I have always wondered how accurate any official poll is..
I have never been asked any questions by someone claiming to
take a poll, nor do I know anyone who has been approached, with
"hi, were taking a poll"...

even on family feud when they claim, "The Survey Says"!!!!!

I cant help but think BS.

I think numbers are assumed, dreamed up or fudged.
Mmmmmmmmfudge.

anyways....people (in this case capitalists) WOULD in fact complain. no matter what.

people always complain when their side loses.
plus the fear mongering of things being different.


cue the obama rants 3...2...1....


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there are so many contnridictions anymore its bound to erupt into armed conflict dont you think.

Yeah, well, cut off the welfare, food stamps, housing assistance, free clinics, medicaid, and subsidized transportation, and watch those numbers run up around the 99% mark.

Nothing like hunger to make you get off your ass and start hustling some work.

Capitalism at it's finest.

You know what poll I would like to see? One that shows how many americans even understand what socialism is, or better yet what a democratic republic is.

Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism, Marxism, etc. = same thing.

There's always the few that control the many no matter what the circumstances are.

Why do so many people support Socialism? Because, who wouldn't want everything just given to them instead of having to work for it.

I think however people are angry against corporatism and not capitalism. People are sick of our tax money being given to companies that should have failed.

But instead the last administration, and this one, prolonged this recession by bailing out failed businesses.

Our current economy is a prime example of a negative for Capitalism.

Originally posted by Tomis_Nexis
Our current economy is a prime example of a negative for Capitalism.

The fact that our country has remained the same form of government for over 200 years, is a prime example of a positive for Capitalism. Not to mention the fact that we are the wealthiest country on Earth, healthiest country on Earth, and most looked up to country on Earth.

You really wanna be born and assigned a job, told what to do? Told how much your going to make? Never have any chance to do what you want with your life or live your dreams?

Capitalism and our Constitutional Republic is the greatest on Earth. Surely we are going to have ups and downs, like now, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

As someone who lives in a Socialist country (Vietnam) and someone who has travelled to places like Burma and North Korea, I can say that Socialism is NOT good. Socialism translates into no middle class, everyone is poor apart from the small group of ruling/government class.


Those who want socialism are truly naive and I say this as an reformed idealist. A few months ago, when I was employed, I was paying 25% of my salary in a progressive tax system. You may think that is low and that you pay more in Western countries but remember I get nothing for this. The roads are dangerous, the medical care is atrocious.

Capitalism may not be perfect but Socialism is not the answer. Abolishing Income tax is the answer, go Ron Paul!

I think its really important to consider that Capitalism and Socialism are not mutually exclusive.

That is to say, the majority of the world's developed nations currently enjoy a mixture of Capitalism and Socialism... including the United States.


I, too, would like to see a study done to assess how many Americans actually understand what Socialism actually is. Based on what I have seen on this site, what I have observed in my everyday life, and what I have seen in the media, I would imagine fewer than 10% of Americans actually understand the definition of Socialism:

Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with a method of compensation based on the amount of labor expended.

I think the main reason people in this country are so afraid of Socialism is that they don't understand that we already have it. That, compounded with the mass-media influenced lack of understanding of what Socialism actually is, has led to a retaliation against the idea, especially among politically right-leaning individuals.

Our roads are socialist. We have socialist transportation. We have a socialized police department, a socialized fire department, and a socialized military. We send our children to a socialized school system (the vast majority of us), and we get our mail through a socialized postal system.

It really is pathetic, but people would rather believe what they hear from Fox "News" then learn what these things are for themselves.