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WOAH man.....What?! For real??? I'm not sure if you're referring to some odious communist leaders or dictators or what... but the type of things I've been mentioning are the furthest thing from the general intent of an alleged criminal, and that thing is greed. Most, not all, criminals function by greed. They want power, or money, or sex, or whatever... They are bad people and are usually impulsive and very "me" driven. It can even come in the form of a sociopath. In fact, many really successful people are supposedly sociopaths. So, if anything, it's a capitalistic mindset that produces angry, greed, and potential criminal behavior. The socialist concept of again, free health care for all, is a self-less, innocuous concept that can maintain itself through the tax contribution of citizens that care about one another, because we are all one great big family. It's the cold concept of "I'll take care of myself and forget about everyone else...if they can't afford a doctor, tough on them!" That's the evil we must overcome. Why is this so hard to understand? lol
I just want to state once again that I am not, in fact, a socialist. And so I feel very uncomfortable having to come to their defense, but I just have to stand up for something when it's bullied, I guess. Another socialistic idea, I suppose. Because the bullies would be the ones that would prosper and let the little guy die.
I just want to state once again that I am not, in fact, a socialist. And so I feel very uncomfortable having to come to their defense, but I just have to stand up for something when it's bullied, I guess. Another socialistic idea, I suppose. Because the bullies would be the ones that would prosper and let the little guy die.
I see, actually I quite agree with you here, but then I wouldn't call that black and white thinking. It seems like the grey thinking to me, like for example you say they are super optimistic but then they have all the self pity and blame which seems like pessimism. It's like the double-minded stuff. I get your point though, not bad.
Lol well its not theft, you can't steal something you all ready own lol.
Personally the bitcoin stuff and economic theories interest me though I don't have any bitcoins or any of that lol. I can see why the government has to crackdown on them though. It's protectionism, the government has to try to protect the integrity and value of its native currency. Interestingly this is moreso the bigger job of the Secret Service from my understanding (stomping out counterfeiting, inflation of foreign currencies, even inflation of our currency, etc.) I think if we stopped using the US dollar at this current time it would cause a catastrophic worldwide economic collapse. Plus online currency carries the additional risk that in the event the internet ceases to exist, then so too does a large sliver of trade and business. Such things like bitcoin would become worthless over night.
I would agree though, I'm not a fan of underhanded tactics. I would think the government should start a program for them to surrender their foreign currencies in exchange for dollars, but it's whatever that's probably just a pipedream lol.
Personally the bitcoin stuff and economic theories interest me though I don't have any bitcoins or any of that lol. I can see why the government has to crackdown on them though. It's protectionism, the government has to try to protect the integrity and value of its native currency. Interestingly this is moreso the bigger job of the Secret Service from my understanding (stomping out counterfeiting, inflation of foreign currencies, even inflation of our currency, etc.) I think if we stopped using the US dollar at this current time it would cause a catastrophic worldwide economic collapse. Plus online currency carries the additional risk that in the event the internet ceases to exist, then so too does a large sliver of trade and business. Such things like bitcoin would become worthless over night.
I would agree though, I'm not a fan of underhanded tactics. I would think the government should start a program for them to surrender their foreign currencies in exchange for dollars, but it's whatever that's probably just a pipedream lol.
So we have proven that we can be respectful towards each other and seek responsible alternatives? I think of you as being incredibly bright. I consider myself to understand the nature of humans very well and the way they think and that is where much of my perspective comes from. While I like to talk about politics and explore alternatives it is not the be all end all for me. What matters the most to me is connecting with people on an equal footing of respect and humility.
I don't disagree and I don't think you are stupid. You just have a small picture of the larger one and you base all your solutions on only the tiny sliver that you can see. Corporate capitalism is the other side of the same coin of socialism. The solution to the problems we have is a strong middle class that keeps more of what it earns and a smaller federal govt. A powerful federal govt doesn't view its citizens as people but as cattle....just like the criminal views their victims.
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Just putting this out there...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfIhonVoFSg
Also this:
What is Democratic Socialism? Q & A - Democratic Socialists of America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfIhonVoFSg
Also this:
What is Democratic Socialism? Q & A - Democratic Socialists of America
Not true, not fully anyways, though indeed there is some of this too.
The best way to do business is always to seek out the win-win solution. When there's a win-lose dynamic one party is jaded, and that is bad for business. In the short term one party might make money, but to do right business you almost have to not worry about money (which I know sounds hilariously oxymoronic). It is better to sacrifice a little profit to gain a win-win situation because in the long run by maintaining your word, relationships, and reputation you have more chance of success by continuing to do business and you mitigate more risk.
To use an example. Let's say I am selling fruit. One batch of fruit is good, one is bad. Now I could sell both the good batch and the bad batch and make a lil money, but then the customer would be losing and would be jaded against me rightfully so. They might never do business with me again, they might spread word that I sold them an inferior product, etc. On the other hand I could throw away the bad batch and sell the good batch, take a small short term loss, but the customer is happy and stays my customer, maybe spreads word that my fruit is good, etc.
The best way to do business is always to seek out the win-win solution. When there's a win-lose dynamic one party is jaded, and that is bad for business. In the short term one party might make money, but to do right business you almost have to not worry about money (which I know sounds hilariously oxymoronic). It is better to sacrifice a little profit to gain a win-win situation because in the long run by maintaining your word, relationships, and reputation you have more chance of success by continuing to do business and you mitigate more risk.
To use an example. Let's say I am selling fruit. One batch of fruit is good, one is bad. Now I could sell both the good batch and the bad batch and make a lil money, but then the customer would be losing and would be jaded against me rightfully so. They might never do business with me again, they might spread word that I sold them an inferior product, etc. On the other hand I could throw away the bad batch and sell the good batch, take a small short term loss, but the customer is happy and stays my customer, maybe spreads word that my fruit is good, etc.