Capitalism ?

[Diver]

What do you call a system where everybody takes out more than they put in?

Parliament

[Tarquin Farquhar]

I keep having to pay more tax than I get back in public services to pay for the undeserving (and to be fair, the deserving as well). Is that not socialism?

What do you call a system where everybody takes out more than they put in?

[VectraMan]

I keep having to pay more tax than I get back in public services to pay for the undeserving (and to be fair, the deserving as well). Is that not socialism? The question is not whether we're a socialist country, it's the extent to which we're a socialist country.

[Diver]

Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

I mean go out save the world from the baddies, take advantage of corruption and people's misinformation. Buy cars regularly but work XXX hours per week.

I wonder if anyone from the real capitalists is on here , but I highly doubt it , I mean what the hell a man with a few millions would be doing on a forum site ?

[minestrone]

Funnily enough all of supposedly "communist" countries are also totalitarian. Same goes for many "socialist" ones, ie Venezuala.

Communism == totalitarianism, socialism is just a wheeze of a notion and I would say GB was a socialist country for many a year despite being funded by a capitalists nation during that time. Communism has never existed if you use the correct definition by the father of communism.

[AtW]

That's nothing to do with communism though, that's totalitarianism. That can happen with or without communism.

Funnily enough all of supposedly "communist" countries are also totalitarian. Same goes for many "socialist" ones, ie Venezuala.

[minestrone]

I asked my dad when I was about 8 if he was a capatalist, it was when Thatcher was just in, he said no. A few years later I found out he was a director of a national company with a large slice of ownership. So what exactly is a capatalist? Someone who makes money from capital? I think we all are now. Maybe he just never wanted to tell me or maybe capitalist is something different now.

[Bunk]

It is very different - in communism you'd be in jail by now for asking such stupid questions: you'd have time to think what went wrong whilst on a cold train to GULAG.

HTH

That's nothing to do with communism though, that's totalitarianism. That can happen with or without communism.

[Doggy Styles]

It's not so much capitalism, as freedom from socialist controls, waste and daftness.

[gingerjedi]

I don't necessarily agree with all the greed but I'm happy to live in a relatively stable country brought about mostly by capitalism/consumerism.

You can enjoy the benefits without being suckered into the entire philosophy.

[threaded]

Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

I mean go out save the world from the baddies, take advantage of corruption and people's misinformation. Buy cars regularly but work XXX hours per week.

I wonder if anyone from the real capitalists is on here , but I highly doubt it , I mean what the hell a man with a few millions would be doing on a forum site ?

Dunno, maybe they're bored?

Oh, have you seen this little video?

[AtW]

Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

It is very different - in communism you'd be in jail by now for asking such stupid questions: you'd have time to think what went wrong whilst on a cold train to GULAG.

HTH

[newblood]

Do you like it ? Is it really different than say socialism or communism , though communism fell behind seemingly.

I mean go out save the world from the baddies, take advantage of corruption and people's misinformation. Buy cars regularly but work XXX hours per week.

I wonder if anyone from the real capitalists is on here , but I highly doubt it , I mean what the hell a man with a few millions would be doing on a forum site ?