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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:03 PM Original message |
There is no link or connection between "democracy" and "capitalism" |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. you better watch out |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I used to make the same mistake when I was younger. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. military dictators, not doctors |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's fixed now - dumb mistakes happen with Spell Check |
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buckup (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. To an extent, I disagree... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. presupposes no collusion betwen competitors |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. capitalism is codified criminal conduct |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Very good point. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. It is feudalism is what it is. |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. WoW |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. It is systematized |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Not really. |
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Mich Otter (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Capitalism is an Economic System, Democracy is a Political System. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Capatilism works in a free market - market isn't free when run by the rich |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. The idea of a market inherently assumes the rich. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. not necessarily. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Nothing in your post is true. |
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xpat (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Capitalism is [b]not[/b] based on competition |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. capitalism is antithetical to democracy |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. You are correct |
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LisaLynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's funny how bizarre that statement can seem ... |
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GettysbergII (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Post Corporate World |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:47 PM Original message |
Many of the things that he mentions are cases of |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Many of the things that he mentions are cases of |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. The point still stands |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Most people recognize, as shown by the response to major policy changes, |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Nevertheless |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. The problem with other measures is that they are usially subjective. |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. GDP is subjective too |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. You do bring up some good points. Some of those points are weaker |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Microeconmists dont design policy. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Unfortunately, That's Not True |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Do any real businesses really use microeconomic theory? |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. What about applications that it has in reward systems? |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. That would still be mircoeconomists designing policy. |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. There are types of freedoms that are present in one that are necessary |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Capitalism does not thrive off equality, it exists only with inequality. |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. When there is more equality the conditions are closer to |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. partly true, though there is a clear link between republics and capitalism |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. liberalism is not capitalism, that is hogwash |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You are simply wrong |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No, you remain wrong. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. wealth -concentrated in the hands of just a very few people. |
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TexasUnderground (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. The available wealth |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. If capitalism has nothing to do with freedom of the individual, then |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Reading your own posts can be helpful |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. socialism is as old as humanity |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. China is a dictatorship and it is a capitalist state |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. China is more of a hybrid |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Totalitarianism does not last long in a capitalist economy. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Most of the World's most democratic societies... |
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G2099 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. We need a collectivized health care sys to support capitalism |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Hi G2099!! |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. Thank you |
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Pockets (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nothing is mutually exclusive |
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knabb (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. Types of political and economic organization |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. . |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. Democracy is like Christianity |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-05 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
57. encore |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
58. I think a lot of Americans mistakenly believe |
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