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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3052015" data-attributes="member: 56035">repost of george lucas views on capitalism:ROSE: There&#039;s also the side of you that&#039;s a political animal. I mean, you are, among people who know you, a billionaire who&#039;s not that crazy about capitalism.&nbsp;LUCAS: That&#039;s true. (LAUGH)ROSE: Tell me about --LUCAS: Well, I grew up in the &#039;60s. I grew up in San Francisco. And so I&#039;m informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I&#039;m a very ardent patriot. But I&#039;m also a very ardent believer in democracy, not capitalist democracy. And I do not believe that the rich should be able to buy the government. And that&#039;s just the way I feel.ROSE: Is that the America you see, where the rich have bought the government?LUCAS: Oh, come on. It&#039;s been that way for a long time. And it&#039;s just -- you know, it&#039;s -- it&#039;s not right. And -- and it&#039;s not gonna work and --ROSE: And will it change?LUCAS: Well, I hope it changes. I mean, it&#039;s hard, because you got human nature. You got people -- you know, basically, it&#039;s all -- we got a country based on greed. And as long as you got that, then it&#039;s corrupt. And as long as it&#039;s corrupt, you&#039;re never gonna get a real meeting of the minds on what is best for --</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3052015, member: 56035"] repost of george lucas views on capitalism: [B]ROSE:[/B] There's also the side of you that's a political animal. I mean, you are, among people who know you, [B]a billionaire who's not that crazy about capitalism. LUCAS: That's true. (LAUGH)[/B] [B]ROSE:[/B] Tell me about -- [B]LUCAS:[/B] Well, I grew up in the '60s. I grew up in San Francisco. And so I'm informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I'm a very ardent patriot[B]. But I'm also a very ardent believer in democracy, not capitalist democracy.[/B] And I do not believe that the rich should be able to buy the government. And that's just the way I feel. [B]ROSE:[/B] Is that the America you see, where the rich have bought the government? [B]LUCAS:[/B] Oh, come on. It's been that way for a long time. And it's just -- you know, it's -- it's not right. And -- and it's not gonna work and -- [B]ROSE: [/B]And will it change? [B]LUCAS:[/B] Well, I hope it changes. I mean, it's hard, because you got human nature. You got people -- you know, basically, it's all -- we got a country based on greed. And as long as you got that, then it's corrupt. And as long as it's corrupt, you're never gonna get a real meeting of the minds on what is best for -- [/QUOTE]

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