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Agustino

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Yeah, as if the neo-liberal elite will willingly renounce their money and power, in order to make space for social enterprises :-} . But yes, I am awa...
November 05, 2017 at 09:44
If anything, I understand that democracy is nothing special. I don't have a fetish for it, the way you do.
November 05, 2017 at 09:42
*shakes head* self-congratulatory non-sense. You don't seem to understand the interrelations between these things. At least BC has tried to provide an...
November 05, 2017 at 09:33
Big business*
November 04, 2017 at 22:53
No, that's an aspect of being allowed to trade with other countries, which the Eastern bloc wasn't allowed while it was communist. (and it wasn't beca...
November 04, 2017 at 22:34
No, that's not what happened.
November 04, 2017 at 22:29
They are just the necessary conditions for globalisation, consumerism, etc. The environmental conditions that make the former possible. Political corr...
November 04, 2017 at 22:28
No, I do not think that. Why do you think it might explain it? Has nothing to do with anything. If I'm working for the government, charged to open a f...
November 04, 2017 at 22:26
No, I think the problem is systemic, and neo-liberalism itself is the failure.
November 04, 2017 at 22:17
Lots of places, reading, thinking, can't pinpoint one particular source. As for the rest what?
November 04, 2017 at 22:16
Yes. It's not the free market though, it's just industrialisation and mass production. Well, neither China nor Russia really allowed "free market", ev...
November 04, 2017 at 22:15
Yes, I know I know. It's just funny listening to you people... you just simply can't understand the world anymore... you still think we're the same wo...
November 04, 2017 at 20:59
Yep, sounds like I'm listening to one of my friend's 65-year-old dad.
November 04, 2017 at 20:53
No the market just puts an ad on TV showing how great having sex with that contraceptive is, how free you can be, etc. etc. It's like me telling you a...
November 04, 2017 at 20:52
Right, so something that does not sanction immorality is not moral, but immoral. If I see someone rape a woman and don't intervene to stop it in any w...
November 04, 2017 at 20:40
Do you like Stoner Mom? :B Your ideal perhaps? :B
November 04, 2017 at 20:35
OK :D
November 04, 2017 at 20:32
So if something rewards both the moral and the immoral is that something moral? :s
November 04, 2017 at 20:31
Stoner Mom (L) >:O
November 04, 2017 at 20:28
That's how you play TimeLine, tell her to do one thing, you know she'll do the opposite ;)
November 04, 2017 at 20:26
:s that makes no sense. The logic of free markets rewards the satisfaction of ANY desires, it does not care about morality and immorality. If hookers ...
November 04, 2017 at 20:23
Because Are supported by:
November 04, 2017 at 20:14
Yes, for you, it is recommended that your try smoking it, out of the bong if possible, to get an authentic experience and feel content with your life....
November 04, 2017 at 20:11
From this forum? I was saying mostly people I know from real life, but from this forum Wayfarer, Banno, VagabondSpectre. Despite the many disagreement...
November 04, 2017 at 20:08
@"TimeLine", please say yes! ;)
November 04, 2017 at 20:01
The seal of authority always deceives people in thinking they have more control than they really do, and they can pull more levers than they really ca...
November 04, 2017 at 19:58
Well in certain cases yes, due to medical costs or family. But it really depends on the individual person and the country/social system under which th...
November 04, 2017 at 19:49
Because it seeks to make everyone into a wage-slave, who consumes more and more products, has no morality but that which increases consumption and is ...
November 04, 2017 at 18:09
Rational discussion requires engagement. You haven't shown a willingness to engage with others who have pointed out the shortcomings of your position ...
November 04, 2017 at 18:02
What did you do?
November 04, 2017 at 11:48
No, it's not about that, but the thing is that you're not the first person in your age group 50+ who I've met who thinks exactly the same way. You all...
November 04, 2017 at 11:47
Hillary Clinton was probably the single most neo-liberal candidate from the whole election, apart from possibly Jeb Bush.
November 04, 2017 at 11:38
The only real option is the system of control run by the military. I mean what other alternative is there? There have only ever been two sources of po...
November 04, 2017 at 11:29
Funnily enough, you too are a neoliberal. In fact, it is exactly your type that I define as neoliberal, including your approach to religion, capitalis...
November 04, 2017 at 11:19
Why not?
November 04, 2017 at 11:17
And by the way, you have an impression that people on the left use neoliberal as some insult for those on the right, but most neoliberals I know are l...
November 04, 2017 at 10:10
So the word is a strawman because some people use it in a way that you don't like? That's why it carries a danger of being a strawman? :s
November 04, 2017 at 10:08
At least there are rare sightings of me ;) By the way, granted that you stalk the internet for me, are you looking to ask me out? >:O
November 04, 2017 at 10:06
Yes and no with regards to PC, IP and SP. They are more peripheral in the sense that they are not the causes of the others. But they are intimately re...
November 04, 2017 at 10:03
Sometimes I miss physical work, but I've been indoctrinated by my culture that physical work should be avoided if possible. I worked in construction a...
November 04, 2017 at 09:57
One problem is the parasite class of University professors, many of whom have given themselves very high salaries. And even more so University managem...
November 04, 2017 at 09:50
Nope, that doesn't follow. Just because they're not aware of a series of presuppositions, ways of thinking, and ways of living that they share does no...
November 03, 2017 at 23:11
Answer: no. Yes, but I don't think the neoliberal elites will allow that to happen that easily. Fascism and statism, among other things, means their d...
November 03, 2017 at 23:04
Yes, I thought about that, unfortunately, that way seems blocked with many risks and obstacles. Such a collective project always entails the risk of a...
November 03, 2017 at 18:04
Right, I agree (I've never really been on the Conservative side in terms of UK politics), but it's ultimately still a lack of money. And an individual...
November 03, 2017 at 17:02
Right, and I agree with that. That's why I posted that I've also seen public services work: But the problem is that you cannot do this without money, ...
November 03, 2017 at 16:54
This was interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T-RkxC5pVU
November 03, 2017 at 16:50
Although having said this, I should specify that NHS has been degrading over time, since initially I remember it used to be good. There were even many...
November 03, 2017 at 16:33
In Europe, it tends to be the exact opposite. Healthcare tends to be much better in the private sector, but it's more expensive. For example, my grand...
November 03, 2017 at 16:17
What's wrong with that now? :s So long as the people are adequately taken care of, I see nothing wrong with it. I've thought for a long time about a b...
November 03, 2017 at 10:02