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RGacky3
25th April 2009, 18:55
part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRZ_bL37-qk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRZ_bL37-qk)
part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuWsUutEzp8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuWsUutEzp8&feature=related)
part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdl9hfUjqo&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdl9hfUjqo&feature=related)
part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxUKoCiHYX8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxUKoCiHYX8&feature=related)
part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkCqdHYrB4I&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkCqdHYrB4I&feature=related)

for all those who talk about Capitalisms success in America, pay attention to how global Capitalism actually works. Very interesting.

GPDP
25th April 2009, 19:14
But, but... it's not TRUUUUUUUUUU capitalism!

If it was TRUUUUUUUUU capitalism, there would be tremendous growth, everyone would be freer, and no one would ever be worse off from others getting far richer than they are!

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1394/tehfreemarketre5.jpg

The chart doesn't lie!

You know, come to think of it, free market zealots remind me quite a bit of our "anti-revisionists." The problem lies not with capitalism (socialism), but rather the deviation from free market (Marxist-Leninist) principles by corporatists (revisionists). If we were to adhere more closely to the teachings of Smith and Mises (Marx and Lenin), and go back to how *insert pre-Roosevelt president here* (Stalin) ran things before Roosevelt (Kruschev) came to power and introduced socialist (capitalist) reforms, then things would be much better in the US (USSR).

True, I've yet to actually hear somthing like that in its entirety, but that's the general feeling I get.

trivas7
29th April 2009, 17:56
Aside from the moral outrage he always brings to the discussion, Chomsky as usual has nothing to say politically.

TheCagedLion
29th April 2009, 23:23
But, but... it's not TRUUUUUUUUUU capitalism!

If it was TRUUUUUUUUU capitalism, there would be tremendous growth, everyone would be freer, and no one would ever be worse off from others getting far richer than they are!

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1394/tehfreemarketre5.jpg

The chart doesn't lie!

You know, come to think of it, free market zealots remind me quite a bit of our "anti-revisionists." The problem lies not with capitalism (socialism), but rather the deviation from free market (Marxist-Leninist) principles by corporatists (revisionists). If we were to adhere more closely to the teachings of Smith and Mises (Marx and Lenin), and go back to how *insert pre-Roosevelt president here* (Stalin) ran things before Roosevelt (Kruschev) came to power and introduced socialist (capitalist) reforms, then things would be much better in the US (USSR).

True, I've yet to actually hear somthing like that in its entirety, but that's the general feeling I get.

I love that graph!

RGacky3
30th April 2009, 07:25
Aside from the moral outrage he always brings to the discussion, Chomsky as usual has nothing to say politically.

Nice analysis, did you watch any of the videos? Plus all social theory is based on some morality.

trivas7
30th April 2009, 15:08
Plus all social theory is based on some morality.

Marx's isn't.

RGacky3
1st May 2009, 20:35
Marx's isn't.

It is'nt? He is calling for society to be run a certain way, and the reason it should be run that way, is because it benefits the most and is fair, the idea that society should be run fair is based on morality.

Watch the videos please.