Shroomerited said:

fbi365 said:

Shroomerited said:

Alan Rockefeller said:

Capitalism is flawed, but so are all the other systems.  In my opinion capitalism is less flawed than the alternatives.

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Never said it wasn't. I'm just saying that's it's really flawed. Even if it's "better than the alternative", it's still deeply flawed. There will be a better economic system out there. Even if we haven't created it yet.

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The evolution of human thinking is not over. In terms of economic systems I would be very sad to see capitalism as the epitome of socio-economic thought. I don't know, shit, I went to college for a long time and have a good idea about social/economic/political systems and how they evolve over time. I emphasized in a frame of thought that hasn't caught  on yet. I hope somebody hires me to make it happen... 

We can debate about the barriers to that change. Or whether it is desirable or not. But not that a system that enforces a status quo frame of will achieve that.

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You get what I'm saying, man.

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  it's possible

sVs said:

Can you identify these intrinsic flaws in capitalism and what sort of rectification should be enacted?

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Saying "there's better out there, but it probably doesn't exist" amounts to a bunch of nothing.

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The issue with drug laws is not capitalism, it is the general perception of drugs in the eyes of the majority.

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While our perception obviously differs from them, bear in mind that we tend to associate with other like-minded individuals who validate our perception. The average law-maker, or to a greater extent, the average voter (who empowered this law maker) do not share these perceptions.

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Shroomerited said:

sVs said:

Can you identify these intrinsic flaws in capitalism and what sort of rectification should be enacted?
Saying "there's better out there, but it probably doesn't exist" amounts to a bunch of nothing.

The issue with drug laws is not capitalism, it is the general perception of drugs in the eyes of the majority.
While our perception obviously differs from them, bear in mind that we tend to associate with other like-minded individuals who validate our perception. The average law-maker, or to a greater extent, the average voter (who empowered this law maker) do not share these perceptions.

It has nothing to do with some 'tyrannical' conspiracy to preemptively quell rebellion that supposedly progenates from some dude taking a heroic dose of mushies, and everything to do with negative stigma as far as the perception surrounding the various impacts of drug use.

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I never said drug laws had anything to do with capitalism.

Also, flaws with capitalism? The fact that we can't feed everyone even though we have enough food to. That's a big one. Also you can't live on minimum wage. There's another one.

Just saying something better is going to come along, it has to.

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Nullface said:

Shroomerited said:

sVs said:

Can you identify these intrinsic flaws in capitalism and what sort of rectification should be enacted?
Saying "there's better out there, but it probably doesn't exist" amounts to a bunch of nothing.

The issue with drug laws is not capitalism, it is the general perception of drugs in the eyes of the majority.
While our perception obviously differs from them, bear in mind that we tend to associate with other like-minded individuals who validate our perception. The average law-maker, or to a greater extent, the average voter (who empowered this law maker) do not share these perceptions.

It has nothing to do with some 'tyrannical' conspiracy to preemptively quell rebellion that supposedly progenates from some dude taking a heroic dose of mushies, and everything to do with negative stigma as far as the perception surrounding the various impacts of drug use.

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I never said drug laws had anything to do with capitalism.

Also, flaws with capitalism? The fact that we can't feed everyone even though we have enough food to. That's a big one. Also you can't live on minimum wage. There's another one.

Just saying something better is going to come along, it has to.

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You can't live luxuriously on minimum wage you mean. And who is going to want to work or progress as you say if they have everything handed to them? The flaw in our capitalist system is that anti-progressive socialist systems like welfare exist. You are the problem with capitalism is you want these to exist. Millions of people live off minimum wage every day. You don't need steak and lobster every night to live another day you pinko.

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Shroomerited said:

Nullface said:

Shroomerited said:

sVs said:

Can you identify these intrinsic flaws in capitalism and what sort of rectification should be enacted?
Saying "there's better out there, but it probably doesn't exist" amounts to a bunch of nothing.

The issue with drug laws is not capitalism, it is the general perception of drugs in the eyes of the majority.
While our perception obviously differs from them, bear in mind that we tend to associate with other like-minded individuals who validate our perception. The average law-maker, or to a greater extent, the average voter (who empowered this law maker) do not share these perceptions.

It has nothing to do with some 'tyrannical' conspiracy to preemptively quell rebellion that supposedly progenates from some dude taking a heroic dose of mushies, and everything to do with negative stigma as far as the perception surrounding the various impacts of drug use.

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I never said drug laws had anything to do with capitalism.

Also, flaws with capitalism? The fact that we can't feed everyone even though we have enough food to. That's a big one. Also you can't live on minimum wage. There's another one.

Just saying something better is going to come along, it has to.

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You can't live luxuriously on minimum wage you mean. And who is going to want to work or progress as you say if they have everything handed to them? The flaw in our capitalist system is that anti-progressive socialist systems like welfare exist. You are the problem with capitalism is you want these to exist. Millions of people live off minimum wage every day. You don't need steak and lobster every night to live another day you pinko.

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lol insults.

Why. Why insults, man?

Why is it you read something on an online message board. "That man is wrong, I must call him a pinko"

Also I never advocated socialism. Where did I ever advocate that? There's more to economics than socialism and capitalism.

tl;dr lol faggot

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Nullface said:

It's like your kind just disregards the whole history of planet Earth.

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I literally have no idea what the fuck you're going on about. I have no clue what the fuck I said that you're responding too.

Relax bro. Life isn't that bad. Maybe it is for you, then sucks to be you lol. 

Nullface said:

You spew these if then fallacies that have failed in the past and it's like you aren't aware or don't care. If capitalism is such shit then why is USA the most powerful nation in the world? You're just bitching to be bitching as if you know what you're talking about. If you don't like how we do things then get out and go to a country with your economic system of choice. North Korea, Vietnam; I hope you like rice and government death squads.

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Bodhi of Ankou said:

lol thats easy, slavery and the vast almost untouched continent it sprouted up on. Capitalism had little to do with it.

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Shroomerited said:

Also, I don't even know why I'm responding. I'm out of it. Just ranted about nothing, now you're pissed off. I literally have no idea why.

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Because you're full of shit and so is the majority of political views on this forum. The drugs have fried your brain. There's your answer to why they are illegal.

Nullface said:

Behold the actions of a true college-educated visionary.

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