Interesting that the French should develop this - a highly social democracy. They will capture the market leaving American capitalism far behind. It is obvious to me that only highly regulated, competitive capitalism (not the slit-your-own-peoples-throat monopoly capitalism we have now in America) will produce productive results beneficial to the society and the country.
@hcarter75: That's possible. But don't rule out any number of other reasons. Cost, public appeal, corporate capture come to mind. It would be interesting to find out what the story is. Maybe you should look into it.
Green research is a bit too materialist for me. I prefer hard subjects like History with conceptual building blocks. It makes commenting on the above easy but actual work such as Math difficult. But as for monopoly capitalism, what do you think about the austerity measures currently in action?
Austerity has its place and time. At this time it is not appropriate. Austerity should not be used to bail-out the rich, but leaders who are too weak to make the hard decisions will embrace austerity. What hard decisions? They must confront the rich and do what is best for society. Wealth doesn't do us any good if it's horded.
Define confront the Rich...I don't intend it to be a loaded question btw. Some of the austerity measures seem appropriate to me given the hoopla of 911 and the way the market has changed. I got the impression you were peeved about the application of the presumed austerity measures and that sounds to me like you have a different vision of the market than I do.
I'm no economic theorist, so I'm talking a bit out of school, but austerity implies that the government will limit spending to balance it's budget.. But if it does so during a time of economic hardship, the poor pay the heaviest price. In my limited POV money and the markets exist to serve mankind, not the other way around. A government should never sacrifice its people to balance its books. Like money and markets, the gov should exist for its people, otherwise it's a failure.
There are many different ways to confront the rich. Special taxation is one America has a long history of using. Putin might have different ideas. I was using the term in it's most general sense.
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Did you also note the statement made that they were supposed to have rolled out in 2004? It's now 2010. Something in prototype must have failed.
hcarter75 1 year ago
Interesting that the French should develop this - a highly social democracy. They will capture the market leaving American capitalism far behind. It is obvious to me that only highly regulated, competitive capitalism (not the slit-your-own-peoples-throat monopoly capitalism we have now in America) will produce productive results beneficial to the society and the country.
DojoNDude 1 year ago
@DojoNDude
Did you also note the statement made that they were supposed to have rolled out in 2004? It's now 2010. Something in prototype must have failed.
hcarter75 1 year ago
@hcarter75: That's possible. But don't rule out any number of other reasons. Cost, public appeal, corporate capture come to mind. It would be interesting to find out what the story is. Maybe you should look into it.
DojoNDude 1 year ago
@DojoNDude "That's possible. But don't rule out any number of other reasons"
It's a stupid con is THE reason
fizzguts 1 year ago
@DojoNDude
Green research is a bit too materialist for me. I prefer hard subjects like History with conceptual building blocks. It makes commenting on the above easy but actual work such as Math difficult. But as for monopoly capitalism, what do you think about the austerity measures currently in action?
hcarter75 1 year ago
@hcarter75
Austerity has its place and time. At this time it is not appropriate. Austerity should not be used to bail-out the rich, but leaders who are too weak to make the hard decisions will embrace austerity. What hard decisions? They must confront the rich and do what is best for society. Wealth doesn't do us any good if it's horded.
DojoNDude 1 year ago
@DojoNDude
Define confront the Rich...I don't intend it to be a loaded question btw. Some of the austerity measures seem appropriate to me given the hoopla of 911 and the way the market has changed. I got the impression you were peeved about the application of the presumed austerity measures and that sounds to me like you have a different vision of the market than I do.
hcarter75 1 year ago
@hcarter75
I'm no economic theorist, so I'm talking a bit out of school, but austerity implies that the government will limit spending to balance it's budget.. But if it does so during a time of economic hardship, the poor pay the heaviest price. In my limited POV money and the markets exist to serve mankind, not the other way around. A government should never sacrifice its people to balance its books. Like money and markets, the gov should exist for its people, otherwise it's a failure.
DojoNDude 1 year ago
@hcarter75
There are many different ways to confront the rich. Special taxation is one America has a long history of using. Putin might have different ideas. I was using the term in it's most general sense.
DojoNDude 1 year ago