10 Reasons NOT to vote for Ron Paul

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Except that by definition, capitalism isn't about meeting human needs in society. It's about creating wealth and perpetuating it.
In and of itself, it's a flawed and immoral system.

What system isn't?

 

[E. Nato Difficile]

Well, capitalism by definition bases all productive activity on the profit motive, and considers the prospect of meeting human needs in society irrelevant.

Perhaps I should have said amoral.

-Nato

 

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Well, capitalism by definition bases all productive activity on the profit motive, and considers the prospect of meeting human needs in society irrelevant.

Perhaps I should have said amoral.

-Nato

Accepting that, what system has a better record of morality?

It matters not anyway.
Capitalism & socialism are permanently stuck here in various proportions.

 

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Accepting that, what system has a better record of morality?

I was only talking about the system in theory. But the docile, democratic socialism practiced in Scandinavia when the left was in power was, in practice, a much more humane system than capitalism.

-Nato

 

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I was only talking about the system in theory. But the docile, democratic socialism practiced in Scandinavia when the left was in power was, in practice, a much more humane system than capitalism.

What about the docile & humane capitalism practiced by Amish?
Naw....you can't say a system is better just because you seek out an example of it turning out that way.
There appears to be no more inherent morality in democratic socialism than democratic capitalism.

 

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Naw....you can't say a system is better just because you seek out an example of it turning out that way.

Make up your mind. Initially I was talking about the systems in theory. You were the one who asked which system has the better "record of morality." I think systems in Scandinavia which provided a social safety net for millions of people represent a better track record than the species of humane capitalism practiced by what, a few thousand Amish?

-Nato

 

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Make up your mind. Initially I was talking about the systems in theory. You were the one who asked which system has the better "record of morality." I think systems in Scandinavia which provided a social safety net for millions of people represent a better track record than the species of humane capitalism practiced by what, a few thousand Amish?

You addressed an example of implementation of a system, rather than a theoretical system.
I simply pointed that out.
But the issue is moot, since there are different moralities out there.
I see capitalism as more moral because their is less coercion than in socialism.
I'd bet you prefer socialism because of it's distribution of income.
I might vote for Paul.
You ought not.