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  Socialism

  by Perry in

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  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  Perry:

  The capitalist must perform to market standards. Competition will put him out of business if he provides an inferior product or service. He is furthermore constrained by his customers, stockholders, board of directors, lending institutions, as well as numerous laws, and, if all else fails, product liability statutes.

  What competition is there between monopolies? They can afford to give shoddy services to their customers because there is nowhere for them to go to that doesn't treat them the same.

  And what about constrainment by their workers to alleviate themselves from exploitation?

  Yes, I know. You despise the workers considering them sub-human.

  As for product liability statutes would you find it OK for them to sell poison as food? Like China did when several infants died from contaminated infant formulas (Never buy any food from China!)?

  
  
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  Perry, you might be away from your PC but it would be nice if you interacted on your own threads responding to those who post on them. And I mean interacting not just cut, pasting and hurling other people's articles at our faces.

  Update: I see that you're back but it would be nice if you took the rest of what I said to heart. Nothing in your posts is a direct response to us.

  For example, what do you think of the example that I gave of Publix supermarkets?
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  What Are the Top JW Issues That Just Burn Your Buns the Most?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  which ones make you the maddest?

  covering up of abuse, shunning, failed end of world predictions?.

  my list is long and heavy, but the top 3 that set me off the most are:.

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  Village Idiot

  Self worship.
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  VI : of course! But because the OP is clearly an oriented, dishonest and fallacious caricatur of socialism, I played his game too

  Yes, coalize, I knew it was snark on your part.
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  Publix, a highly successful supermarket chain in the south eastern United States, is owned by its employees. From their website:

  "Being devoted to our company is our job. Company ownership makes Publix unique. As company owners, our associates hold themselves accountable for Publix’s success by identifying opportunities to reduce waste and looking for new products to offer. Our associates are invested in improving our company because we own it — it’s our reputation on the line! And that’s why this point on the mission statement is so important to us"

  Compare that with the OP's statement:

  "Coming up with new products is often time consuming, expensive and hit or miss. Nine ideas may fail before that tenth one takes off. The less the creative people behind these ideas are allowed to benefit, the less time, money and effort they'll put into developing new concepts and inventions."

  It is under such a structure that the employees benefit the good of the company without the avarice of Darwinian competition. Perry, learn the meaning of the word altruism. And no, I'm not referring to simple pure sacrifice as you imply but to worker/owners benefitting directly from their own innovations.

  That is how Publix grew to have 1,077 supermarkets bringing in $28.9 billion in sales last year.

  Workers social/capitalism at its finest

  
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  coalize:

  Socialism : 100 people have enough money by stealing 2 rich people.

  It's not stealing but taking back what they took from you in the first place. They became rich off the labor of the poor without any just compensation.
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  Im wondering...maybe the GB are truly mentally damaged, not just deceivers.

  by sowhatnow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  has anyone by chance read the latest issue of pshychology today?

  april issue, article title' moment of impact'.. i havent fiished reading it yet, but it got me thinking, how likely is it that many born in jws [ teens in particular since thats the age these issues start to appear] will end up with these problems mentioned in the article?

  i know of a few adults that have this problem, schizophrenia, bi polar, ect.

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  They're not "damaged"; it is simply their nature to be what they are. You will find such people everywhere in society. They are the CEOs and politicians of this world. They simply have an evil brain.
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  I myself am semi-Syndicalistic. I believe that workers should own and operate the business they work for. It is the worker who's the creator of wealth not their rulers in the hierarchy.

  Syndicalism is usually considered to be a form of Socialism though I refer to it as worker's capitalism. Since the business is owned by the workers they have the vantage point of knowing what they need to do without any micro-managing from the state.

  And since the workers are the company they do not have the perverse incentive of stripping down their pay in favor of elevating the pay of CEOs and the top echelons of the hierarchy.
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  4 Hear this, you who trample the needy
  and do away with the poor of the land,

  5 saying,

  “When will the New Moon be over
  that we may sell grain,
  and the Sabbath be ended
  that we may market wheat?”—
  skimping on the measure,
  boosting the price
  and cheating with dishonest scales,
  6 buying the poor with silver
  and the needy for a pair of sandals,
  selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

  7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done."

  Amos 8:4-7 - New International Version
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  Socialism

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. current

  socialists think that money will solve all man's problems.

  everything is obsessively related to money in the socialist ideology.. they have an almost supernatural ability to blame others with more money.

  god calls this greed and envy.

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  Village Idiot

  Perry: "A rising tide lifts all boats."

  Face it Perry, middle class "boats" are sinking.