I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[newfie]

hey you know what once again i make a lower middle class wage doing on site fueling

mom should kick you out then so you can learn to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.

 

[rickyb]

no soup kitchens in Italy to feed the poor?

theyve probably got a better safety net than you guys...

 

[upsgrunt]

hey you know what once again i make a lower middle class wage doing on site fueling

In the U.S., we call that being an attendant at a full service gas station.

 

[rickyb]

In the U.S., we call that being an attendant at a full service gas station.

haha not that

 

[Babagounj]

Wasn't Operation Bootstrap a gov't run program in PR ?

 

[newfie]

theyve probably got a better safety net than you guys...

focus ricky. you posted that the guy stealing food in Italy was not convicted for stealing. If Italy has a better safety net and the guy has options to get fed and decided to steal anyway then he should have gotten convicted for theft.

 

[rickyb]

focus ricky. you posted that the guy stealing food in Italy was not convicted for stealing. If Italy has a better safety net and the guy has options to get fed and decided to steal anyway then he should have gotten convicted for theft.

u gotta be kidding yourself if you dont think america has one of the worst safety nets amongst developed countries. maybe ill look it up and find something.

the italian government also supports democracy at work instead of capitalism via the marcora law.

have you seen italian high speed trains, especially the privatized ones?

 

[oldngray]

u gotta be kidding yourself if you dont think america has one of the worst safety nets amongst developed countries. maybe ill look it up and find something.

the italian government also supports democracy at work instead of capitalism via the marcora law.

have you seen italian high speed trains, especially the privatized ones?

Are those the trains that Italy tried to sell to Belgium who later found out (after wasting millions) that those trains wouldn't fit on their tracks?

 

[rickyb]

Are those the trains that Italy tried to sell to Belgium who later found out (after wasting millions) that those trains wouldn't fit on their tracks?

who knows. now show me the best running american train you got!

 

[rickyb]

richard wolff and thom hartmann talk about one of the alternatives to capitalism which is democracy at work aka worker directed coops. they also talk about feudalism evolving into capitalism, what changed, and what stayed the same.

 

[bottomups]

who knows. now show me the best running american train you got!

 

[rickyb]

 

[Babagounj]

What min wage are you suggesting , USA ? Canada ? or the countries were the products come from ?
Now don't forget that in the USA and Canada have higher min wages and all those other countries the avg working wage is equal to just under a dollar a day .
So which is it ?

 

[rickyb]

What min wage are you suggesting , USA ? Canada ? or the countries were the products come from ?
Now don't forget that in the USA and Canada have higher min wages and all those other countries the avg working wage is equal to just under a dollar a day .
So which is it ?

does it really matter?

i didnt understand that either. but its safe to say working conditions here and around the world are often deplorable.

 

[newfie]

u gotta be kidding yourself if you dont think america has one of the worst safety nets amongst developed countries. maybe ill look it up and find something.

the italian government also supports democracy at work instead of capitalism via the marcora law.

have you seen italian high speed trains, especially the privatized ones?

could you idiots up north put out that fire before it burns down all of north America? then come back and lecture me about safety nets.

 

[oldngray]

does it really matter?

i didnt understand that either. but its safe to say working conditions here and around the world are often deplorable.

Are you saying working conditions in the US are worse than most of the rest of the world?

 

[rickyb]

Are you saying working conditions in the US are worse than most of the rest of the world?

no.

but its nothing to brag about either

 

[Babagounj]

no.

but its nothing to brag about either

So then why are so many immigrants risking their very lives to come here ?

Or is the USA just another stop on their way up north to your neighborhoods ?

 

[rickyb]

So then why are so many immigrants risking their very lives to come here ?

Or is the USA just another stop on their way up north to your neighborhoods ?

because NAFTA destroyed small farmers livelihood in mexico. i mean theres obviously no comparison between usa and mexico.

 

[rickyb]