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If we were truly embracing capitalism, there would be no "too big to fail" BS, and those banks and automakers would have been allowed to go feet up. Now THAT's capitalism, and not the "privatize the gains/socialize the losses" garbage we've all gotten used to.

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You hear about the diminishing purchasing power of working Americans, and no-one bats an eye.

That sounds like you are referring to inflation.  And you can't possibly be  trying to convince anyone here that capitalism causes inflation.  :rofl:   Inflation rates are generally caused by money growth (a.k.a. printing too much money)  Only the government can do that, and the government is usually the main cause of "the diminishing purchasing power."

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there would be no "too big to fail" BS, and those banks and automakers would have been allowed to go feet up.
 I agreed in 2008 and I still believe it now.

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Forget the US dollar, MD, I will trade you 14 squash and 36 tomatoes for a five year old car! :D

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Forget the US dollar, MD, I will trade you 14 squash and 36 tomatoes for a five year old car! :D

As long as it's a Rambler.  Oh ship, I thought you said 50 year old car.

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Can't help but notice that Expat has some tea party tendencies.
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Being critical of capitalism per se was not my intention. Injecting capitalism/western values into a fundamentalist movement would be toxic to that movement. It happens in Christian/Jewish/etc fundamentalist groups. Money/power eats the movement from the inside out, like a wasp larvae inside a catepillar.

As Botto pointed out real(fundamental) capitalism does not exist due to lack of adherence to strict rules. Russia, China, and others practice their particular forms of despot capitalism, while the West generally practices feudal capitalism. Rather messy forms of economics they be, and a "poison pill" for any group bent on strict adherence to rules and law. It's one reason why purist revolutionaries ( hopefully now Islamists) fail. Messy capitalism is a corrupting force, as we can clearly see on the news. A corrupt (capitalist)fundamentalist group or culture self destructs, becomes benign. And then is ripe for imperialism. Corrupt capitalists, near and far, should invest their corrupt dollars into corrupting these fundamentalists. An investment opportunity!!
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Come on MD, my Ramblin days are over. :D  At least go as far as this 700 horse rat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?f...Ctj8PQs

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Can't help but notice that Expat has some tea party tendencies.

Nah, you people have the wool pulled over your eyes!

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