Too Many Morons (foul language warning) | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)
hey no no (none / 0)
i thought this was supposed to be censored, i was just tricked into reading a heaping dose of cuss words. where is your grandmother? if it is any consolation to you i will devote an hour tomorrow to address the difference between socialism and communism, since there are still people who don't know the difference. just because socialism doesn't work in communism doesn't mean it can't work in capitalism, as a conglomerate system of course

by RealAmericanLiberal on 10/02/2009 02:07:24 AM EST

My grandmother TAUGHT me most of those words (none / 1)
As a conglomerate system, it works pretty well. My own UK manages pretty well (current global economic catastrophe aside). Free market capitalism works great, WHEN customers can walk away from the market. When essential services are subject to teh whims of the corporate class, the same thing happens every time as we discovered during Thatcher's (and Major and Blair to a lesser extent) mania to privatise everything in sight: Prices soar, service deteriorates. Gas, electricity, water, rail. All of them were privatised in my lifetime and in every single case, prices soared, service collapsed.

When dealing with a service (and healthcare is a service, not a product) where your life is at serious risk without it, free market capitalism does not work.

And don't even get me started on the "free market uber alles" crowd...

by Ebon on 10/02/2009 02:26:05 AM EST

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Are you from England? (none / 0)
is your name James Bond?.... hhaha but, no in all seriousness i think you are right or "spot on, chap". the UK is a great example of a nation that mixed socialized medicine in a free market successfully. we learn from their success.

by RealAmericanLiberal on 10/02/2009 02:47:20 AM EST

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Yep (none / 0)
I am indeed English. I live in the Midlands, just down the road from a famous brewing town.

Sadly, I'm not (yet) James Bond, which is a constant source of annoyance.

by Ebon on 10/02/2009 09:17:43 PM EST

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Too Many Morons (foul language warning) | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden)