Socialism & Pie

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Socialism & Pie
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Wed, 10-29-2008 - 5:17pm

A socialist looks at the pie and says:

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Community Leader
Registered: 09-14-1997
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 5:34pm

We can have a democratic society or we can have the concentration of great wealth in the hands of the few. We cannot have both. Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice from 1916-1939


Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2001
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 5:52pm
Under socialism, government exploits man. . .and because the government controls the courts, there is no recourse for exploitation!
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-13-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 6:01pm
Wrong. Some

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"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson

Community Leader
Registered: 09-14-1997
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 6:11pm

Government controls the courts....


Uh...I believe that the judicial branch IS the government.

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-09-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 7:15pm

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone.

Community Leader
Registered: 09-14-1997
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 7:20pm







"The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career."


iVillage Member
Registered: 06-09-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 7:21pm

We can have a democratic society or we can have the concentration of great wealth in the hands of the few. We cannot have both. Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice from 1916-1939


Under which president were the most millionaires created ?

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-09-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 7:27pm



"The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career."


iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 7:31pm
Bush43 and McCain

Community Leader
Registered: 09-14-1997
Wed, 10-29-2008 - 7:33pm
Most is a relative term...real number or percent of population? I would assume, since until this latest slump the number of millionaires has increased in the last decade every year....George W. Bush?

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