On Mon, 2018-10-29 at 10:00 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 10/29/18 4:17 AM, j.halifax2@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Capitalism is not a good system because of a sum of locally optimal > > behaviors > > doesn't need to result in an optimum. Behavior of companies oriented for > > their > > maximal profit causes negative devastating nature, social tensions, > > devastating > > democracy, even criminal overthrowing legally elected governments, murdering > > "inconvenient" politicians, mass corruption of politics, journalists and > > everybody > > who agrees to sell their influences to public opinion, even the wars > > initiated for > > fabricated reasons like "spreading the good and democracy" by means of > > shame- > > less lies in UN or mass murders and genocide done by the terrorists > > painted with > > "mendacious colors" of so called "refugees," corrupting snipers for > > shooting the > > demonstrating people of the both sides etc. Totally wrong ! > > "Capitalism" is an economic vehicle, not an economic system. > Socialists use it extensively, mainly to fund their horrible > war machines -- the Soviets and the Nazis for instance. > > Socialism only works on paper and requires the barrel of gun > to force others to produce when they do not get to see the > fruits of their labor. And keep in mind that Socialists > have cost humanity over 200 million souls in the past > decade alone. > > The "free free market" on the other hand, if you do not meet > the needs of your customers, you fail. Sure, folks can cheat, > but they only get away with it for so long. Under the free market, > the only way to achieve maximum profit is keep your customers happy. > I live it and breath it every day of my life. > > One of the few proper usages of government is to make sure folks > don't cheat (monopolies, etc.). But even without this, monopolies > do eventually fail anyway -- it just takes longer. Microsoft, > who does cheat, will feel the full force of this eventually. > > Do not be fooled by flowery, utopian descriptions of Socialism > in college text books. Look around you. It has never been > successful anywhere it has been tried. And remember the lost > 200 millions souls. A good place to start looking would be > the current situation in Venezuela. Now we're really getting OT. I lived in Venezuela for over 30 years and think I know more about the situation there than pretty much anyone else on this list. I do NOT want to discuss it here. I suggest this thread stay on topic and be limited to specific comments on the IBM acquisition and what it may mean. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
