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I'm a capitalist (a business owner) and I support what OWS is doing. You have this so messed up in so many ways. Making money is a good thing. Business is a good thing. It only becomes a big problem when that money is used to pay off politicians and buy elections so the policies in this country help the tiny few at the very top and hurt the rest of us. It has nothing to do with socialism or communism. I pay taxes out the nose in this country and I actually create jobs HERE--why shouldn't I have a voice too?
Socialism has never been against the labor produced the the working class. Anyone who studied political science beyond 10th grade would know that.
Socialism has always been for the very average. So, yes, they're for the average "worker" but to get there they had to kill anyone that wasn't in the median or at least get rid of them. They couldn't have anyone questioning their power. Why do you think gulags were created? The same goes with the concentration camps from the Nazis since they were socialist too.
I'm a capitalist (a business owner) and I support what OWS is doing. You have this so messed up in so many ways. Making money is a good thing. Business is a good thing. It only becomes a big problem when that money is used to pay off politicians and buy elections so the policies in this country help the tiny few at the very top and hurt the rest of us. It has nothing to do with socialism or communism. I pay taxes out the nose in this country and I actually create jobs HERE--why shouldn't I have a voice too?
You should have a voice. You have to remember these folks ask for this when they use generalization like evil corporations (or millionaire and billionaire corporate jet owners, etc -- See Obama). They don't seem to quite understand that if there were no corporations they wouldn't have 99% (snicker) of the things they do now.
Same goes for banks.
If they want to end the Fed they first need to do an experiment where they lock ten people in a room with $1,000 a a few belongings each and see what happens. With a very short period of time 1 person will have 90%+ of the money and the rest will be starving because no more money can be introduce and the amount that originally was brought in is static, not dynamic.
A highly profitable company is not "liberal" but capitalistic.
Capitalism is what has advanced the world more than any other economic system.
There is nothing "liberal" about that.
Why not? A successful company can be profitable and care about its workers.
And what makes you think the protesters want communism? This is what you stated in the OP.
I'm a capitalist (a business owner) and I support what OWS is doing. You have this so messed up in so many ways. Making money is a good thing. Business is a good thing. It only becomes a big problem when that money is used to pay off politicians and buy elections so the policies in this country help the tiny few at the very top and hurt the rest of us. It has nothing to do with socialism or communism. I pay taxes out the nose in this country and I actually create jobs HERE--why shouldn't I have a voice too?
Then these guys would be protesting Obama.
Look at the campaign funds the candidates have at their disposal, the big money that is buying them in other words.
Romney and Perry: $30 million combined
Paul: $8 million
Bachman: $4 million
Obama: an incredible over $70 million dollars
Cain: $2.2 million
Anyone who is against the buying of politicians would be protesting the current occupant of the White House who is most definitely has been bought. Big money seems to be behind Obama.
You'd might as well start a thread titled " Are Tea Partiers Who Use Communist/Socialist Services Like Highways and Fire Departments Hypocrites?"
I suppose, with your litmus test on being a hypocrite, those at the protest should be wearing sun-dial wristwatches?!
Tea Party people aren't against highways and fire departments because THEY PAY FOR THEM.
Occupy movement communists are against capitalism because THEY WANT EVERYTHING FOR FREE.
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