Capitalism Isn't Working

[faded glory]

Oh and I agree with this person a bit. (Even if it isnt DF) Pure capitalism reaks of too much exploitation. It has to be regulated to a degree.

[orange]

Originally posted by faded glory
Oh and I agree with this person a bit. (Even if it isnt DF) Pure capitalism reaks of too much exploitation. It has to be regulated to a degree.

As long as everyone gets a gun, I don't care either way

Edit: now DF has hacked my account!

[Urban Ranger]

Did you get drunk and blurred out your password?

[David Floyd]

I'm gonna do something new and debate - MYSELF!

I've been thinking about freedom and equality today. We call the USA the "land of the free", but how can we have freedom with such a huge gap between rich and poor?

First off, equality of opportunity is different from equality of results - the former is the best way of running things, the latter is pure evil.
A wealth gap has nothing to do with freedom - it has to do with the ability of people to buy things. Personally, I think that we should not povide food to starving children at taxpayer expense, so I certainly don't give a **** about the wealth gap between an executive and a janitor. You are confusing the concepts of rights and freedom with entitlements again.

The poorest people in our nation aren't free; much as they might like to have the ultimate freedom - owning a gun and suchlike - they simply can't afford it.

But you do admit if they had the money they'd be perfectly free to buy guns, or whatever, right? How then can lack of money translate to lack of freedom? The freedom exists whether someone has the ABILITY to buy something or not.

Capitalism patently isn't working. Laissez-faire economics simply haven't worked. I think we should look to the left for inspiration; for a more equal and more free nation.

Equality of results translates to less freedom, not more - you want to **** over anyone who lives comfortably. But that is an immoral act.

I'm calling it "compassionate communism".

And I'M calling it a crock of ****.

[Asher]

Floyd, you don't know what you want.

[AzNmYsTiKaLdEmO]

Democrats are the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller, and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are the party that says the government doesn't work-and then they get elected to prove it.

- P.J. O'Rourke

[Ming]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
Of course it's not Floyd.

And you would indeed know that as a fact... The IP addresses confirm that fact... now be nice. I almost choked when I started reading the opening post.

Now David... please change your password, or I will. My heart just can't take anymore posts like the one End made in your name

[David Floyd]

And you would indeed know that as a fact... The IP addresses confirm that fact... now be nice. I almost choked when I started reading the opening post.

I bet

Now David... please change your password, or I will. My heart just can't take anymore posts like the one End made in your name

Oh, let the ****ers have their fun, this isn't the first time even on Poly

Oh, OK I'll fix it

[Ming]

Originally posted by David Floyd
Oh, OK I'll fix it

Good... no more surprises like this one...
Oh, and funny stuff End... but don't try it again

[Asher]

I accuse Imran of conspiring with End, as he knew it was a hacked account a bit too quickly.

[David Floyd]

Done and done.

What Iain DOESN'T know is that my sources have provided me with HIS login information

[faded glory]

End?

Oh these hackers need to be banned. Or Better yet...need to be winnuked.

[faded glory]

Ming give me IP so I can send a nuke

[David Floyd]

I accuse Imran of conspiring with End, as he knew it was a hacked account a bit too quickly.

No offense, but anyone who got through the whole post and thought it was me has a few screws loose

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by David Floyd
First off, equality of opportunity is different from equality of results - the former is the best way of running things, the latter is pure evil.

What is this equality of results you're muttering about? If you are saying this is what communism is about you are throwing a strawman.

As for the so called "equality of opportunity," such a thing does not exist in Capitalism.

Compare William Gates III, whose mother knew the chairman of IBM on a first name basis, and John Q. Normal, whose mother knew a floor sweeper at IBM on a first name basis.

Originally posted by David Floyd
A wealth gap has nothing to do with freedom - it has to do with the ability of people to buy things.

How does the ability to buy things lead to a wealth gap?

Originally posted by David Floyd
Personally, I think that we should not povide food to starving children at taxpayer expense

Unless, you are one of those children

Originally posted by David Floyd
so I certainly don't give a **** about the wealth gap between an executive and a janitor.

Whether you care for it has nothing to do with whether it is morally justified.

Originally posted by David Floyd
You are confusing the concepts of rights and freedom with entitlements again.

Again, libertarians has yet to provide any adequate argument to this so called "natural rights."

Originally posted by David Floyd
But you do admit if they had the money they'd be perfectly free to buy guns, or whatever, right? How then can lack of money translate to lack of freedom?

Freedom = degree to do things one wants. A lack of money puts a limitation on this ability. No?

Originally posted by David Floyd
The freedom exists whether someone has the ABILITY to buy something or not.

So you have the freedom when you are unable to exercise it? Hm, that's news to me. Lets say you're locked in a prison...

Originally posted by David Floyd
Equality of results translates to less freedom, not more - you want to **** over anyone who lives comfortably. But that is an immoral act.

Strawman, again.

Libertarians really don't have any consistent moral or philosophical basis for their position.