This Looks Like the Start of a Second Great Depression

[Amby 490]

Capitalism is only bad for those people that aren't in the small segment of the population that controls the goods/wealth.

So capitalism is good for only a small segment of the population and bad for most of us?

Hey strive for greatness and then you can be in the small segment. Then it will be good for you too

Edited January 7, 2009 by Amby

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

In general I think living standards are better in countries that have publicly run healthcare - certainly this is borne out in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality etc.

Just because they're older don't mean they ain't mediocre!

From my experience the cost of living here is little different to how it was in the UK, once you factor in healthcare deductions etc.

Yeah you're paying for a more mediocre life there.

Here you get fewer years but those years are kickass!

Capitalism is only bad for those people that aren't in the small segment of the population that controls the goods/wealth.

So capitalism is good for only a small segment of the population and bad for most of us?

Hey strive for greatness and then you can be in the small segment. Then it will be good for you too

Striving is hard work. I'd rather VJ.

[Amby 490]

Capitalism is only bad for those people that aren't in the small segment of the population that controls the goods/wealth. You get better rewards for working your ### off...I call capitalism incentive to strive for greatness and maybe sell your soul. Socialism is incentive to stay mediocre.

Exactly. Keep your head down, don't make trouble and you're set for life.

Do just enough not to get fired. Not that it's easy to get fired from a government job - it's almost impossible.

At least one person agrees with me

In general I think living standards are better in countries that have publicly run healthcare - certainly this is borne out in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality etc.

Just because they're older don't mean they ain't mediocre!

From my experience the cost of living here is little different to how it was in the UK, once you factor in healthcare deductions etc.

Yeah you're paying for a more mediocre life there.

Here you get fewer years but those years are kickass!

Capitalism is only bad for those people that aren't in the small segment of the population that controls the goods/wealth.

So capitalism is good for only a small segment of the population and bad for most of us?

Hey strive for greatness and then you can be in the small segment. Then it will be good for you too

Striving is hard work. I'd rather VJ.

Then you don't wanna be in the controlling group very bad

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I wanna be a rioter when I grow up. I wanna burn this mofo down.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

In general I think living standards are better in countries that have publicly run healthcare - certainly this is borne out in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality etc.

Just because they're older don't mean they ain't mediocre!

From my experience the cost of living here is little different to how it was in the UK, once you factor in healthcare deductions etc.

Yeah you're paying for a more mediocre life there.

Here you get fewer years but those years are kickass!

Yeah you can die of heart disease or stroke years before your time stressing about lost insurance coverage and paying for heart medication when you're laid off in your 50's.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

In general I think living standards are better in countries that have publicly run healthcare - certainly this is borne out in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality etc.

Just because they're older don't mean they ain't mediocre!

From my experience the cost of living here is little different to how it was in the UK, once you factor in healthcare deductions etc.

Yeah you're paying for a more mediocre life there.

Here you get fewer years but those years are kickass!

Yeah you can die of heart disease or stroke years before your time stressing about lost insurance coverage and paying for heart medication when you're laid off in your 50's.

Like I said. Kickass!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

In general I think living standards are better in countries that have publicly run healthcare - certainly this is borne out in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality etc.

Just because they're older don't mean they ain't mediocre!

From my experience the cost of living here is little different to how it was in the UK, once you factor in healthcare deductions etc.

Yeah you're paying for a more mediocre life there.

Here you get fewer years but those years are kickass!

Yeah you can die of heart disease or stroke years before your time stressing about lost insurance coverage and paying for heart medication when you're laid off in your 50's.

Like I said. Kickass!

Yeah - but you're kicking your own.

[mawilson 2,133]

Then you don't wanna be in the controlling group very bad

Most people (or should I say "sheeple" ) are mediocre and happy in their mediocrity -

boring lives, average kids, quiet homes.

Even America has largely forsaken a striving for excellence, which is why we're told

that "one man is as good as another" or "all lives are worth the same".

This is why they are so happy to see a successful person fail or a billionaire commit

suicide - they strive to be mindless robots and want everyone to be the same as them.

Edited January 7, 2009 by mawilson

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

It's the premise that without incentive of profit, an entity such as government is incapable of efficiency.

sure thing, steven. just lemme know when you want a government hammer, i'll sell you one cheap for only $200.

[Amby 490]

Then you don't wanna be in the controlling group very bad

Most people (or should I say "sheeple" ) are mediocre and happy in their mediocrity -

boring lives, average kids, quiet homes.

Even America has largely forsaken a striving for excellence, which is why we're told

that "one man is as good as another" or "all lives are worth the same".

This is why they are so happy to see a successful person fail or a billionaire commit

suicide - they strive to be mindless robots and want everyone to be the same as them.

Yeah I know. I think this and the religion thing is why I just don't get people.

sheeple

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

But we don't live in a meritocracy...

[mawilson 2,133]

But we don't live in a meritocracy...

Unfortunately not.

Singapore is probably the only meritocratic state today.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

From Wiki (idk if this is correct):

Some people have labelled Singapore a social democracy, although the PAP has consistently rejected the notion of being socialist. However, some of PAP's policies do contain certain aspects of socialism, which includes government-owned public housing constituting the majority of real estate and the dominance of government controlled companies in the local economy. The Housing Development Board oversees a large-scale public housing programme and education in Singapore is a rigorous compulsory public education system, and the dominance of government-controlled companies in the local economy.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Most developed world countries are social democracies.

The US is too, but to a lesser degree.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Can you name a couple of examples of "governmental efficiency"?

Health Care. No government spends or auses the medical providers to spend as much on bureaucrats, overhead and paperwork in this arena as the US private insurance industry.