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| 05 Oct 2013 06:04 PM |
| For 165 years, there has been a large debate: the debate of Socialism versus Capitalism. I want you, my fellow RGers, to discuss & debate as to whether you prefer Socialism, or Capitalism. |
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K0DE5
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| 05 Oct 2013 06:10 PM |
| They are both bad and need to be rethought. |
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XC6Alt33
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| 05 Oct 2013 06:12 PM |
| It depends. Do you purely mean economically or socially? |
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K0DE5
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| 05 Oct 2013 06:26 PM |
| I would say socialism but it would matter. If socialism was put under a democraticaly elected leader or a government that had checks and balences to power, it wouldn't be that bad. Capitalism is a big trick. Rich get richer poor get poorer. Enslaved for life. I believe that no government should be lead by one source. So kick out the one source power but keep the ideas and it still may fail, but it would be better than capitalism atleast in my opinion. |
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| 05 Oct 2013 06:38 PM |
| Keeping this debate alive with this bump. |
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pepper0
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| 05 Oct 2013 06:39 PM |
| Pure unregulated lassiez-faire capitalism. |
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XC6Alt33
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| 05 Oct 2013 06:39 PM |
"Pure unregulated lassiez-faire capitalism."
Justify. |
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| 05 Oct 2013 07:00 PM |
| Socialism would be best facilitated by a dramatic restructuring of the corporate hierarchy. |
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| 06 Oct 2013 01:59 AM |
Pure unregulated laissez-faire capitalism.
Same. |
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br0b
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| 16 Oct 2013 08:19 PM |
mixed economy is the best
pure unregulated capitalism results in 1920s-1930s america |
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pepper0
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| 16 Oct 2013 10:39 PM |
It was disrupted by Hoover and Roosevelt and their big government policies.
Hong Kong is the nearest thing to lassies-faire on this earth. It ranks the highest as the most economically free country* in the Index of Economic Freedom
* I know Hong Kong is under sovereignty of the PRC, but it functions independently in most aspects from Beijing. |
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:15 PM |
hong kong has a 20% poverty rate a large area of slums. thats what we call a guilded city
and the 1920s and the crash had nothing to do with big government policies it related to reckless lending by unregulated banks |
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jplynn
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:18 PM |
| I forgot what both of those kinds of governments represent so I will remain neutral. |
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:20 PM |
theyre economic systems
capitalism represents a free market with strictly privately owned property, minimal government interference, and competition. it doesnt work by itself
socialism is a more collective mindset where the government owns most property. it has a central planning comittee to allocate resources. it doesnt work because the comittee cant keep up and theres also no incentives for innovation
generally a mix of the 2 works the best (i.e the United States) |
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| 17 Oct 2013 07:30 AM |
| I prefer combining both into a new kind |
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yoyoman2
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| 17 Oct 2013 09:18 AM |
europe standards.
they are da best |
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Eterra
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| 17 Oct 2013 09:30 AM |
>europe standards.
italy, greece, spain
yeah, great standards! |
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| 17 Oct 2013 10:04 AM |
"italy, greece, spain"
..wasn't caused by the europe standards at all |
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Eterra
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| 17 Oct 2013 10:39 AM |
| Yes blame the real world being flawed instead of the theory. |
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| 17 Oct 2013 10:41 AM |
Are you serious?
Explain to me how the Europe standards caused the crisis of those three countries. |
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