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Old 03-31-2007, 12:05 AM   #1
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captialism is the devil.
You're a college student, aren't ya?
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Old 04-01-2007, 12:31 AM   #2
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You're a college student, aren't ya?
How did you guess....

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Capitalism is the devil? Please, tell me what is better (that still rewards those who work harder, smarter and inventors... and I mean not stealing from those who save, work harder/more and smarter or those who buy land).
Leaving out the fact that evil is relative, just because something works doesn't mean it isn't evil. Capitalism encourages just about every evil we see right now and it brings out the worst in people. Do you think there would be a war in Iraq if it wasn't for capitalism? Do you think there would be massive immigration to America if it wasn't for capitalism?

Capitalism works, no one should deny that, but to think that capitalism doesn't create evil is just as foolish.
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Old 04-01-2007, 01:02 AM   #3
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How did you guess....
That youthful optimism...capitalism evil...damn The Man!
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Old 04-02-2007, 12:01 PM   #4
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Leaving out the fact that evil is relative, just because something works doesn't mean it isn't evil. Capitalism encourages just about every evil we see right now and it brings out the worst in people. Do you think there would be a war in Iraq if it wasn't for capitalism? Do you think there would be massive immigration to America if it wasn't for capitalism?

Capitalism works, no one should deny that, but to think that capitalism doesn't create evil is just as foolish.
I don't believe in evil.
The middle east would be and will be a theocracy and at war without capitalism and the west, it is their hobby.
Capitalism is not relevant to war in the east, we are just playing in their sandbox (no pun intended, but pleased with it).
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Old 04-02-2007, 04:05 PM   #5
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I don't believe in evil.
I know, good and evil are relative but I was talking about evil in our society's morals and ethical code. To the Western ethical code, capitalism is evil.

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The middle east would be and will be a theocracy and at war without capitalism and the west, it is their hobby.
Capitalism is not relevant to war in the east, we are just playing in their sandbox (no pun intended, but pleased with it).
Can you please explain further, I am not following?

Except for world order, I can't think of a way that doesn't resort to capitalism or an aftereffect of capitalism.
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