Republicans ended the draft. End of discussion.

For a mathematical genius, he was socially retarded. Today's capitalism is no less a form of involuntarily enslavement than was Fascism or Communism - just of a different shape.

In what way is capitalism involuntary enslavement?

Spider, no offense, but Capitalism is globalization.

Please watch this video, it is 53 minutes. It will tell you about Indonesia. This country should not be poor. But the gap between the rich and the poor is a result of this thing called globalization.

http://www.teachpeace.com/thenewrulers.htm

No offense, but I'm not going to watch that. I can look at Hong Kong or Taiwan for an example of what capitalism can do. I don't need propaganda, the real world trumps theories every day. Thanks for the suggestion, but no thanks.

The real world involves fact. The real world involves decisions, some of which are based upon fact, and some of which are not. Let's look at this nation for an example of what capitalism has done.

The moral enslavement that comes from having individual moral value decisions legitimized.

The news you watch on Fox is propaganda. CNN is propaganda.
This film is a documentary about a single country and this same thing happens in many countries. If you want to remain ignorant that is your choice.

Unless you are one of the filthy rich, you should be concerned about what is happening across the globe because it could happen here.... to you.

Learn what capitalism is. It is the world bank, it is big business. It is not small business.

Good thing I don't watch either one.



What you are talking about is crony capitalism, which is a form of fascism. I'm talking about real capitalism, where the Government doesn't overburden small businesses. Hong Kong is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Most of their businesses are small businesses. The big guys can't compete with a small business that is unfettered with regulations. Who can cook better, some slob at McDonalds or some old grandma who has been cooking her whole life? I want to see McDonalds try to compete with anything my grandmother or mother cooked. Whose going to react to changes in consumer demands faster: Best Buy or a small mom and pop shop? Take the 29% taxes off the mom and pop...drop it down to say 10%. Take off the majority of the regulations and red tape and you'll see the big guys getting trounced.

We live in a society where the cable companies help write the regulations for starting a new cable company. Same with tires. Same with restaurants. Look at GE! They helped write the green energy laws and because of that, they were able to make the laws so favorable to GE, that GE paid 0 taxes last year. Let's build a wall of separation between companies and Government and you'll see a different America over night.

Yes, Hong Hong, which has the highest disparity of wealth in the first world. Not my idea of a good economy.

I'm all for small business.

But the truth of the matter is, large corporations buy politicians, bribe people, lobby for what they want, etc.

I don't think it is possible to separate money from politics.

That's because of the ridiculous number on immigrants coming into the country, not because of their economy.

There are ways. Term limits would be a great start. Sunshine laws and transparency laws would help a great deal.

No it isn't It's because unregulated and poorly taxed business always leads to the concentration of wealth in a few hands

Hardly. And you think that's a good thing. Do you hold stock in Blackwater?

He wasn't talking about the differences between capitalism and communism.

He was talking about the difference between forced collectivism and free-willed individualism.

Hong Kong doesn't have the highest disparity in the first world. In most cases, Hong Kong's legal immigrants must either be very wealthy or highly skilled. Which means they will earn more money and make the disparity greater.

Their unemployment rate is currently 3.4%, which sounds pretty damn nice right now.

The problem their poor have is the large number of illegal immigrants coming to Hong Kong, who are used as cheap labor by businesses. It's driving down the wages. The problem isn't too much capitalism in Hong Kong, it's too little capitalism in Asia.

Their poverty level is somewhere between 11% and 18%, which puts them on par with the US. They are far more free economically than the US, so if you want to blame poverty on Capitalism, then you have to explain why two CAPITALIST countries who are so dissimilar economically can have such similar poverty levels.

That the draft was ended?... Hmmm...do I favor slavery or freedom. That's a tough one.

Hmmm do I favor spoiled Americans leaching off the freedoms that others have fought and sacrificed for, or do I think that patriotic citizens should share in at least some service to their country? That's a tough one.

poverty level is not a measure of wealth disparity. You want to be looking at comparitive GINI. It's a sophisticated mathematical model that real economists use to measure wealth disparity.

So you would support slavery? Just like a leftist. Freedom is the most important thing, unless you want to take it from someone.