01-18-2010, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by John F. Kerry
sage u seem to think i was dissing communism or something , altho i do often diss it,
that wasnt my main desire in this thread.
i was simply wondering why no one has ever tried to come up with something ELSE after capitalism and communism? like, with the variety of things out there, it just seems strange how everyone in the world fell into 2 camps, and no one seemed to care to think critically anymore about how to solve the problems of the world. its either solve them by letting the market take control or solve them by redistribution of wealthy peoples assets to poor people.
i dont know what i would come up with as another alternative, it just seems like there should be a variety of other options, and i was wondering why they never came about.
and then as i was thinking that, i was also thinking that if progressives want to make the world better and right wrongs and shit, why they are so wedded it seems to socialism when there might be a million other ideas out there that can do what they want without pissing the people who dont like socialism off...
its like the health care debate, the liberals said for so long that they wouldnt accept anything but the public option, public option public option, then they realized they could get people affordable access to healthcare in a vareity of other ways without a single payer public option, i think systems of government are the same.
i seriously want trying to diss communism , altho i would if that were the topic  , my views on communism and socialism notwithstanding, i just believe there have got to be other ways out there that can fix the wrongs of society without taking away the hard earned lives the many middle class people enjoy, and also, that if we were creative these days and actually tried to find that way, that maybe the partisanship in the world and america would simply dissapear because the NEW way would appeal to a broad cross section of people and would make them think wow i can support this because it does good things but doesnt turn me off with other aspects of it like socialism or capitalism did. (in that persons opinion) .
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Dude... watch that whole video and you might get some ideas and see alternatives ARE being practiced. The Dalai Lama's politics are love, compassion and equanimity. As long as people think some one has to 'win' it will only lead to 'loss'.
Socialism at it's core, holds a belief, dear to my heart, that we are all the same, nothing more nothing less and with perspective and a chance we can all add something to society.
Serious John, I implore of you. Watch this video, Love and peace are my only agenda.
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