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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2024903" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>1. they had markets in slavery. markets are not unique to capitalism. other economic systems had supply, demand, incentives, trace, innovation, etc.</p><p></p><p> a free market would also mean free movement of labor across borders. i dont think the big capitalists want that, and many so called free markets lovers dont want it either via immigration. im guessing the time they started this free market propaganda was at the very time when workers in america lost their bargaining power. so it made perfect sense for the capitalists to push markets when they were the primary beneficiaries. the guys i listen to do not fall to their knees to the market as if it were a god the way some of the right wingers do; they are quite critical and for good reason.</p><p></p><p>btw none of the big capitalists actually believe in markets or any of the other things they repeat to you all the time. they believe in whatever makes them profits. so bail outs, price fixing, monopolies, breaking the law, etc.</p><p></p><p>standards of living improved under slavery. thats not justification for it.</p><p></p><p>get back to me when you have the stats on hunger in america. clue: its a little more than a "few".</p><p></p><p>the technology is mehh. we still have gasoline cars, computers are a huge distraction for people. and alot of tech research is done by the government and handed over for free to private corporations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2024903, member: 56035"] 1. they had markets in slavery. markets are not unique to capitalism. other economic systems had supply, demand, incentives, trace, innovation, etc. a free market would also mean free movement of labor across borders. i dont think the big capitalists want that, and many so called free markets lovers dont want it either via immigration. im guessing the time they started this free market propaganda was at the very time when workers in america lost their bargaining power. so it made perfect sense for the capitalists to push markets when they were the primary beneficiaries. the guys i listen to do not fall to their knees to the market as if it were a god the way some of the right wingers do; they are quite critical and for good reason. btw none of the big capitalists actually believe in markets or any of the other things they repeat to you all the time. they believe in whatever makes them profits. so bail outs, price fixing, monopolies, breaking the law, etc. standards of living improved under slavery. thats not justification for it. get back to me when you have the stats on hunger in america. clue: its a little more than a "few". the technology is mehh. we still have gasoline cars, computers are a huge distraction for people. and alot of tech research is done by the government and handed over for free to private corporations. [/QUOTE]
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