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Conservatives need to quit defending the current system as capitalism
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:27 am
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:27 am
The truth is when guys like Bernie Sanders talk about the system being rigged, it resonates with many because it is rigged. Our economic system is state run capitalism. The state picks winners.
The post office runs an extra day for Amazon. Section 230 for social media companies. The taxpayers fund professional sports leagues stadiums. Post financial crisis, a Lehman Brothers employee gets kicked to the curve while the taxpayers fund bonuses for AIG employees.
Hell this year the government has handpicked what businesses can even operate based on loose science at best. So quit saying “muh free market” and shitting yourself every time someone talks about income inequality. Quit saying “private company, it can do what it wants” because any large company in our country isn’t truly private anymore.
This isn’t capitalism, and the insistence on defending it or not calling it out will only drive more people to socialism.
The post office runs an extra day for Amazon. Section 230 for social media companies. The taxpayers fund professional sports leagues stadiums. Post financial crisis, a Lehman Brothers employee gets kicked to the curve while the taxpayers fund bonuses for AIG employees.
Hell this year the government has handpicked what businesses can even operate based on loose science at best. So quit saying “muh free market” and shitting yourself every time someone talks about income inequality. Quit saying “private company, it can do what it wants” because any large company in our country isn’t truly private anymore.
This isn’t capitalism, and the insistence on defending it or not calling it out will only drive more people to socialism.
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Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:32 am to TomRollTideRitter
Yep
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:37 am to TomRollTideRitter
The solution to this is not to add more socialism.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:38 am to Jack Bauers HnK
quote:
The solution to this is not to add more socialism.
What do you mean?
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:39 am to TomRollTideRitter
OP is right this is freedom vs tyranny
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:41 am to TomRollTideRitter
This is absolutely true. It all starts with political lobbyists and those companies that give backdoor deals that benefit their companies. I’m sure you will find that a large percentage of former elected officials in Washington become lobbyists. It’s definitely no coincidence.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:44 am to TomRollTideRitter
Facism - merger of state and corporate since financial crisis. Corporate gets capitalism for profits and socialism bailouts for losses which results in trillions and trillions to the Big Guys and Corrupt politicians. All will be on the back of the middle to lower upper classes and small businesses until they are ALL extinct.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:45 am to Jack Bauers HnK
quote:
The solution to this is not to add more socialism.
No one here said it was. I wouldn’t call breaking up monopolies socialism though. At the very least, they shouldn’t be given massive advantages.
The education system is an example of state run system that Republicans constantly defend instead of trying to change.
Instead of saying to young people, “You should have been a plumber.” One should say, “If the system was competitive instead of state dictated, there would be legitimate low cost paths to white collar jobs.”
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:56 am to TomRollTideRitter
I’ve long said Sweden represents a better ideal of capitalism than the US.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 9:06 am to TomRollTideRitter
quote:True. But also, the winners pick the state.
The state picks winners.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 9:26 am to NeilBS
I fear covid has pushed our economy closer to being an oligarchy.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 9:37 am to TomRollTideRitter
Time for an analogy.
Zach plays golf.
Dustin Johnson plays golf.
But there is a big difference.
GOP run govt rigs the economy.
Dem run govt rigs the economy.
But there is a big difference.
Zach plays golf.
Dustin Johnson plays golf.
But there is a big difference.
GOP run govt rigs the economy.
Dem run govt rigs the economy.
But there is a big difference.
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