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Topic: OCCUPY GOP

poetkiosk Title: Snail Hunter Posts: 19,178 Registered: Mar 17, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 14,742 User ID: 658,239	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	"Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money?" - Newt Gingrich "The 1% is doing fine. I want to help the 99%." - Mitt Romney -----signature----- Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. - Kurt Vonnegut http://www.welcometointernet.org/Jesus%20Cat.swf
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 38,362 Registered: Sep 20, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 31,453 User ID: 718,633	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	poetkiosk posted: "Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money?" - Newt Gingrich Gingrich proving once against he is not as smrt as people say he is. Of course that's the point of capitalism. -----signature----- (none)
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paulg_68 Posts: 30,961 Registered: Jul 27, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 30,669 User ID: 1,364,918	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	People who don't know the definition of capitalism posted: Capitalizm is bad m'kay! -----signature----- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc "Everyone has a chance to become rich." - Groucho48 "Most of the human wealth on earth exists between the ears of live human beings." - theredkay1
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 38,362 Registered: Sep 20, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 31,453 User ID: 718,633	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	How is that not exactly what capitalism is about? You hire other people (i.e., manipulate their behavior) to do work for you then you pocket the profits (i.e. make off with the money). That's the ESSENCE of capitalism. You can argue about whether it's good for the person being manipulated too, but you can't get around the fact that capitalism is all about rich people using non-rich people to make a profit. -----signature----- (none)
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sweeny_comodore Posts: 9,066 Registered: Aug 23, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,113 User ID: 1,248,480	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	capitalism isnt bad abusing and exploiting it is. setting up an environment in which abuse and exploitation is rewarded is not how you regulate it, either -----signature----- Jesus? No, but there is indeed a god shaped hole in the heart of man, why is yours so empty? -- snarf igraine the original monotheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus
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AzureTyger Title: Awesome Posts: 29,693 Registered: Apr 1, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 26,594 User ID: 663,926	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	Capitalism is openly about exploitation, it's the basis of the entire philosophy. Only capitalists and their peons feel the need to dress it up. -----signature----- Using the mirror of ridicule to force conservatives to confront their own stupidity.
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Rosaria Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly. Posts: 46,983 Registered: Aug 22, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 44,486 User ID: 832,524	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	You just bought a house worth a half million. Viva la capitalisma! -----signature----- "Them Bollinger Bands on the DJIA are starting to look like columns of projectile vomit." ~ Red Pill
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AzureTyger Title: Awesome Posts: 29,693 Registered: Apr 1, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 26,594 User ID: 663,926	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	Rosaria posted: You just bought a house worth a half million. Viva la capitalisma! Yep, and I will fill it with crap largely made by exploited people and resources from other places, and post about it on an iDevice made by some 12 year old in China while eating something harvested by a Guatemalen dude making 4 cents an hour. A huge chunk of the money difference between that and what I paid will go into the tax account shelters of some guy whose biggest worry is probably whether the risk of his product killing me or my family is more cost effective than the quality controls it would take to prevent it. It is what it is. -----signature----- Using the mirror of ridicule to force conservatives to confront their own stupidity.
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Brother_Tempus Title: Patriot Posts: 48,624 Registered: Jan 9, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 48,310 User ID: 61,868	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	AzureTyger posted: Crony capitalism [ ie fascism, mercantilism, hamiltonianism] is openly about exploitation fixed for accuracy -----signature----- You win ACF, dude - Osmenthe BT is usually right - Onslaught i think we need more BT on page 1 - FighterUSAF Yep, BT is right - Aerlinthian Got guns & ammo? Food? Precious metals?
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Rosaria Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly. Posts: 46,983 Registered: Aug 22, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 44,486 User ID: 832,524	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	AzureTyger posted: Rosaria posted: You just bought a house worth a half million. Viva la capitalisma! Yep, and I will fill it with crap largely made by exploited people and resources from other places, and post about it on an iDevice made by some 12 year old in China while eating something harvested by a Guatemalen dude making 4 cents an hour. A huge chunk of the money difference between that and what I paid will go into the tax account shelters of some guy whose biggest worry is probably whether the risk of his product killing me or my family is more cost effective than the quality controls it would take to prevent it. It is what it is. You know you can buy furniture, etc from companies that make it exclusively in the US right? You don't have to fill your house with crap. You can also have furniture made to your specifications right in the US. You can have fabrics made and cut for curtains, upholstery etc. You can get carpeting and rugs made in the US. Do what you want its your own money and you earned it, but you don't have to go the road of dependency on crap and junk. -----signature----- "Them Bollinger Bands on the DJIA are starting to look like columns of projectile vomit." ~ Red Pill
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Friarspam Posts: 12,363 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,619 User ID: 1,200,702	Subject: OCCUPY GOP
	Dear "Capitalism is bad/evil/etc" crowd, Can you please tell us the "alternative" system that you would replace capitalism with? Come on, you KNOW there must be a "better" system out there than free market capitalism since it's "so terrible". Name it. I don't mean some mythical system that's never been used either. I mean a system that will provide means for people to exist. Please, enlighten us. -----signature----- My folks went on vacation and all I got was this lousy sig.
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