Asterix
Active Member
I believe it was Churchill who said:
"Capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others."
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I believe it was Churchill who said:
"Capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others."
nfitz
Superstar
So to keep everyone happy, the sign should say "Capitalism Sucks. Everything else sucks more"?
GenerationW
Senior Member
You came close. Actual quote:
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
Capitalism is perfectly fine, it's greed that sucks.
NormanThompson
New Member
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The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to kindness, and philosophy to condor and humor. Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
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Hope you can refer a link that have similar jackets like arcteryx,yet in much lower prices..thanks..
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The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to kindness, and philosophy to condor and humor. Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
NormanThompson smartwool socks
Asterix
Active Member
I'm guessing this post is more about your advertising link than providing any relevant content, given your text is copied and pasted verbatim from a blog from early June and describes events at the Quebec summit in 2001, not the G20 in Toronto in 2010.
http://www.rabble.ca/babble/rabble-news-features/g-20-summit-toronto-and-tear-gas-summit-quebec-city
AlvinofDiaspar
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Asterix:
You're talking to a bot.
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Asterix
Active Member
Similar to NormanThompson's post (just above) where they are asking about Arcteryx jackets while their signature link goes to a retailer selling jackets with that brand name?
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doady
Senior Member
I think the recent collapse of the banking system in Iceland and mortgage crisis in the US shows that capitalism doesn't work. Canada didn't experience the problems that Iceland and the US did. Why? Because of strict government control and intervention. Economic freedom is a good thing in theory. People should do what is in their best interest, right? The problem is that people are stupid, they don't know what is in their best interest.
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
Wow... Mary Augimeri is that you?
People shouldn't have freedoms, but wait I thought the big debacle of the G20 was the destruction of our freedom to free assembly. Surely if people are too stupid to make economic decisions in their best interests than they are also to stupid to be allowed to freely assemble; as they may fall victim to a crowd mentality.
Funny how freedoms are only worth fighting for when they suit our needs.
buildup
Senior Member
I just noticed the class action lawsuits against the police (ie taxpayer) have risen to over $150 million. That's about $150,000 per plaintiff. Sweet.
doady
Senior Member
People and banks spending how ever much they want is different than people assembling. There should be freedom for some things and restrictions on other. That's why there are laws on murders and thefts and rapes: you restrict certain freedoms to preserve others. Similarly, that's why there be must be restrictions on economic activities, because once your country goes into a depression, or you lose you home to foreclosure (or a giant oil spill destroys your livelihood), you won't have much freedom anyways. Canada has been proven to have more or those sorts of laws and restrictions than most other countries, but Canadians (and their banks) arguably have more freedom now because of it.
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
ganjavih
Senior Member
A real nice bunch of winners there. As if it's not bad enough that society has to pay for their welfare cheques... we have to pay for this mess they made too.