Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > I'd like to put this thread in a coffin and drive in the last nail: GReat big democratic ditto's to this!!!!! Enuf already...sheesh! > > USians opining about socialism is as ludicrous as USians opining > about democracy. > > Now, if you wanna know about corporate plutocracies, *that* we can > discuss better than anyone else on this planet. > > "You are a slave, Neo." > > Best, > > dp > > > > Shayne O'Connor wrote: > >>> That's not to say we should be naive about market forces, but >>> there's no need to wheel out tired old truisms in their defence. I >>> do uphold your right to be horribly misled, however. ;-) >>> >> >> >> the basic, underlying flaw with capitalism and the "free" market is that >> it cannot sustain itself - we will start to see this more and more as >> governments privatise more and more social services and utilities ... >> after all, there is only so much you can charge for, say, the price of a >> phone call ... and once you've hit the ceiling of how much you can >> charge, then there's only so far you can cut back your services .... >> actually, someone should tell this to tesltra ... >> >> i love it when these lists get woefully off-topic :) >> >> >> >> > > >
