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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: lurqer who wrote (33010)12/19/2003 10:26:18 AM
From: Edscharp  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
lurqer,

"I specifically asked about socialism..."

Didn't Lenin say something like 'communism was socialism plus electricity'? As I said at the beginning of my post it depends what level of socialism we are talking about. I thought the communist example was the most extreme instance of socialism gone wild.

"I could counter that unfettered regressive capitalism (Corporatism) produces benefits only for a tiny oligarchy, and the bulk of the populace is left in squalor"

You could counter with that, but you'd be wrong. In the U.S. we have a massive affluent middle class that has prospered very nicely in a capitalist system...so thank you very much.

I would argue that anybody who can work and is willing to work can find employment in the U.S.

I'm not saying that capitalism is utopian. It isn't. There are problems and abuses. No argument there. I merely suggest that in spite of obvious problems it is still far better than any other system.
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