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Originally posted by 12GaugePermissionSlip
Speaking of the "hand that feeds them", did you check that link above I left about hunger in the US? It is getting worse and it involves CHILDREN! "The number of children living in households where there were shortages of food at times, rose by nearly one-third to 17 million." Are they abusing freedom?
Capitalism is nearing an end.
Originally posted by hawkiye
There are examples of socialism that work like the Amish
Originally posted by hawkiye
I don't agree with you that free markets allow markets to be controlled. You are not separating the control that big corps have to today from them actually having to compete instead of having thier market protected by government because they are politically connected.
The reason these corps became so big is because they used their political connections to compete unfairly in the markets and it is almost impossible for new start ups to get started much less compete because of the mountains of regulations and red tape they need to go through.
If you have a true free market where government doe not intervene the market would decide who is the best by the product or service they choose to buy and can vote with thier feet or wallets.
Originally posted by daskakik
I keep seeing this idea thrown out over and over by proponents of free markets but I believe it is a pipe dream. Free markets will only work if people play fair.
Originally posted by pexx421
The problem with unregulated free market, is that eventually one person or group ends up with everything.
Originally posted by gdeed
Socialists and communists have no incentive to "ever" play fair. Leftwingers have it good while they live in free market countries. When they live in leftwing countries they live like cattle. Do you think that is fair?
That is because more and more people have become depended on free food, free housing and free everything.
And fewer people are wanting to do the work.
Why work when your efforts are taxed and taxed and taxed.
Better to sit back and live off those fools that make the money.
Originally posted by 12GaugePermissionSlip
Again I ask, What of the elderly, the sick, and the CHILDREN? How would they be cared for if not from the rest of society? Do you have the answer?
Originally posted by gdeed
Free market is the only solution, there is no other. America has lost its way and is doing what all the other socialist countries have falled at. How dumb is that?
Originally posted by daskakik
FYI I am not addressing socialism but the idea that a large free market can remain free of manipulation for any real amount of time.
Originally posted by gdeed
That would be too good, but no, people lose their way and decide socialism is better and the heck with what worked in the past, lets change the free market and experiement with other failed leftwing systemts.
Originally posted by gdeed
Originally posted by 12GaugePermissionSlip
Again I ask, What of the elderly, the sick, and the CHILDREN? How would they be cared for if not from the rest of society? Do you have the answer?
Their only hope is with capitalism. Socialism and comunism only creates more and more sad cases. Free market is the only solution, there is no other.
Originally posted by daskakik
Originally posted by gdeed
Free market is the only solution, there is no other. America has lost its way and is doing what all the other socialist countries have falled at. How dumb is that?
Free markets don't exist. Just look at america today. Right it isn't a free market because free markets always end up being manipulated. It always happens. Show me one free market (on a national level) that has survived mans greed.
Originally posted by gdeed
Greed has put food on people's table via jobs, oportunities, and wealfare for those not interested in oportunities and jobs.
Feel good do good types, have created more poverty in this world than greed. You can tax the money greed creates, you can't tax the pie in the sky mentality of the leftwing mindset, which only creates poverty.