Everybody is always arguing for and against something. There are no absolutes in thinking.
You want as much freedom as is possible. Don't you? — synthesis
The Czech Republic is not socialist either. They replaced the word “socialist” in the name Czechoslovak Socialist Republic with the word “federal” back in 1990, shortly before the country dissolved. — NOS4A2
In order to understand capitalism, you need to put aside your socialist sensitivities.
In capitalism, people are expendable. It's about living for an idea, even if the person living for that idea dies in the process. — baker
In order to understand capitalism, you need to put aside your socialist sensitivities.
In capitalism, people are expendable. It's about living for an idea, even if the person living for that idea dies in the process. — baker
The purpose of the thread is not to convert people to capitalism, but to discuss the benefits of pluralism in keeping capitalism sustainable. — Kenosha Kid
It would be difficult not coming to the conclusion that empowering the individual is the best hope for mankind. — synthesis
This is why you must do whatever is possible to have the smallest government possible. Government is at best, treacherous, at worst, the Devil, Himself. — synthesis
This is why you must do whatever is possible to have the smallest government possible. Government is at best, treacherous, at worst, the Devil, Himself.
It would be difficult not coming to the conclusion that empowering the individual is the best hope for mankind.
— synthesis
Which individual? If you mean all individuals, that's a group. Unless those that are not empowered are just a random sample, it's difficult to avoid groups if you want to empower people. — Kenosha Kid
This is why you must do whatever is possible to have the smallest government possible. Government is at best, treacherous, at worst, the Devil, Himself.
— synthesis
As I recall it, left to their own devices the private sector failed to empower women until equal rights and opportunities legislation forced their hands, and even then they opposed it when they could. Women in the workforce has turned out to be one of the biggest economic boons for the private sector: twice the recruitment pool, which keeps wages low and prices high for twin-income households. — Kenosha Kid
Another example of capitalism failing to act in its own interests. — Kenosha Kid
It would be hard to defend the thought that kids are better off with working moms than ones who are able to stay at home. — synthesis
This is sounding like an argument for not empowering certain people. — Kenosha Kid
People need to empower themselves by choosing that path which makes the most sense for themselves and their families. — synthesis
Remember, women and families existed before Karl Marx. — synthesis
Talk from your own experience. — synthesis
The optimum arrangement for raising children is, in other words, context-dependent. The Victorian values you espouse would have been no use 20,000 years ago and are of no importance today. — Kenosha Kid
I am more than happy to see women increasingly empowered to choose for themselves whether to stay at home, work, take it in turns, or go it alone as they see fit, not as conservative men think they should see fit. — Kenosha Kid
The great thing about empowerment is that empowers people to do the thing you'd like to see them do. Most women this empowered might well proceed as per Traditional Family Values: after all, it's what appears normal. But the flip side is that those for whom such outdated values don't work don't have to abide by them. We call this freedom. — Kenosha Kid
Studies overwhelming suggest that children raised in two parent homes are more successful in every possible category. — synthesis
Here's the problem (especially with professional moms). I have known and worked closely with over a dozen highly successful, dedicated professional moms over the years. Every one of them were over-worked and completely burned-out trying to be the super-woman that society tells them they should be. — synthesis
Almost every one had a horrible marriage — synthesis
Yes, and people should have every right to make these choices. If you believe you can have it all, go for it, but remember, live by the sword, die by the sword. — synthesis
Almost every society that does not make "the family" and its needs THE priority, fails. And it's exactly what you're seeing in the West today. — synthesis
We've gotten somewhat off-topic. Irrespective of whether working women is best for the children, best for the father's, best for the mother's or best for society, it is absolutely best for the market, and yet the market has always resisted. The market does not act in its own long-term interest willingly: it has to be forced to do so. — Kenosha Kid
Success in life is about getting your act together by taking responsibility for your own actions and refusing to engage in the blame game. — synthesis
Stark inequality manifest as an unlevel playing ground is not an economically effective way for the society to organize itself. If person A is heavily advantaged to succeed than person B, the market loses out on the potential successes of person B. Likewise if person B cannot afford what person A makes, the market loses out again. — Kenosha Kid
Firstly on capitalism: Capitalism is based on supply and demand. The more people who want a specific item the more valuable that item is at X quantity. Should the quantity increase (supply) the value lowers. Should demand (population desiring said Product) increase at a fixed X quantity then again the value increases (cost).
This is actually a negative feedback loop that regulates the price of products. — Benj96
Let’s imagine everyone is made middle class (No poor and no rich) then demand greatly increases (because everyone has money to afford something) which increases the value of the product: this value increase leads to capitalising and the reemergence of a wealthy class as well as simultaneously leaving some unable to afford it (poor). — Benj96
So I would imagine that is the Global capitalist system escalates then there will be a cultural shift back to local Independent products; think knitting your own clothing, Ceramics, home cultivation of produce, Crafting furniture, buying locally farmed produce, reusing, upcycling, etc in small groups. — Benj96
Even if you thought it to be advantageous, there is no way to equalize outcome. — synthesis
The more people try, the worse things get. What you can do is maximize opportunity and allow nature to take its course. — synthesis
Thinking that any particular outcome should be lands you in the "playing God" category. — synthesis
Even if you thought it to be advantageous, there is no way to equalize outcome.
— synthesis
That's not a reason to perpetuate systematic inequality, though. Minimising something bad isn't pointless just because 0 is unattainable. If you tried to reduce your Covid risk to zero, for instance, you'd be Howard Hughesing it within a week! :rofl: — Kenosha Kid
People who are successful are so because they have the motivation to be such. — synthesis
People who are successful are so because they have the motivation to be such.
— synthesis
This is just right wing propaganda, though. There's no actual truth to it; it's just something privileged people promote to justify the perpetuation of their privilege. — Kenosha Kid
People who are successful are so because they have the motivation to be such.
— synthesis
This is just right wing propaganda, though. There's no actual truth to it; it's just something privileged people promote to justify the perpetuation of their privilege. Viz:
https://youtu.be/bJ8Kq1wucsk — Kenosha Kid
Some successful people literally just inherit their money or succeed with an investment or use their parent's connections to land a sweet job, but others genuinely do grind and hustle and those are the ones you gotta admire. There are plenty of examples of both and plenty of successful people who are borderline admirable. — BitconnectCarlos
No, I believe this is common sense. — synthesis
Another interesting one was Kahneman's study of stock traders. — Kenosha Kid
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