Quote Originally Posted by Rockie Cantais View Post
That I found the most interesting! No, I am not running for office and you are correct I would would lose in this forum. Good thing this isn't the real world then.
Politics should not be there to entertain you. That is not their function.

It is the real world.

This is a sample of what you may encounter internationally (granted, heavily biased torward the male gender, a somewhat younger age group, a gamer mentality and wealthier nations).

Unless you are one of those with dillusions that the US should/will rule the world or otherwise have no interest whatsoever in debating politics outside your borders, you might want to take it into account.

Regardless of whether you care about it or not, the politicians you elect certainly will.

State Capitalism!

What a interesting term we have here..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Capitalism

A term that was appropriated by Communists, Facists, liberals, laissez-faire capitalist thinkers...

It does seem to be a very flexible term.

I hope everyone understands that America has not had a pure Capitalist economy in over 100 years!
You ackowledge that and yet in practice, you argue against anything that goes against the tenets of pure capitalism by claiming it will make things more "socialist".

Consistency please.

What ever happened to the Communist? Did they all change their name to something else? I don't think they were all killed off or is it that they are now Democrat Socialist? With all these labels its confusing who is who at any given time.
If you are refering to the 'original' communists from the Bolchevik revolution, they are probably all dead from old age at this point.

Let them rest in peace.