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I've written before that I no longer have any clue what capitalism means.
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Chris Badgett wrote:At the end of the day consumers of said value can speak their mind and/or vote with their wallet or not.
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Mike Schroer wrote:Paul,
We have had huge gains in productivity in the last 40 years yet the wages of the average worker has stagnated or gone down.
With these huge gains in productivity, why are we still working 40-50 per week?
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This tread has the phrase "I don't have a problem with capitalism" used numerous times followed by a specific criticism. This smacks of indoctrination to me.
A large part of capitalism is our flawed monetary system, the Federal Reserve and the banking fractional lending process, but that is worthy of another discussion.
It is called indebted slavery.
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But Paul - you always said we aren't allowed to discuss politics and then you write the libertarian manifesto
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paul wheaton wrote:
But Paul - you always said we aren't allowed to discuss politics and then you write the libertarian manifesto
My childhood was ... unconventional. I was fortunate to spend part of my childhood with some very wonderful people. And then when I became an adult, some of these wonderful people would avoid me because, apparently, by their standards, I was "conservative." And others would avoid me for being "liberal." (and then others for being arrogant, or being "me" - but frankly, these people are so amazingly *good* that ... well, that's another story for another day). So when it comes to politics, it would seem that liberals are certain that I am conservative, conservatives are certain that I am liberal and libertarians are certain that I am libertarian. I have to say, I am pretty apolitical. I think that politics is a tar baby - the more attention you give it, the more your life will be stuck with it. Solving world problems through the political system is the most obvious and direct path - and, the tar baby. And if the world's population adopts the things I advocate because they think they are cool, or make a better life independent of politics, then my life will have been of greater value in avoiding politics.
I do think that politics should not be discussed in this forum. But we did create a cider press forum for discussion this sort of thing.
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Andrew Farmer wrote:There seems to be a lot of confusion about what "capitalism" is. I highly recommend David Graeber's 'Debt: The First 5000 Years' to get a reasonable background in the history of human economies and the origins of money.
Chadwick Holmes wrote:Here is the thing though, I want to pay you as little as I can, but when I am doing something I deserve as much as I can get.......so that's cleared up right!!!
Chadwick Holmes wrote:Here is the thing though, I want to pay you as little as I can and use the provider who would rather charge a higher price but is willing to accept the lowest price for the good or service, but when I am doing something I deserve as much as I can get so I charge as much as I can, but am limited by what others are willing to accept for the same services.......so that's cleared up right!!!
Andrew Farmer wrote:I don't have it with me, but I'll check that nex time I'm out to the farm. I doubt it's as significant as all that. I know it has been through more than one printing with some corrections and additions. In a large book with an enormous amount of material I expect a certain(small) number of errors, and I expect the author to address them when they are discovered.
What do you have to say for yourself? Hmmm? Anything? And you call yourself a tiny ad.
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