No. Blame for the mess we're in rests on that sinless immaculate State being in bed with that sinless immaculate Business which would totally, completely, without a doubt be honest and moral if only someone got these law things out of the way.
Thanks for the discussion, man. No more arguing...
Well....somebody is certainly profiting from the situation.
Our oh so esteemed elected leaders are perfectly competent, just disinterested in the welfare of the country.
Sorry but all too often profit does indeed seem to trump all.
During the early 1980s Bayer sold blood plasma contaminated with HIV on the Asian market. Internal documents show the company was aware of the contamination. Just found it more profitable to sell the material than destroy it, and...
Mussolini equated the two, not exactly leftist. I consider him a bit of an authority on the subject.
True, I'm just arguing capitalism via its profit motive provides a strong incentive to fraud and violence, which should be acknowledged and controlled for rather than allowed to fester until we...
Doubtful anybody'll convince anybody else of much - but damnit I like this thread. Fletch, Dross, thanks for making me reconsider my positions.
Sorry, not convinced I'm confusing anything at all. If it's not capitalist then it's a perfectly natural consequence of capitalism. Really seems...
Anyone remember S&P giving AAA rating to CDO bundles?
This is S&P yelling look! look at me! look at me look look I'm totally relevant look
(edit) though, if it ISN'T a credibility/relevance grab, I can't think who profits from this move.
And I maintain the problem will persist as long as there is a government and there is a business. Potential for fraud exists even in such minutiae as deciding who'll provide a chair for the head honcho to rest his arse upon.
This doesn't mean I'm against reducing size of government, by the...
US Court Documents Claim Sinaloa “Cartel” Is Protected by US Government
The ATF can't be arsed to stop trafficking guns. The DEA cuts these sort of deals with people trafficking drugs. We're going to win the War on Drugs aaaaaany moment now.
The difference between your stance and mine seems to be where to assign blame for the system going wrong.
When the CEO of Goldman Sachs moves into a government position which he uses to funnel obscene amounts of money to Goldman Sachs, I see that as corruption originating with GS rather than...
Economic conditions preventing people from picking up and moving unless they literally abandon what little they have and walk to another town, where they'll find themselves without fixed address, without shelter, without income, without means for prospective employers to contact them...what...