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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: steve harris who wrote (318996)1/7/2007 3:53:35 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1573332
 
Capitalism has failed many times.

Where? Seems to me when someone fails in a business, capitalism is working as it should. In government, you're stuck with the bad idea.

I see.....when capitalism pollutes rivers so they catch fire when you light them, or lakes don't freeze over even though its winter and below zero, that's success to you? How about children who are born with abnormalities because of a bad drug that wasn't tested properly? During the turn of the century, when capitalists used child labor and working conditions were so poor people died on the job, that was successful capitalism working at its best. How about the promotion of tobacco......even when they knew that it was bad for you, the capitalists continued to promote its consumption....in fact, they do so to this very day. How about all the stupid shopping centers that were built in the US since WWII causing the decline of downtowns all over the country......what an incredible waste of infrastructure. We now have whole downtowns that are virtually empty.........an incredible waste of money and land. How about when GM bought up most of the light rail urban rail systems in the country and dismantled them and their tracks so people would be forced to use their cars. They did the same with many bus systems as well........what was that? Clever capitalism at its best?

Your much ballyhooed capitalism is successful in a way that doesn't work for a lot of us.

Which begs the question? Did you even wonder why Arkansas is so poor?
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