Replies to post #96509 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[GEO928]

wall_rus....below is something you said with which i must disagree...

Capitalism is designed to protect those with the capital.

I do not at all believe that....as a matter of fact I believe the opposite....I see capitalism as "freedom"...

I would concur, however, that we could perceive your statement as the case because of all the political shenanigans and self serving interests....but, I feel that is more rightly viewed as part of the human psyche....i.e. greed.....not a system design.

whether, we are socialist, capitalists or anything in between....human nature and our lust for power and wealth will always be the "spoiler" in any economic system we discuss....

it's as simple as defining communism as "everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others"....thereby alluding to the idea that someone must be in charge of the allocation to the masses....and, that implies a class system....and, a class system suggests some will get more than others...

human greed is almost an unsolvable problem whose ultimate solution relies upon the experience of social evolution....a very slow process.

[GEO928]

wall_rus....ok, allow me to offer you some "justice"....

I'll just remind you that there have been several posts of mine that you've not responded to or made short shrift of. Judging by your posts, you should've found plenty to take umbradge with in this post yesterday

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my disagreement with you or anyone is the polarizing approach taken by the left to solving social problems.... let's start here:

So therefore, imo, Conservatives, whose essential plan is retain the status quo, the totally insulting trickle down theory, are doomed from the start. The only thing you can count on in life is change. They operate on a premise that is against the laws of nature..........they are born losers. They tend to cling to things, they must inevitably let go of and the sad part is....they will fight to the death. To me, such a mindset is the epitome of ignorance.

yes, conservatives have their own set of problems; however, that fact, does not absolve the far-left's quest to adopt a system based upon a theory (Marx) which is the converse of the natural state of man. i.e. the natural state of man is freedom.

there are always two opposing conditions in almost all human consideration....as in up/down, hot/cold, smart/stupid, freedom/lack of freedom....or, free trade/planned distribution.

unfortunately, those on the left have adopted principles of Marxist theory simply because it opposes the prevailng condition of mankind and mistakenly identifies it as the elixer or solution to mankind's social problems.

opposition to the prevailing condition (in this nation) also provides an avenue in the quest for political power.

while your assertion above is that "conservatives" wish to retain the status quo and that is an expression of ignorance, i would ask how one forms a functional social unit when there is no recognized basis of commonality (how can you have a common base if the base is constantly being changed or discarded).

yes, change is part of the human experience; yet, people tend to resent abrupt or radical change....change, especially social change, must be accomplished in a methodical, incremental fashion.

and, while your observation lambastes the conservatives, I would suggest that the left is guilty of the same. If the left welcomes "fundamental change", what happens after the change is made? Does that "change" then become the status quo? and, where will the left go from there....back to the right simply for the sake of change and defiance of the so called status quo?

it seems to me that would result in a societal see-saw?