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Mon Dec-25-06 11:55 AM
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| Poll question: FILL IN THE BLANK |
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Fascism is to capitalism as democracy is to ________________ .
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Mon Dec-25-06 11:59 AM
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Mon Dec-25-06 12:12 PM
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| 2. what is the difference between economic anarchy and capitalism? |
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I don't see any difference.
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Mon Dec-25-06 12:28 PM
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| 3. just like corporate capitalism and fascism |
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Mon Dec-25-06 12:30 PM
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| 4. The property rights that are key in capitalism are granted by the government - |
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No government -> no contracts, no laws, no stock market, no accumulation of property no earning an income by using capital.
"Free markets" are a myth - government regulation allows accumulation of vast wealth. What is meant today by "free markets" is a system in which all economic laws benefit the capitalists (the wealthy, the elite).
Regulated capitalism in which government regulation benefits everyone -- think FDR, GI Bill --
Economic anarchy - do you think that exists today? When/where did it exist?
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Mon Dec-25-06 01:58 PM
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| 7. I don't think there is any such thing as economic anarchy |
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Edited on Mon Dec-25-06 02:01 PM by leftofthedial
outside of the transient circumstance in which a bank is in the process of being robbed by someone the law can't touch
which is basically the definition of laissez faire capitalism
regulated capitalism works only as long as the capitalists and their corporate agents are not allowed to influence government. The minute a corporate lobbyist shows up on Capitol Hill or a billionaire phones the White House, democracy is dead.
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Mon Dec-25-06 03:17 PM
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| 8. "a bank is in the process of being robbed |
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Edited on Mon Dec-25-06 03:18 PM by A Simple Game
by someone the law can't touch"
You mean like no bid contracts in Iraq?
edit:punctuation
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Mon Dec-25-06 03:32 PM
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Tue Dec-26-06 10:16 AM
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Mon Dec-25-06 08:23 PM
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| 10. anarchism fights against oppression by corporate power |
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as well as government power. That's the essential difference between anarchists and libertarians, who are just fine letting land owners and corporations get away with murder.
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Mon Dec-25-06 12:43 PM
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Edited on Mon Dec-25-06 12:43 PM by MATTMAN
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Mon Dec-25-06 12:42 PM
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I'm not sure if the system of government makes a difference, as much as greed and corruption by those with the power. There have been an awful lot of laws broken, and re-written to enable the wealthy to stay wealthy.
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Tue Dec-26-06 02:30 PM
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| 13. now that's a laissez faire fish |
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