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Socialism Rising? - Democrat "Confidence" Is Soaring Relative To Republicans
As Bernie Sanders moves ahead of Hillary in one poll, we thought it ironic that the wave of socialism is showing up in American consumer confidence data...
As Bloomberg's Consumer Comfort survey shows, the spread between Democrat consumer confidence and Republican consumer confidence is soaring...
Which is ironic given that confidence for those earning less than $50k per year just hit an 8-month low...
Charts: Bloomberg
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Religion = opiate of the masses.
Socialism = opiate of the affluent.
Actually, booze is the opiate of the masses. Religion is detested by TPTB because it, as an institution, competes for the "highest" authority. That's simply the history of religious and temporal (statiast) institutions relations in the quest for ultimate power.
And with respect to R's and D's, no wonder that the D's are feeling more confident.
They're catching on that regardless of The Donald, there is not a single electable R out there.
If I didn't know any better I'd say that they're (R's) are trying to loose again.
But at this juncture, what difference does it make, anyhow?
Be right in line with the NWO's plans, big time.
Nah, TPTB know a good control mechanism when they see one.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-caught-buying-millions-of...
That's not buying, that's investing......
Trump is working with Clinton to split the Republican vote.
"A liberal's paradise would be a place
where everybody has guaranteed employment,
free comprehensive healthcare, free education,
free food, free housing, free clothing, free
utilities, and only law enforcement has guns.
And believe it or not, such a place does indeed already exist: It's called PRISON."
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Maricopa County , Arizona Sheriff's Office
And Pink underwear.
Religion is detested by TPTB
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keep telling yourself that ye adult santa worshipper
Monopoly Capitalism (fascisim) = Rape of the Middle and Working classes.
Socialism = Throwing them a bone to prevent the masses from pulling out the Guilliotines.
Same shit, different era.
Liberals are called liberals when they talk about comon decency. When conservatives talk about decency is it is socialism for them and everyone else is excluded.
Just the fact that you can "buy" fake followers tells me all I need to know about Twitter.
pods
Man caught using a blog as a credible source!!!
http://tinyurl.com/nttsgd7
That many?
Living or dead?
Bet it wasn't on the form.
Socialism is Marxism with a smiley face.......
I don't know about any "-isms".
All I know is that someone should look very carefully at Greece. The end result is to cut the fat. People and countries should save themselves the intermediate bullshit and look at the conclusion. Everything gets slashed. This proves that only money matters and the rest is a bunch of hoooey designed to obfuscate and string us along. The cycle has been repeated enough times at this point. Cut the crap and don't buy the bullshit. Enough is enough!
edotabin...enough is enough. the basket of wealth is only so large, it grows and shrinks over the ages. all this crap about two dozen mega wealthy families earning their money is just total shit. they are no different than the mafia taking their unearned skim off the top, out of the middle and off the bottom. uncontrolled greed is sucking the life blood out of entire countries. least we not forget the psychotic posters here under the hedge with their constant dislike of their fellow humans[almost a cult following].....I've got my case of beans, ten gallons of water and my 22 long rifle with 1 million rounds of ammo so bring it on. the end, the apocalypse, end of the world vision crap. why do I see that after all that, the mega wealthy will still be mega wealthy, after all the suffering by ordinary people has come to pass. so the Bern says he wants to hold the bankers to account. good for him he is the only one. of all the shit so far the Bern knows that as the president he will have the power to unleash the attack dogs in the justice dept. how the hell is that clown with the god awful hair going to build a wall to keep out the Hispanics? good grief the stupid party has been in control of both chambers on capitol hill for how long? how long have they been preaching to the choir about some wall????
end of rant
Socialism is facism with a smiley face.... fixed it for ya
Fascism is merely optional equipment......
"Socialism is Marxism..." Your name says it all. You obviously, like most, have never "read" any Marx.
And I am sure you believe the "Manifesto" was his claim to fame, even though most handwriting analysts firmly attribute it to Engels (his radical protege').
Socialism is the "happy medium" between Monopoly capitalism and full on Communism (not totalitarian).
Communism, like Fascism, is not totalitarian by nature or definition. Only the ways in in which it played out historically did they both culminate in totalitarianism.
Just like the US can never claim to be a "Democracy" nor a "Capitalist" (free market) economic structure, there has never actually been a "true" Communist, Socialist, nor Capitalist economy.
Oddly enough, what they all share is a common theme of "equal access"....something that most Neo-Cons and Anarchists alike, miss.
Given 80% of ZH comments originate from paid Trolls, for the rest, I hope you avoid these "easily-twisted" labels and simply "follow the money".
Who benefits, and who does not?
When Hillary Clinton is further right than about 16 of the candidates in the combined presidential race, you know you have a problem. This country has been entrenched in Crony socialism since the second term of W.
Bailouts for the rich, bread, circuses, and cheap drugs for the poor and elderly, and wars for everyone else.
further right in jail please
The very best thing I can say about Bernie Sanders is that at 73 years old, he does not have impending criminal/ treason charges coming up against him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Z01US5tyg
I disagree. The very best thing about Bernie Sanders is his Operatic singiing voice. Very moving.
"This country has beeen entrenched in Crony socialism since ...", the first term of W. Wilson. Or maybe U. Grant. Depends on what we mean by "entrenched".
Most Republican voters knew they got F'ed over in 2012 when they helped the GOP-e take the House and Senate, The Republicans then voted for anything and everything Obama wanted especially TPP.
Elections are a total joke and are not real. The politicians are all fake and liars.
The GOP-e keeps pushing Bush Rubio amnesty queens. F them all including Bernie and Hillary.
Take away fractional reserve lending (and by proxy continual governement deficit spending) and all that shit goes away.
No tickey, no laundry.
pods
There is no fractional reserve banking. That is for the plebs. They just create the money when they do the loan. That is all.
What we have in the land of the free is socialism for the rich. Or fascism.
We socialize their losses and protect their gains through the Fed. Not one bankster went to jail for 6,000,000 cases of mortgage fraud that led to the last financial crisis. Dimon and Blankfein, our finest criminals, are billionaires today.
The Fed Won: America's 0.1% Are Now Wealthier Than The Bottom 90%http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-11/fed-won-americas-01-are-now-wea...
We are a fascist, police state today:
The secret collaboration of the military, the intelligence and national security agencies, and gigantic corporations in the systematic and illegal surveillance of the American people reveals the true wielders of power in the United States. Telecommunications giants such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, and Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter, provide the military and the FBI and CIA with access to data on hundreds of millions of people that these state agencies have no legal right to possess.
Congress and both of the major political parties serve as rubber stamps for the confluence of the military, the intelligence apparatus and Wall Street that really runs the country. The so-called “Fourth Estate”—the mass media—functions shamelessly as an arm of this ruling troika.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/10/pers-j10.html
Is it possible that the optimism of the socialists is based on visuals of excessive wealth, soon to be redistributed?
Socialists, leftists or collectivists have never been concerned about productivity or even prosperity (you will never hear that word come out of Obama's mouth), only equality derived through redistribution. They NEVER talk of productivity, only getting their perceived share. And thier political strength comes from the fact that most of their supporters are hoping to gain from these policies. Not from more jobs. Not from even more skills. And definitely not from productivity (if you have ever set in on a union meeting). Direct subsidization is their hope and desire.
And lest you think that the fact there are many very rich people who associate themselves with the left debunks that claim, ask yourself why they would not willingly redistribute their massive fortunes to the people, rather than support policies that demand that those earning or worth far less than they, do so?
No one seems to mind hypocrisy as long as they profit from it.
Are you maybe looking at this too deep? Personally I think debating the merits of X-ism vs. Y-ism no longer makes sense, if it ever did.
For example, the word "redistibuition" is typically used as a perjorative by an X-ist claiming a Y-ist wants to take somebody else's money when they don't deserve it. Labels aside, the predominant ISM going on is Fraudism. A certain amount of it is always present, but these days that's all there is...naked institutional fraud and crime...nothing else.
A better word for taking money away from institututional thieves might be confiscation. Until the fraud stops nothing changes. What that has to do with Sanders and socialism confidence surveys I have no clue. I didn't junk btw that was a staunch X-ist or Y-ist.
I'm addressing the title of the article; How is my post varying from that?
"Socialism Rising? - Democrat "Confidence" Is Soaring Relative To Republicans"I don't think you varied at all and I don't believe in poll or surveys. The disgust of the public goes higher than and encompasses proponents of left/right/red/blue/etc.
"isms" are primarily used to create opportunities of theft. Freedom is not, other than benefiting the strongest and smartest. Redistribution is pretty simple as it basically tells us that money aggregated in one persons possession will be distributed to another by no other device that the brute force of government for the sake of "fairness". Fairness as defined by whoever is benefiting from it. Our standards should be based upon earning, not demanding. Governments are sustained by those seeking to use its bloody club to impose their demands. Redistribution.
Fraud is simply theft through deceit. The rich and poor alike do it.
There was a thought in my head about this, but I can't reach it. I think what I'm trying to say is that all the "isms" that are out there are all nested inside "fraudism" and that is not in the lexicon. The thought-shapers that put out these polls want to shoehorn the sheep back into this-ism or that-ism because there's no such thing as fraudism. Besides, who would admit to being a "fraudist"?
I will not argue that the poor never commit fraud. I will argue they aren't as successful at it otherwise they'd be rich. One last thing, as an anti-fraudist, I firmly believe the brute force of the govt protects and enables those who've committed, and continue to commit fraud. Examples: John Corzine and from today "Project Omega".
I will help you.
Rich and big corporations love the same policies that they deny everyone else. They have Socialists, leftists or collectivists for the rich and big corporations and have never been concerned about productivity or even prosperity (you will never hear that word come out of Obama's mouth), only equality derived through redistribution. When the pensions for the police and others are not paid out. It is because they are lazy lousy bums. The wealthy blame everyone else for all the problem they caused. They NEVER talk of productivity for themselves, only getting their perceived share. And thier political strength comes from the fact that most of their supporters are hoping to gain from these policies. Not from more jobs. The real unemployment in the US is far higher then the official rate. The lack participation rate for labor is ignored. What happened to these folks? In jail? Living in boxes? The defunding of education menas more morons to be lied too. And definitely not from productivity (if you have ever set in on a union meeting for the wealthy the laugh at the death of workers). Direct subsidization is their hope and desire.That is exactly what happened in the US.
And lest you think that the fact there are many very rich people who associate themselves with the left shows how sneaky they are. They give a dime and nickle and the wealthy claim they paid for all the evil they do. If you wait for the rich to hand over the stolent loot. You will die. That is exactly what they want you to do. The wealthy have the shills talk about they won't willingly redistribute their massive fortunes to the people because the poor a lazy and no good. This nerative is the used to support policies that demand you subsidize the wealthy and fools who love them.
No one seems to mind hypocrisy as long as they profit from it especially the wealthy who love it when babies and old ladies die from medically treatable conditions.
And don't forget, there's nothing you can do about it either.
Interesting open letter he wrote in WSJ yesterday...
Naming names.
He who? What are you talking about? Why no link?
Aren't all Democrats Socialists nowadays? They call themselves Progressives so they don't have to use the "S" word. Bernie Sanders is just old fashioned.
No the Democrats have left socialism behing a long time ago, they are full blown Maoist style communists / collectivists. They want blacks in one area, contained, and entirely indebted to the democratic party. They want the undocumented hispanics, in one area, again indebted to the democratic party. On top of it all you have the limousine liberal oligarchs.
I am far more afraid of O'Malley or Jeb, who I believe are roughly equivalent in ideology, than old Bernie.
Socialism is an ideology whereas Progressivism is a way of doing things, basically assuming that anyone who doesn't agree with you is not mistaken or misdirected but simply an idiot, and further...the debate is over. If you do not agree, you are not only stupid, but a threat to the theme and as such must be destroyed publicly to ensure your silence, but more importantly, made an example so others do not make the same mistake.
Regardless of your views on Trump, he has effectively said "fuck you" to that approach. They have tried to dismiss him as stupid and they have tried to destroy him publicly in the press...and it hasn't worked...yet. Trump's positions are irrelevant to the process. What he is doing is showing that the progressives attacks to dismiss and destroy are only effective if the person being attacked actually capitulates and retreats. Their bark being effectively proven to be far worse than their bite. Progressives have a problem on their hands and it is not political or even ideological, it is simply the fact that their methodology is being proven ineffective, which in any campaign, military or political, shows your enemy you vulnerabilities.
Pointing out the king wears no clothes can create a chilled breeze where it is least appreciated.
Trump will save us because tyler told us so.
Which ones are the Democrats again?
rinos, demonrats, can't keep it straight huh
They hate war but love kinetic military intervention.
They're the ones that think we can have a First World civilization with a white minority population.
The democrats are the ones coming across the southern border by the tens of millions.
love the commie model, you biatches can buy my next car for me & do it now, & deliver it to the beach
1 owner 458 italia.
blackened
is the end
Inversely correlated, fo sho.
I warned friends years ago about the socialist ideology that will sweep this nation when times gets tuff for the average citizens.
Thet laughed at me. Well......here we go.
And guess what, no turning back now its to late!
This has happened before. Socialism had it's greatest run in this country back in the 1930's during the worse of the Great Depression {didn't hurt that FDR was President}. Next time you have about an hour and a half to kill, watch the old movie: "Grapes of Wrath" with Henry Fonda and John Carradine. Worker's paradise right there for all to see.
<<Sanders in an honest candidate
<<Sanders is a crony capitalist like all the rest
Sanders is a closet marxist
He seems pretty open about his socialist beliefs and his communist activist past.
I disagree with the man on the outlook on the world but cannot fault his honesty.
Honest ... probably. And if you criteria is honesty, then he's your man. The next POTUS is going to preside over the collapse of the US ... my criteria is which candidate will preserve the sovereignty of our nation. In my opinion, there is no more important issue, since we are wealth elephant in the room and should we forfeit our sovereignty then we will be called upon to give our wealth to the rest of the world to level the playing field. I believe that this is one of the primary goals of the world's socialists, so I would have to reject Sanders as my choice whether or not he is honest.
So your conclusion is that in the name of honest socialism, he would confiscate your wealth?
<<Sanders is folk music icon with the voice of an angel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Z01US5tyg
LOL
That is singing?
Well.
What do you know?
I thought it was the groaning of a camel giving birth.
Sure,
Because if you give someone ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY for the purpose of fixing the problem, and the right to kill or imprison anyone who won't go along with their agenda, then they'll ABSOLUTELY be able to fix it!!
And because they are 'Government' that means they are us! And because they're 'us' we can trust them not to be corrupt assholes who would use ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANYONE DO WHATEVER THEY SAY ON PAIN OF DEATH for purposes other than the ones in 'Our' best interests, right? Right?
Because if any single point of those above are wrong then the rest of the string just means putting on a slave collar and pledging your life for table scraps.
A population sampling of idiots.
Sure,
Because, well, Socialism has been working out so well for Europe over the last century.
Just ask Greece.
Or Spain.
Don't ask Germany, they've had their debts reset twice in the period such that the fiscal results are not apples-to-apples as compared to those who've had continuous governments over the same period. Not meaning to pick on Germany. Just saying the results can't be comparable because the fiscal results have been foreshortened twice.
Come to think of it...I believe most places in Europe have fiscally collapsed at least twice during that century of socialism... I might have to re-do this analysis.
But I am sure that it can all be solved with some money from abroad.
Monarchys generally weren't socialist.
Good points though.
True enough.
Which ones were functioning as real Monarchies in the last 100?
Britain?
Spain?
Sweden?
Germany?
Poland?
Italy?
Having a 'King' in theory doesn't actually make it a Monarchy. The Monarch has to have real authority to set policy.
Which major European country had that in the last 100 years?
The last hundred years were formed in by the previous 300 (euro centric) years.
I concede your 100 year limit.
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in 1914, was a clear milestone, perhaps gravestone, in the Royal Family removals.
The tradition continues , with their own twist , in the Middle East, at least until the new Imam gets into town.
How our leaders come to power is less important than if they have the support of their citizens and if there is transparency and accountability in their actions. None of which we have currently in our glorious democracy. I would gladly accept a king who was held to account by his people than a democracy that lends cover to every thieving fucking asshole on the planet seeking world domination. Democracy creates an illusion that if any person is elected, they somehow hold mandate to do whatever the fuck they please. The antithesis of what our constitutionally formed republic was supposed to stand.
I have said it years ago that the best form of government is benevolent dictatorship.
That can be a king or some revolutionary that seized power via a coup.
Benevolence being the operating principle.
Someone who will govern with the welfare of all in mind.
Such person would have executed or jailed all the crooked bankers and Wall Street moguls when they blew up the financial world.
Such person would also not allow corruption in government.
Problem is that such people are rare.
The key to any system is being voluntary in its existence and accountability of its people, especially its leaders. If a king can relatively easily be deposed by his irate population because his actions are transparent to all, then I would perceive that as functional. When leaders claim to represent their people simply because they won a democratic lottery which at best represent less than 25% of the population, and sees it as a mandate to pursue acts that in many cases are completely detached from their campaign promises, and cannot be held accountable without years of litigation, and opacity that conceals all facts other than the results to prevent any effective legal action..... I would say that IS NOT functional.
Benevolent Dictator = Friendly Enemy
Essentially you are saying that good government is impossible by presenting its best representative as an oxymoron.
A dictator is someone who tells you to do other than you believe is in your best interests and threatens to kill you if you don't. Being a dictator is irreconcilable with the concept of being benevolent.
>>> Being a dictator is irreconcilable with the concept of being benevolent.
No it is not. A dictator is someone who has unlimited authority over the population. How that authority is utilized is what makes the difference to those governed .
20 years ago, I could understand someone making the statements that you did. Maybe you did not have a dictionary or an encyclopedia handy. Today there is no fucking excuse.. You are writing this online, so look up the meaning of the word before making ignorant statements.
u mean that people in the USA could even dream of resuscitating that mythical couple in US politics : FDR and Eleanor ?
Well who'dhafthoughtzat!
Imagine replacing the Bushes and Clintons, the Trumps and Tea Party mumps bumps with some solid democrats of that mythical ilk.
Socialism?
Lol, When Trump is conservatism and Bush is magnanimous compassion and Cheney is western civilization's last sentinel, then maybe, maybe, this "noun" is not a dirty word. Patriot act is patriotism ...right?
FDR introduced taxing the rich. It lasted upto JFK days all thru the Eisenhower period. America was never so vibrant economically as when the marginal tax rate was > 70%. Not saying we have to repeat just saying it had worked then.
So lets choose between the HFT front running world of the Reaganista "no holds barred, greed is good but don't get caught" age and the Glass Steagalled world of FDR.
And lets just laff at those clowns who hide behind false nouns like "socialism" as if it were the enemy of all liberties.
Liberty never walks alone. It has to have the people behind it. So individual liberties needs a republic; a state.
If Cheney represents freedom, if Trump represents "free enterprise", then I'll buy "socialism" any day.
Pocahontas is the only elected person who rings true today.
Just saying...COngress is the den of thieves. And they all--except a few-- bow to the rule that Glass Steagall was all BS !
That says it all in today's hyper financialized world.
ABSOLUTELY!
Because confiscating 40% of people's wealth via Gold revaluing, plus having the only unbombed industrial economy in the world can't have had anything to do with it. Right?
And if it did, well, we can devalue again, and bomb everyone to recreate the conditions, right?
Or maybe killing a few hundred million, and stealing 40% of all wealth isn't such a great idea?
Just think how great America could have been if FDR had not been restrained by a supreme court. One that he continually threatened with dilution by adding more justices to his liking, until such time as they finally capitulated. FDR's cabinet and advisers were serious socialist/communist, many who had gone personally to Russia to imbibe Lenin's Great Awakening to communism, bringing back accolades of it miracle...just as Falak does here.
revisionist history. FDR defeated fascism. You forget Stalin for all his pathological traits fought fascism too.
Fascism was the AXIS. Yalta proved that FDR in his dying days was not lucid about what lay ahead. He died one month later...
He wrote the greatest page of American history. As for gold, he abolished it as standard to apply Keynesian methods; for better or for worse. For better, if Keynes had obtained that gold be pegged to a basket of monies called the Bancor, in line with the SPIRIT of the UN, aka multilateral governance NOT HEGEMONY.
But it wasn't to be as the Manhattan project had already put the MIC in place to make the bomb and install the MIC/CIA hegemony under TRUMAN.
The world changed from then on. Potsdam tried to undo Yalta and led to Hiroshima as deterrent to the world.
Don't blame that on FDR. TRUman was the man who established the hegemonial ramp up of big stick and big $ hegemony.
Fascism was a european disease that became American after JFK's murder.
As Zweig says about power : once you have seen Medusa's head you don't want to look at anybody else; that power hungry look marks your destiny, you hunger for its fascination. And Hugo said it too when he pointed out : Under the Premier Counsel Bonaparte appeared the Caesarian face of Napoleon...Power corrupts and it corrupted the USA from the magical bullet day onwards.
Don't blame FDR he did his job, as did Keynes. They mated US oligarchy's morph into fascism in 1932.
Its now back with a vengeance. Medusa has won.
FDR was a fascist. His policies prolonged the depression.
US became vibrant after WW2 because most of Europe was destroyed. US was a huge beneficiary of that war.
Not only did it benefit due to becoming the industrial superpower but it also got the benefit of major intellectual infusion from Europe..
Don't confuse the likes of Chaney with anything that is opposite of FDR.
Frankly Chaney was the mini evil when compared against FDR.
bernie is a traditional democrat. that is why he is so popular. on the right side you have the billionaire trump speaking truth to power(women on the rag are hard to take) and bernie on the left preaching .gov's role as protector of the people. it is no wonder both are so populr and scare the shit out of the fascist single party system so carefully constructed over the last 40 years.
Yes.
Government is the protector of the People.
Just ask Ferguson Missouri.
I am sure of it everytime I must go before a board, or regulatory commitee to do something with my 'own' property.
But at least it is my 'own' property at tax time.
By the way...
...what are they protecting me from?
Wealth?
Happiness?
Self-Fulfillment?
I appologize. I forgot to take my Soma this morning. I will report to a re-education center immediately. (I hope it isn't actually a Soylent Green processing center.)
so you prefer the fascist regime of the last 40 years? that created all those regs?
Correction:
Of the last 100 years.
They've been solidly in power since at least 1910.
Prefer?
I think I need an alternative before I can have a preference.
I prefer them to be swinging from lightposts or burned to a crisp. Thinking Bernie can provide an alternative - even were he promoting anything other than the 'Free Shit For Everybody' that is Socialism's calling card - is simply delusional.
You could put a saint in the White House, and so long as the rest of the government structure stands, it would make no difference whatsoever.
Theoretical power is not actual power. And actual power does not transfer by means of elections, but delegations. So, no 'savior' can be stronger than his backers... And the oligarchs own the system of backing.
That's why I hope for a Constitutional Convention. The only other alternatives are Total Despotism - a.k.a. Socialist Utopia - or Gallows, Guillotines, and burning Cities.
And I like the latter more than the former.
If Repubicans ever had a plan besides NO and could SELL it they might get a little respect. Repubicans are creepy little people.
good Lord, I can smell you from here
FIX FOR SOCIALISM............................LET "THEM" PAY FOR IT.
Wouldn't bother me a bit to see them give all their stuff to other people....just let me do my own giving!
Otherwise, it is called......STEALING.
Breaks the 7th commandment. There were only Ten !!!
Socialism has two sides. (Communism too)
One side as the common person sees it.
One side as the Socialist (or Communist) sees it.
The common man hears that Mr Socialist/Communist is going to take from everyone who has more than him, and give it to him. FREE STUFF FOR ALL!!!
The Socialist/Communist hears that he can get virtually captive political support in unlimited amounts if only he promises people 'Free' things...that he buys by first taking the wealth away from the recipients!
A better way to make oneself a Demi-God was never invented! Tell people you will give them 'Free Shit' and then take their shit to use as collateral for a loan that you split 50/50 with yourself and their "Free" shit.
Ha ha.
Jokes on you.
Why shouldn't Democrats feel confident?
They own every candidate on both sides of the aisle.
Capitalism takes from the poor to give to the rich but it's all embedded within the system so you don't notice it.
The inherent trickle up of Capitalism:
a) Those with excess capital invest it and collect interest, dividends and rent.
b) Those with insufficient capital borrow money and pay interest and rent.
Bankers get an extra bonus.
They create money out of nothing, lend it out and charge interest.
It would seem then that the purpose of the largest bank, the Fed, runs counter to that. It ensures a) won't make any money because interest rates are zero, and it rewards those that do b) by targeting inflation to let them pay back their loans with inflated dollars.
LOL. Now THAT is funny.
There are three types of totalitarian government. All are run by psychopaths suffering from varying degrees of madness.
1. Communism (extreme socialism)
2. Fascism (the consequence of socialism merging with capitalism)
3. Islam (a bastard mixture of the above masquerading as a religion)
4. Jewism ( The inventors of 1 and 2 and pretending number 3 did it. )
I probably agree with what you mean except whether Jewism is a totalitarian model in itself. It tends to operate either as Communism or Fascism. No?
I suggest you change Islam to Theocracy ---just to make more sense---thats what I used in a similar comment I posed many months ago---
but I guess thats longer than the attention span or longevity of the recent ZHer.
To my knowledge, Islam is the only religion today which is totalitarian in its nature and practice. Sure, Christianity and its off-shoots like Catholicism, used to be similar hundreds of years ago but not today.
Socialism works pretty good on Wall St. let Main St. a go at it.
socialism / communism, saves being robbed at gunpoint!
Democrats offer more free bread and circuses.
Hope we have a Death Star.
Remind me again, which of the frontrunners is for smaller government?
the fact is the market, ironically, does better under a democrat potus. the only political position that really matters is the fullness of your wallet. all the rest is interference.
Which is ironic given that confidence for those earning less than $50k per year just hit an 8-month low...
Why is that ironic? Are you implying democrats represent those folks? LOLOLOLOL - c'mon, wake up. The democrats have been all talk about helping the little guys yet their actual governing experience shows they increases the wealth gap. What this tells me is that 'democrats' making more than $50k are pretty smart - they know the direction of the wealth distribution being preached is going to be going in THEIR direction, not the poor poor suckers that have been enlaved by the 'party' to deliver votes for more 'freebies' . Those people are going nowhere except back to the teat.
You have to love that a communist and Donald Trump could emerge as the leading candidates for their parties. Maybe they will both lose to a spotted cartoon unicorn named Sally that will run as the third party candidate.
ZH you mean the Communists not Socialists. Socialists are Communists without the Red Terror/Purging agenda yet ingrained.
Would love to see Bernie versu Carly.
Would you trust your FAVORITE neighbor with absolute power over you? The power to dictate to you to do things you don't want to do? And to kill or imprison you if you don't do them? The power to take any (or all) of your property regardless of whether you've done anything wrong? The power to take out debts in your name, whether or not you ever see one red cent of the loan? The power to pass his authority over you to anyone he chooses? Even to "that other party"? Even to a foreigner? Even to someone who hates you and has declared their intention to murder you and all your children?
If you wouldn't trust your FAVORITE NEIGHBOR - whom you know very well - with that power, then why would you trust some person you don't know, who travels around making speeches with such power???
Here's a clue: There is no human being with a strong enough character to resist the temptations such power presents.
Why the hell do you want to give away so much power in the first place? What makes you think strangers will care for your responsibilities better than yourself?
The biggest mistake is equating socialism with Democrats and capitalism with Republicans. Both parties engage in nothing less than crony capitalism and socialism for the 1%.
Just look where the money went and where it was taken from. Entitlements for the bottom 50% and free money to the crony capitalists taken from the middle class and savers. The numbers were in the the progressive's favor.
Socialism my ass.
Here's why Democrat "Confidence" Is Soaring Relative To Republicans.
It's because the entire country sees Donald Trump's poll numbers rising WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS every day.
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2014/11/21/what-obamacare-was-reall...
"we thought it ironic that the wave of socialism is showing up in American consumer confidence data..."
Well all you need to do is follow the demographics.
Asians are the fastest growing race in the USSA, followed by Latinos and Africans. They ALL favor BIG GOVERNMENT and socialism and gun bans and as one White female professor in California said the other day about internet freedom, the new immigrants do NOT like free speech.
I know that economists and academics and .gov all do not want you to think about race, that the USSA is just a "proposition nation" and etc. Reality teaches us otherwise.
Congressman Luis Gutierrez Explodes After Being Called Out For Belittling Murders by Immigrants (in Spanish)
Rape As A Mexican “Family Value”
Why do you think California previously the jewel of the US is now the #1 state in poverty?
Another Steinle Case Has Happened In The Metro Cleveland Area
Well all is going according to plan.
indeed
Go on facebook and observe what's most important to your average cretinous citizen.
Only reason these systems happen is because they're banking on the stupidity of the average joe. On his nesting desires. And it always works.