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Forum Post: Capitalism vs Socialism

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 9:01 p.m. EST by ronald87 (4)
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Capitalism = I invent something cool. I sell it and make money for me and my family. Socialism = I invent something cool. You take all the money it makes, I am just a number.

Capitalism = I bust my balls in the field and fill my barn with food for me and my family.

Socialism = You take all my crops. I am just a number.

7 Comments

[-] 2 points by BradB (2693) from Washington, DC 13 years ago

............

    Americans are more afraid of the word 'socialism' 
      than they are of cancer, hiv or world war III.
        and they will fight it to their graves …

    Calm down people, you are only fighting a 'word' …    
      Neither socialism or capitalism exist in nature 
                  without the other…
           Alone they are mere philosophies… 

   Socialism without capitalistic freedom & incentives 
            will fail just as miserably as 
            Capitalism without regulation 
              has just demonstrated... 

  We can build a "true democracy" founded on the dreams 
           of all mankind & all ideologies...
                   We are the 99%

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[-] 2 points by looselyhuman (3117) 13 years ago

Truth.

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[-] 1 points by OWSNewPartyTakeNY2012 (195) 13 years ago

its not one or the other, Ideologies merge and evolve over time to produce better outcomes. you are looking to the past we are looking to the inevitable future.

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[-] 1 points by PoliticalFallacy (2) from Lowell, MA 13 years ago

People need to realize it's the Fed and Obama we need to be protesting. Congress has allowed itself to be bought by these corporations when it is their duty to protect consumers in the "free market." The only roll of government in the market should be to enforce antitrust laws. The GOVERNMENT is allowing this corruption to happen so no wonder Wall St. is greedy. We need a capitalist free market to truly be a FREE market. That means no intervention and no bailouts! These big banks were supposed to fail, and the CEOs and company heads are supposed to weigh risk and make responsible decisions. Instead they just anticipated another government bailout, consequently acting out of line. It's not capitalism, it's the government who's responsible! Surprisingly I see that the majority of OWS protesters are Obama supporters who advocate more government and want more regulation of our economy!

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[-] 1 points by JeffBlock2012 (272) 13 years ago

we're all just numbers either way.

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[-] 1 points by RationalReaper (188) 13 years ago

Sorry...but they are forever co-mingled....just the way it is here and most everywhere else in the world.

And no...Socialism does not take your crops......communism forces you to grow crops and then takes them.......we live in a hybrid economy....socialism is not about taking anyone's wealth or ownership or ability to profit.

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[-] -1 points by ronald87 (4) 13 years ago

Not in America. It won't happen here. This isn't Russia d@@##heads. And I am talking to you!

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