These sad eyes... looking up to the sky... welcome to americaworld of capitalism. there is no place left for you, dear freedom! </3
You know, for all the people saying capitalism ruins freedom, I can't think of another system that provided the freedom capitalism does.
Monarchism is inherently anti-democratic, so is fascism. Mercantilism was never in democratic states, but could be possible, I guess. Tribalism is neither democratic nor a "real" economic system anyway and communism...just lol.
Edit: that is not to say, of course, that there aren't capitalist dictatorships. I am however saying that there aren't any free non-capitalist countries. In essence, countries are dictatorships despite capitalism, not because of it.
To combat that, do something simple: link me a single free, democratic government that is not capitalist.
i'm afraid we saw a decline of true capitalism in last decades (generally in favor of socialism in eu and corporatism in us), thats the main problem and the reason why we loose freedom.
Ok... this discussion is not what I expected to appear... -.-
You expected to hear Anti-US shit instead? GG1+
You expected to hear Anti-US shit instead? GGNo I expected to hear Pro-US shit. :D
1+Go away! :O(click to show/hide)
try socialism like germany does
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_capitalism
You might want to read this article. It is about the economic system of the contemporary western Europe, including Germany.
Please do note the word "capitalism" in the title.
No more freedom in Germany than in America , you can't even say holocaust without getting charge if police would hear it nor even do research about it.(click to show/hide)
Does America allow sex with animals?
Does America allow sex with animals?
goddamnit. this is not about socialism or capitalism!
Its about freedom!
And freedom is dead, as this picture here proves:
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Erm... so is this eagle called freedom? Or why are you comparing freedom to a piece of dead meat? I know many countries have the eagle as their symbol inculding the one I live in. But you could give practical examples instead of posting imprisoned or dead birdies.In the small, patriotic american brain that eagle means freedom. I just wanted to point out that freedom is imprisoned and/or dead. ;)
The reason we lose freedom (in America) isn't because we are too capitalist, or too socialist...the reason we lose freedom is because people (the politicians we elect) take it away from us. And, for the most part, we gladly give it up for the promise of security or safety. Military men and women fought and died to protect these very freedoms (Habeus Corpus, the right to not be spied on by your government, the right to not have our government put assassinations on our own citizens, the right to not be strip searched by a private corporation [airlines], etc etc etc).awww! you're so cute when you try to put up a discussion. <3
That being said, our politicians (both Republican and Democrat) are corporate whores who enact laws and policies that benefit these corporations, at the expense of the average citizen/family. It's always been us versus them (working class versus the corporate overlords), however the government has divided us, person versus person. We fight amongst ourselves about social issues (gay marriage, abortion, healthcare, guns, etc) while the ruling class keeps benefiting their own personal fiscal agenda. The politicians basically let the energy companies write the energy regulations. And they let the wall street bankers write the financial regulations.
Divide and conquer, it's the best tactic for ruling people, and not even having them realize that you're going against their interests. They're too busy fighting each other to realize who the real enemy is.
The reason we lose freedom (in America) isn't because we are too capitalist, or too socialist...the reason we lose freedom is because people (the politicians we elect) take it away from us. And, for the most part, we gladly give it up for the promise of security or safety. Military men and women fought and died to protect these very freedoms (Habeus Corpus, the right to not be spied on by your government, the right to not have our government put assassinations on our own citizens, the right to not be strip searched by a private corporation [airlines], etc etc etc).
That being said, our politicians (both Republican and Democrat) are corporate whores who enact laws and policies that benefit these corporations, at the expense of the average citizen/family. It's always been us versus them (working class versus the corporate overlords), however the government has divided us, person versus person. We fight amongst ourselves about social issues (gay marriage, abortion, healthcare, guns, etc) while the ruling class keeps benefiting their own personal fiscal agenda. The politicians basically let the energy companies write the energy regulations. And they let the wall street bankers write the financial regulations.
Divide and conquer, it's the best tactic for ruling people, and not even having them realize that you're going against their interests. They're too busy fighting each other to realize who the real enemy is.