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Wass sappening?
Not so much there. Anarchy is the most retarded political idea I've ever heard. What I want is a president who will try to hammer out some compromises between the parties and between special interest groups and the government rather than push his own agenda.
EDIT: @ Austrum's anarchy post.
EDIT: @ Austrum's anarchy post.
Evil?
omghaxlol!1
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Just like communism will never work. Capitalism is the only economic system that takes into account that human beings are selfish pricks.
Wires & Waves
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way to assume being selfish pricks is human nature rather than a product of capitalist hegemony and socialization
Zephyrus
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It is human nature to fear for one's own self-sufficiency, thus they seek to accumulate capital to serve for their protective benefit. This fear is the basis of greed and selfishness.
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Human beings were not made selfish, they were born selfish. When a child cries "MINE!" when you take away his/her toy, it isn't because they've been trained to think that way by the corporate world, it's because that is who we are. It sucks, but it's true. When you take away the incentive to work, which is survival and want for luxury right now, human beings will not work. What's where communism fails. They provide no incentive to work. Capitalism provides incentive to work -- money. Money means you can survive, provide for your family, and live in luxury.
DAMN I sound like a fucking conservative.
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DAMN I sound like a fucking conservative.
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Zephyrus
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Zephyrus
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The government can provide for the people who don't have to worry about being taken advantage of by the upper class. And since it's democratic, the government is the people.
Ender Rises
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Ah, but you're missing the old incentive to work problem. What would get done? Not a damn thing.
metal_wrath
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Susperia
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Human beings were not made selfish, they were born selfish. When a child cries "MINE!" when you take away his/her toy, it isn't because they've been trained to think that way by the corporate world, it's because that is who we are. It sucks, but it's true. When you take away the incentive to work, which is survival and want for luxury right now, human beings will not work. What's where communism fails. They provide no incentive to work. Capitalism provides incentive to work -- money. Money means you can survive, provide for your family, and live in luxury.
DAMN I sound like a fucking conservative.
Yeah but not all children are like that---- How do you explain that?
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I dunno, I'm not a child psychologist. But this may explain it: some people can exist in a communist system. They aren't greedy, they aren't selfish, they're intelligent, and they're willing to work. I would gladly live in a communist or socialist system is I could choose what I do... but if everyone could do what they wanted career wise... who would work at Taco Bell? Who would build the damn Taco Bell? (Who would want the Taco Bell there in the first place?) This being said, I don't think that socialism or communism are possible in this day and age, but I do think that they can be possible in the future.
cookiecutter
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I like capitalism a lot. I would never want to live under communism where I had so many things in life chosen for me.
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Yes because Dodens knows everything about everything, how dare we even think our own thoughts in his presense.
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