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Post #432,291 by Ashton 1/20/20 11:36:30 PM 1/20/20 11:36:30 PM Reply	You may think you know-all-this stuff, but World Affairs Council /npr Is Liberal Capitalism at Risk of Failing in 2020? Protests from Paris to Santiago share themes of resentment towards economic policies that are seen as inherently unfair. These very public demonstrations show how, in many countries, citizens are losing faith in free market democracy, which emerged triumphant over communism and fascism in the 20th century. As the new world order is being reshaped, which form of government and governance will be ascendant? Stanford University’s Larry Diamond and Francis Fukuyama join World Affairs co-host Ray Suarez to discuss what’s at stake for liberal market democracy and the changing world order. .. but the Intro reviews, from Bangladesh, Phillipines, --> Turkey et al: the last 12 years have been a [-] for "preferences for 'democracy'" (Our-version specially: as we've dumbed down and raped it via Conscience-free Capitalismo, all abetted by our Racist and Religio-nutso forebears, thence the Robber Barons, _onwards. I allus think it's better to comprehend fully That-Which is killing off one's environs, any chances for intelligent conversation and ..finally Us. Eh? The Grail: a Balance 'twixt Capitalismo and the boogey-man 'Socialismo' (ownership by State etc.) Both concepts go Zooom ---> in the minds of the recently sub-edjaKayted. Shall the dis-US discover personal-Thought, soon-enough? It can be Hard to turn-off the noise. But "..we'll always have Paris" won't work anymore.
Post #432,297 by mmoffitt 1/21/20 8:26:04 AM 1/21/20 8:26:04 AM Reply	You mean it hasn't failed already? The US became a debtor nation in 1985 and hasn't looked back since. Debtor Nation Status: Under Ronald Reagan, the US went from being the world's largest creditor nation to the largest debtor nation in just a few years - and we have remained the largest debtor nation ever since. In 1981, Reagan's first year in office, the US was a net creditor to the tune of $140.9bn. By 1984, that had shrunk to just $3.3bn - and the next year, the US shifted from being a creditor nation to a debtor nation for the first time in almost 70 years. By 1987, the US was a net debtor by $378.3bn - the largest debtor nation in the world. The figure rose to $532.5bn by the end of 1988, when Reagan left office. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/07/2011771074476381.html Nader used to love to say that he was taught (I think by his mum) that capitalism would never fail because socialism would always be there to save it. Most famously, FDR and the War Production Board. And therein lies the trouble. We've had the Capitalist Class take over our politics for the past forty years. Their unbridled greed has stripped away the facade of capitalism being "the best system available." Capitalism has worked exactly as it is designed for the past forty years and was therefore doomed to collapse. We need socialism to step in again and save it. However, incredibly, propaganda campaigns have somehow managed to make socialism a bad word among the mouth-breathing majority of Muricans. So it may not be afforded the opportunity. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #432,371 by Ashton 1/28/20 12:45:39 AM 1/28/20 12:45:39 AM Reply	A Keeper. Have erased a few erstwhile 'friends', not merely for finding that they had voted for him, alone: but in seeing that fact combined with other aspects of personality; pretend-'respect' shames the bearer, results in unnecessary suffering. One could write a horror-story connecting the dots on through the subsequent Repo-$$$-rapists since. Odd that they so unerringly pick meatheads like Shrub, whereas actual 'Conservatives' have indeed some points worthy of debate: but forever picking via these now, radical-Reactionaries, their cupidity + the ineptness of that ignorance of what the social-fabric is all about--guarantees that Repos are decidedly the Hypocrite-icon ..until the 'Party' dies in shame (we sould live so long).

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