Capitalism, socialism, and a whole bunch of other -isms are not mutually exclusive. Certain entities should be taxpayer funded for the good of society. (Technically socialism is public ownership of the means of production, but nowadays it's gone all blurry; a lot of people seem to use it to mean nonprofit.) This could include education, health care, public lands, Social Security, etc.
Certain other entities can be capitalistic--for profit. If they produce non-essential items then they can compete for consumers' disposable income.
Any discussion that focuses on having just one or the other isn't going to go anywhere.
What erodes confidence in the system is a worthless sack of shit like Joe Biden being a viable contender for the nomination. And no, I don't kid anybody by pretending I'd vote for him if he runs in the general. I'll vote for Warren in the general. I'll vote for Sanders in the general. The rest of 'em can go get fucked.
but that would offend their "friends on the other side of the aisle".
of course, the other big problem is that substantial chunk of elected Democrats who either agree with Republicans or who've taken so much money from the Healthcare industry that they try and avoid any criticism of said industry.
Your statement, while technically correct, implies that the top 1% own only 50%. You are using weasel words like "over" to be technically correct and you know it.
Honestly the best thing I can say about capitalism is that it gives the psychopaths something to do other than murder. My husband, who's a recovering libertarian, adds that it's a more distributed form of evil than "the king gets all the power".
It erodes confidence within a fringe subset of people who think we are just one good president away from the socialist revolution. The way I think of it is that more people will be voting against Warren/Sanders than against Biden. We need to embrace that.
For sure. Because I'm extremely basic, I'm in an international mom group on Facebook, and every other goddamn post is an American member trying to figure out how to pay for her kid's broken arm, and the comments are full of Australians going "omg how do you guys even deal with this crap?"
For that last one, automation should be so much higher on the list — especially above the immigrants option. It really does seem like people undervalue the impact that has had on the economy and labor force, especially considering how impactful it actually is.
Capitalism, socialism, and a whole bunch of other -isms are not mutually exclusive. Certain entities should be taxpayer funded for the good of society. (Technically socialism is public ownership of the means of production, but nowadays it's gone all blurry; a lot of people seem to use it to mean nonprofit.) This could include education, health care, public lands, Social Security, etc.
Certain other entities can be capitalistic--for profit. If they produce non-essential items then they can compete for consumers' disposable income.
Any discussion that focuses on having just one or the other isn't going to go anywhere.
Ironically in either system you'll find the same sort of people at the top.
126 is a really small part of the 1% and the ratio you gave is misrepresentative of the wealth disparity. It is worse and getting worse.
I understand mathematics and statistics just fucking fine. The car seats I engineered have not killed anyone in 2 decades of use so far.
Are you talking about global wealth or wealth in private hands?
Don't forget social media exposing kids to other cultures and -isms.
I don't know the answer to that, but I do know Bernie ended up doing TWICE as many events/rallies for HRC in 2016 as HRC did for Obama in 2008.
What erodes confidence in the system is a worthless sack of shit like Joe Biden being a viable contender for the nomination. And no, I don't kid anybody by pretending I'd vote for him if he runs in the general. I'll vote for Warren in the general. I'll vote for Sanders in the general. The rest of 'em can go get fucked.
but that would offend their "friends on the other side of the aisle".
of course, the other big problem is that substantial chunk of elected Democrats who either agree with Republicans or who've taken so much money from the Healthcare industry that they try and avoid any criticism of said industry.
I'm pretty sure that we've hit the tipping point in terms of climate change where mass starvation is baked in, regardless.
Just use the CollegeHumor GoFundMe CEO message.
Thank you for admitting you're wrong.
Not sure what car seats have to do with the one percent. But you do you crazy person.
Your statement, while technically correct, implies that the top 1% own only 50%. You are using weasel words like "over" to be technically correct and you know it.
Honestly the best thing I can say about capitalism is that it gives the psychopaths something to do other than murder. My husband, who's a recovering libertarian, adds that it's a more distributed form of evil than "the king gets all the power".
It erodes confidence within a fringe subset of people who think we are just one good president away from the socialist revolution. The way I think of it is that more people will be voting against Warren/Sanders than against Biden. We need to embrace that.
For sure. Because I'm extremely basic, I'm in an international mom group on Facebook, and every other goddamn post is an American member trying to figure out how to pay for her kid's broken arm, and the comments are full of Australians going "omg how do you guys even deal with this crap?"
For that last one, automation should be so much higher on the list — especially above the immigrants option. It really does seem like people undervalue the impact that has had on the economy and labor force, especially considering how impactful it actually is.