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Should we tell the Americans that they haven't been a capitalist society for decades?

A dictionary definition of Capitalism Economic system characterized by the following: private property ownership exists; individuals and companies are allowed to compete for their own economic gain; and free market forces determine the prices of goods and services. Such a system is based on the premise of separating the state and business activities. Capitalists believe that markets are efficient and should thus function without interference, and the role of the state is to regulate and protect. http://www.investorwords.com/713/capitalism.html 1) Economic system characterized by the following: private property ownership exists; That has been subverted -- no one owns land anymore -- The idea that a tax can be levied against the ownership of land and still be owned by a private person is contradictory and amounts to rent for land payable to the municipal or State owners This condition of capitalism does not exist in the US or in Canada or in the UK 2) Individuals and companies are allowed to compete for their own economic gain; This has been subverted --less than 2% of the population owns 90 % of the money and industry --- there is no competition when a small group of persons attains that level of power - Totalitarian regimes such as communism or fascism are ones where there are one or a handful of owners which defeats the ideals of competition This condition of capitalism has not been met in the US Canada or in the UK 3) and free market forces determine the prices of goods and services. This can only occur during a period when competition is allowed - With no competition an unseen elite sets prices and wages often to the detriment of the proletarian -- This condition of capitalism has not been met 4) Such a system is based on the premise of separating the state and business activities. When the corporation gain too much power they have and will and are currently a force which the government itself must answer to - There is no separation of State and business -- Business has become the government This condition of capitalism has not been met 6) Capitalists believe that markets are efficient and should thus function without interference, and the role of the state is to regulate and protect. Bail outs and massive injections of tax payers cash to failed business is in direct violation of this principle and has occurred on unprecedented levels as of late This condition of capitalism has not been met Should we tell the Americans that they haven't been a capitalist society for decades ? Blame Bush blame Obama blame Joe Blow or Joe the plumber The US has not been a capitalist society for decades now Should we tell them or keep it to ourselves ? Zenmeister Uh ........ no not at all always believe your leaders never question authority just blindly follow ............ yep follow it feels good doesn't it ?

Public Comments

1. If they haven't figured out that the US has a mixed economy by now, then they simply aren't paying attention!! http://countrystudies.us/united-states/economy-2.htm
2. We haven't had free market capitalism in a very, very long time. Not since 1913. And especially not since 1929.
3. We've NEVER truly been a capitalist economy bud. Not even in the colonial days. The market has always been influenced by the government, and by secret governments (Free Masons anyone?) who have ran the show. Look at the Declaration of Independence. When you compare British freedoms with American freedoms at the time, they're nearly identical. The self declared government declared war on Britain for political and economic rights. So not only do I think your argument holds water, but I feel that you are being conservative in defining its roots. The only way to get a pure capitalistic market is by having anarchy instead of a government
4. Trout, your so full of truth it hurts! "The Americans will never buy communism. We'll have to sell it to them on the installment plan".; Joe Stalin/circa ????
5. Don't tell them. They will only get confused. And the truly stupid, when confused, generally react with violence.
6. In whatever country Jews have settled in any great numbers, they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have segregated themselves and have not been assimilated; have sneered at and tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation is founded by objecting to its restrictions; have built up a state within a state; and when opposed have tried to strangle that country to death financially, as in the case of Spain and Portugal. "If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them sustenance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, Gentlemen, if you do not exclude the Jews for all time, your children will curse you in your graves. Jews, Gentlemen, are Asiatics; let them be born where they will, or how many generations they are away from Asia, they will never be otherwise. Their ideas do not conform to an American's, and will not even though they live among us ten generations. A leopard cannot change its spots. "They [the Jews] work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great cause we are engaged in... It is much to be lamented that each state, long ago, has not hunted them down as pest to society and the greatest enemies we have to the happiness of America." �George Washington It would be wise to keep in mind two things. First, the ADL slants its statements with loaded language and omits relevant facts. If you are inclined to presume that slick, official-looking presentations of "facts" are probably truthful, then the ADL will have an easy time making a dupe of you. I've put this notice on this page only becaused I haven't been able to disprove the ADL denial, not because I believe the ADL denial. Second, even if the "Frankin Prophecy" were a forgery, the statements it contains would still be true, and the effect of such a forgery would be to give Franklin credit for more prescience than he had, not to exculpate the Jews for sneaking their way to political control over a country, and to economic control over wealth, that they did not create and would never have been capable of creating. In short, Jews would still be "vampires," whether Ben Franklin ever said so or not.