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Re: De: I said: Capitalism >>AT LEAST AS CURRENTLY PRACTICED<< SUCKS. "Socialism" does, too." 

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Re: “'"Capitalism", at least as currently practiced, SUCKS. "Socialism" does, too.' I stuck "at least as currently practiced" for a reason. Multiple reasons, actually. One was to open up a space to more cleanly discuss capitalism vs socialism.”
When you review your business performance, is it your habit to identify what's right about it and then criticize that? That's what you're doing when you belittle capitalism.

I don't think it's capitalism, as practiced here, that you think sucks. I think it's corruption, anti-small-business legislation, graft, taxes and overregulation. They really do suck. But capitalism, in the few places where you can still find it, is *GREAT*.

There's not much point in criticizing it. Doing so just confuses your readers (and most of us are confused enough already) and is like identifying your best emps and then ripping them a new one. You know... 'cuz they still aren't up to your lofty standards.








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Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months


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De: I said: Capitalism >>AT LEAST AS CURRENTLY PRACTICED<< SUCKS. "Socialism" does, too."
By: Fiz
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Thu, 22 Sep 22 12:29 AM
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'"Capitalism", at least as currently practiced, SUCKS. "Socialism" does, too.'

I stuck "at least as currently practiced" for a reason. Multiple reasons, actually. One was to open up a space to more cleanly discuss capitalism vs socialism.

To strip out those words and just leave "Capitalism SUCKS" is to massively misquote me and totally mistake my argument...and the purpose for the short essay.

Did you have thoughts about whole concept of "ILLth"?


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