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jamiemartin721  Reading 14 Nov 16 4.44pm |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
Well, yes, it does, but traditionally its been for the party elite. Much like capitalism does - In Socialism as in capitalism there are Those that greatly benefit, those who do well, those who get by and those who get f**ked. It all really depends where you sit in the hierarchy, and how you view your position. Plenty of people who lost their jobs or suffered wage controls due to Freedom of Movement, blamed, the migrants or the EU. But it wasn't those groups that were employing the migrants over you or me. Also when people get made redundant, by companies posting record profits, do they blame capitalism? Do they f**k. We believe in it, because we're culturally adapted and indocrtirnated to it. But a quick look at the third world suggests its failing an awful lot of people.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 14 Nov 16 4.44pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Crime is an odd one, I think its an issue, but successive governments have gotten tougher on crime generation on generation to appease the public. The problem with crime is that a) the fear of crime exceeds the threat of crime b) that law enforcement is very much biased towards the upper working and middle classes. One of the issues of anyone living in a poor area, with high crime, tends to be that the police aren't very effective, and that the objective of policing tend to be focused towards more political agenda, rather than pragmatic approaches that focus on resolving issues of crime in poor areas, which often ends up pitting the police against the community. As for the rapidly changing cultural and political landscape - I think that's nothing new. That's been ever present in society, and something of a misnomer - I grew up in a very politically turbulent changing landscape - the 80s (the death of industrialism, changing economies, the rise of consumerism, the far left and right etc). The issue really maybe now is that there isn't really much in terms of cultural or political change - Everything has become increasingly bland and blurred into an indistinct blur (there is no left or right in government, not really and culturally generations have become less pronounced). The world and communication are far closer. We now worry about absurd things, and petty things. Which for someone who grew up with the threat of nuclear annihilation, seem rather petty. For example, where are the youth subcultures?. Edited by jamiemartin721 (14 Nov 2016 4.14pm)
The rise of the internet has allowed less considered opinion to become relevant and the noisy minority to have too big a voice.
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| Part Time James 14 Nov 16 4.45pm |
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Originally posted by Nest
Please tell me what political belief makes life better so i can vote for it Voting is dead. If you are serious about anything enough to want to force it to happen you have to gather about 50 other people together and mount an aggressive Facebook campaign.
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| We are goin up! Coulsdon 14 Nov 16 4.46pm |
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Originally posted by Nest
Please tell me what political belief makes life better so i can vote for it Capitalism has made lives infinitely better across the globe. Something to watch:
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| Nest 14 Nov 16 4.49pm |
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Originally posted by Part Time James
Voting is dead. If you are serious about anything enough to want to force it to happen you have to gather about 50 other people together and mount an aggressive Facebook campaign. Um........really
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| Nest 14 Nov 16 4.50pm |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
Capitalism has made lives infinitely better across the globe. Something to watch: my original post had a double edge
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| We are goin up! Coulsdon 14 Nov 16 4.54pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Well, yes, it does, but traditionally its been for the party elite. Much like capitalism does - In Socialism as in capitalism there are Those that greatly benefit, those who do well, those who get by and those who get f**ked. It all really depends where you sit in the hierarchy, and how you view your position. Plenty of people who lost their jobs or suffered wage controls due to Freedom of Movement, blamed, the migrants or the EU. But it wasn't those groups that were employing the migrants over you or me. Also when people get made redundant, by companies posting record profits, do they blame capitalism? Do they f**k. We believe in it, because we're culturally adapted and indocrtirnated to it. But a quick look at the third world suggests its failing an awful lot of people.
At the moment, Africa has a 30% tarriff to sell us goods, if we took those protectionist (anti-capitalist) tariffs down and promoted free trade the market would create many, many more jobs in that area. Real jobs. And prices of our goods would fall, making us wealthier. The EU's protectionist policies directly contribute to poverty. Capitalism is the best system ever created by man, it's not perfect but it is a darn sight better than any of the current alternatives.
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Attachment: | Part Time James 14 Nov 16 5.00pm |
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Originally posted by Nest
Um........really It's about as active as some self professed politically passionate people seem to get, yeah!
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| Stuk Top half 14 Nov 16 5.06pm |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
At the moment, Africa has a 30% tarriff to sell us goods, if we took those protectionist (anti-capitalist) tariffs down and promoted free trade the market would create many, many more jobs in that area. Real jobs. And prices of our goods would fall, making us wealthier. The EU's protectionist policies directly contribute to poverty. Capitalism is the best system ever created by man, it's not perfect but it is a darn sight better than any of the current alternatives. No wonder diamonds are so pricey.
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| Nest 14 Nov 16 5.25pm |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
At the moment, Africa has a 30% tarriff to sell us goods, if we took those protectionist (anti-capitalist) tariffs down and promoted free trade the market would create many, many more jobs in that area. Real jobs. And prices of our goods would fall, making us wealthier. The EU's protectionist policies directly contribute to poverty. Capitalism is the best system ever created by man, it's not perfect but it is a darn sight better than any of the current alternatives. Not true on all produce but this is an increasing problem which many westerners do not even know exists. As far as 'Capitalism is the best system ever created by man' i think you need to look outside the (your) box
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| We are goin up! Coulsdon 14 Nov 16 5.28pm |
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Originally posted by Nest
Not true on all produce but this is an increasing problem which many westerners do not even know exists. As far as 'Capitalism is the best system ever created by man' i think you need to look outside the (your) box Go on then. I'm listening.
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| .TUX. 14 Nov 16 5.33pm |
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Originally posted by We are goin up!
At the moment, Africa has a 30% tarriff to sell us goods, if we took those protectionist (anti-capitalist) tariffs down and promoted free trade the market would create many, many more jobs in that area. Real jobs. And prices of our goods would fall, making us wealthier. The EU's protectionist policies directly contribute to poverty. Capitalism is the best system ever created by man, it's not perfect but it is a darn sight better than any of the current alternatives. I agree, and for thousands of years it worked perfectly without the 'help' of govt.
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