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Originally posted by Drzava
if the elite falls, we all die
who is gonna feed us? who is gonna control the economy?
is the elite fall, another dark age will start.
i do not support the elite, but without the elite ,we are nothing.
I lay it very close to my own conscience as a public man whether we can any longer stand at our doors and welcome all newcomers upon those terms. American industry is not free, as once it was free; American enterprise is not free; the man with only a little capital is finding it harder to get into the field, more and more impossible to compete with the big fellow. Why ? Because the laws of this country do not prevent the strong from crushing the weak. That is the reason, and because the strong have crushed the weak the strong dominate the industry and the economic life of this country. No man can deny that the lines of endeavor have more and more narrowed and stiffened; no man who knows anything about the development of industry in this country can have failed to observe that the larger kinds of credit are more and more difficult to obtain, unless you obtain them upon the terms of uniting your efforts with those who already control the industries of the country; and nobody can fail to observe that any man who tries to set himself up in competition with any process of manufacture which has been taken under the control of large combinations of capital will presently find himself either squeezed out or obliged to sell and allow himself to be absorbed.
Originally posted by traderonwallst
Sorry, but capitalism is what let democracy work in this country
Countries throughout history have tried one or the other and failed. Capitalism allows a person to move up on the food chain, it allows people to take risk and be rewarded. It promotes ideas and invention. I think what we need is more capitalism.....that and a flat tax rate.!!!!
Originally posted by traderonwallst
Sorry, but capitalism is what let democracy work in this country
Originally posted by TheInfamousOne
At this point in time around 1912, the Bankers took over America.
Originally posted by Drzava
if the elite falls, we all die
who is gonna feed us? who is gonna control the economy?
is the elite fall, another dark age will start.
i do not support the elite, but without the elite ,we are nothing.
Originally posted by flashback
This OP stinks of mis/disinfo. Who the hell says # like "i fear what will happen to me if my master dies?" This kind of thing makes me sick to my stomach.
Thankfully, there were some fantastic replies. Keep it up, people. We're changing the world, no matter what you hear on TV.