Let's talk about capitalism

Guybrush · 11-05-2021, 04:31 AM

Sorry to those who find this indulgent and boring, but maybe some of you will find this interesting.

It's a general description of the Norwegian economy (mixed capitalist/socialist), including comments on taxation levels, cost of living, workers conditions and the oil fund (the world's largest sovereign wealth fund). Although general, I found the descriptions to be pretty good.

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Ayn Marx · 06-22-2022, 04:43 PM

Socialism? Capitalism? Neither of these rigid ideological mental illnesses have the answers to the mess we’ve created. Then there’s the reality whenever either of these systems lays claim to being practiced a cursory examination of the details reveals each of them gleefully ignores their own rules.
Russia socialist, let alone communist ? Strange then how many Russian billionaires have had their assets confiscated by the west.

Guybrush · 06-23-2022, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx

Socialism? Capitalism? Neither of these rigid ideological mental illnesses have the answers to the mess we’ve created. Then there’s the reality whenever either of these systems lays claim to being practiced a cursory examination of the details reveals each of them gleefully ignores their own rules.
Russia socialist, let alone communist ? Strange then how many Russian billionaires have had their assets confiscated by the west.

Not sure I understood all this, but if the point was that oligarch money seems contrary to socialism / communism, it might be worth pointing out that the oligarchs really became super rich after the end of communism when russian government owned and controlled industries where privatized and sold to them cheaply.

But yeah, it's a **** show either way.

Norg · 06-23-2022, 08:23 PM

i still think the "good" dictator is the way to go sometimes like Singapore, south korea and Tawain palau and some other pacific island nations i know on a smaller scale

and he does not even need to be all about the people yadda yadda just pretty much make the best business decisions kinda like a really successful CEO that runs a country

View Poll Results: What should we do about capitalism?
Replace it with socialism, through parliamentary reforms	5	15.63%
Replace it with socialism, through revolution	5	15.63%
Use more public regulations to counteract some of its consequences	13	40.63%
Scale down public regulations to let the free market run its course	6	18.75%
Nothing, it’s fine as it is	3	9.38%
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Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 552	Socialism? Capitalism? Neither of these rigid ideological mental illnesses have the answers to the mess we’ve created. Then there’s the reality whenever either of these systems lays claim to being practiced a cursory examination of the details reveals each of them gleefully ignores their own rules. Russia socialist, let alone communist ? Strange then how many Russian billionaires have had their assets confiscated by the west. Last edited by Ayn Marx; 06-22-2022 at 05:27 PM.

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Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,360	i still think the "good" dictator is the way to go sometimes like Singapore, south korea and Tawain palau and some other pacific island nations i know on a smaller scale and he does not even need to be all about the people yadda yadda just pretty much make the best business decisions kinda like a really successful CEO that runs a country