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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: sm1th who wrote (47878)7/7/2013 2:07:33 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
I didn't miss it, it was not a valid point.

Democracy has nothing to do with capitalism. That idea is dead wrong. Democracy only has to do with the people manifesting their own destiny and nothing else. They can be poor as church mice.

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It was our society that decided we needed to do something about it.
You completely missed Tim's point. It is only possible for society to exercise that choice in rich capitalistic countries. It doesn't really matter if the society in Zimbawbe wants less pollution, they have no means to pay for any cleanup.
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