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Tired of capitalism? There could be a better way.
Washington Post ^
| 9-30-15
| Matt Bruenig
Posted on 10/01/2015 2:51:34 PM PDT by dynachrome
"Matt Bruenig is researcher of poverty and welfare systems at the think tank Demos."
By now, it is well established that capitalism is fundamentally built upon threats of force. As libertarian philosophers Robert Nozick and Matt Zwolinski have explained, the only way to turn unowned natural resources (such as land, minerals and other goods) into privately owned property is by violently preventing all others from using them. This one-sided exclusion destroys freedom of movement and cuts many people off from the things that they need to survive.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: basicincome; capitalism; coldwar; demos; forgettingthepast; insanity; liberaldemos; marxism; marxistcrapwriter; miltonfriedman; minimumwage; negativeincometax; obamarecession; obamataxhikes; thinktank; ubi; universalbasicincome; ussr
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More: "True freedom requires freedom from destitution and freedom from the demands of the employer. Capitalism ensures neither, but a universal basic income, if successful, could provide both."
This cupcake will do well under muzzie jihadist rule
To: dynachrome
How can we be tired of capitalism? We haven’t tried it in a LONG time.
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:52:27 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: dynachrome; Norm Lenhart
Guys that should be thrown in jail for leftist advocacy. Time to make it a crime.
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:53:03 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: dynachrome
Because what we need more than anything else right now is MORE government control!!
Won’t that be nice?
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:55:35 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
To: dynachrome
Someone is going to own it. It can be the king, or it can be the guy who bought it.
Given the choice of a world with a million kings, in which if you don’t like this king you can go down the street and choose another, versus a single king who owns and controls everything, most people seem to prefer a single king.
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:55:59 PM PDT
by
marron
To: dynachrome
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:56:27 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: dynachrome
DEMOS is a pack of Statist wankers.
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:56:37 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: dynachrome
"Matt Bruenig is researcher of poverty and welfare systems at the think tank Demos." Meanwhile, over at Republican think tank, "Phobos," the geniuses were hiding under their desks...
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:57:13 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(A Kenyan appears to have infiltrated the lumberyard.)
To: dynachrome
the only way to turn unowned natural resources (such as land, minerals and other goods) into privately owned property is by violently preventing all others from using them. And the only way to "equitably" distribute those resources to people who haven't earned them is by violently taking them from those who have.
I prefer a system that rewards in direct proportion to effort, not some bureaucrat's idea of equity.
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:57:31 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: dynachrome
“the only way to turn unowned natural resources (such as land, minerals and other goods) into privately owned property is by violently preventing all others from using them.”
WTF?
To: dynachrome
So this guys answer to the perceived “acquisition by force” is to use force
He needs to read Hobbs little book the Leviathan
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:58:46 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: dynachrome
I wonder. Do they oppose the idea of private property in all cases? Or only in some?
Do they believe that anyone who chooses is free to take what they want from anyone?
More to the point - do they believe that any random stranger is fully justified in taking the product of their labor, without recompense?
Or is it just those other people they think it’s OK for people to steal from?
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:59:05 PM PDT
by
jdege
To: dynachrome
I didn't read the article because I know that capitalism is nothing more than free market economics...a man or woman trading their labor for a profit.
There is no better way.
When we produce/create and meet a market need, we survive.
Nothing else works.
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posted on
10/01/2015 2:59:34 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.)
To: dynachrome
Can you point to ONE socialist economy which has worked. Just one will do.
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:00:39 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.)
To: dynachrome
Is this some sort of Sales pitch to move to Venezuela??
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:00:45 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: dynachrome
Perhaps you should take your socialist backside over to Daily Kos.
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:01:57 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.)
To: Daffynition; All
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:02:14 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
To: dynachrome
but a universal basic income, if successful, Aye, and there's the rub eh? Show me one place on Earth where this little utopian set up has ever been successful for anyone but those at the top of the food chain.
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:02:54 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: eyeamok
note that tiny little work
IF
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:03:04 PM PDT
by
Bidimus1
To: RoosterRedux
I think you’re shooting the messenger.
The comment in post one doesn’t support the material.
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posted on
10/01/2015 3:03:39 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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