate. Americans pay more because our system lets companies charge whatever they want.
That’s not socialism, that’s unregulated pricing power.
If you want to argue about government picking winners and losers, fine. But blaming Canada’s negotiation for U.S. prices is like blaming your neighbor’s budget for your credit‑card bill.
Close to 95% of Americans never read Marx, especially Damo. They couldn't read Marx even if they wanted to. Capital is a long and arduous read.
countryboy
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Could you be more vague?
Matt Dillon
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Marx was a couch-crashing freeloader his entire life. Responsible for millions of deaths, fuck that retard with a cactus.
Matt Dillon
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Well, I'll tell ya wut, cupcakes. The Pilgrims tried Socialism and found out it didn't work, then nixed that bullshit after a season or two.
Way before Marx or The French Revolution. Welcome to America!
What is the key difference between Marxism and Hamiltonianism?
Matt Dillon
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Work ethic? I never studied much about Hamilton beyond required things in school.
Oh, he was kinda commie. Probably was a Democrat.
Both Marx and Hamilton wanted a strong centralized government. Thomas Paine showed why that will work in the city but not in the country. Paine may have been the first to realize we need 2 forms of government.
Yakuda
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I like that, one govt for Dems where they can live in a commune and the other govt that stays out of people's way and lets them create individual wealth without having to support the freeloaders
Proponents for a strong centralized government point to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to show big government as a good thing while ignoring local concerns with eminent domain and corporate corruption.
Even when big government does something good on the surface, they burry all the greed and plundering that happens wherever they go.
Yakuda
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A strong federal govt is fertile soil for greed and corruption. Less govt is better for everyone
Marx wasn't against capitalism. Marxism wants to improve on capitalism so it's fair for we the people.
Yakuda
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It doesn't matter if marx wasn't against capitalism it doesn't change the reality of what I said. Why does capitalism need to be "fair"? Shouldn't people who work harder reap more of the rewards?
Too many crony capitalists worth 100s of billions of dollars as our infrastructure falls apart and people work for the scraps that fall off the table.
Yakuda
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Thats not a reason it should be fair thats a problem of businesses being cozy with a large govt and it's politicians. That should be addressed instead of trying to make capitalism fair.
We the people should have the power and not some pedo like Bill Gates.
Yakuda
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I don't disagree but that's not a failure of capitalism. Capitalism is the best system thus far conceived that has helped more people out of poverty than any other system.