Capitalism Rules, Socialism and Communism Suck Thread

[Jack Sawyer]

That is quite true. I'd be wary of any position that emerges (subtly) from the fact that economics is not hard science means that one can essentially discard or adopt what they want.



You can? Please show me what you can on this. I really do want to see it.



I would like you to explain in your own words.

No need to, those articles explain it much nicer than I could

I have outsourced that explanation for you

[wufwugy]

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I'm serious about wanting to see what you say you see some economists say.

[BananaStand]

I'm serious about wanting to see what you say you see some economists say.

He knows you're serious....but he's got nothing.

Waaaahh...2% of the people have 90% of the money...waaaahhh. The rich get richer...waaaahhh.....

I work hard..but I don't have a ferrari....waaaahhh..

But people in denmark get free antibiotics...waaaahhh

And that's kinda where these types run out of arguments. From this point on it's just lame-ass anecdotes about executive pay, crooked fund managers, and predatory lenders.

At the end of the day they can never ever ever get around the reality that trickle-down economics works

[wufwugy]

trickle-down economics

Protip: there is no such thing as trickle-down economics.

If you would like to know what economists actually think on the most adjacent real concept to the mythical trickle-down, the dude abides.

[BananaStand]

Protip: there is no such thing as trickle-down economics.

If you would like to know what economists actually think on the most adjacent real concept to the mythical trickle-down, the dude abides.

meh, I think you know what I mean. We really don't have to get wordy for Jack's sake. Until he's literally the richest person on earth...he'll always be resentful and jealous of somebody.

The idea of taxing the shit out of the wealthy and giving it to the government is inferior to an approach that lowers taxes and encourages investment. Fin.

[wufwugy]

The idea of taxing the shit out of the wealthy and giving it to the government is inferior to an approach that lowers taxes and encourages investment. Fin.

The cool thing is that there are a quite a few different reasons why that is.

[BananaStand]

The cool thing is that there are a quite a few different reasons why that is.

I'm sure there are. But explaining this, in any level of detail, is really a moot exercise when it comes to people like Jack.

It doesn't matter how logically you present your case, if it ends up with some people having more money than others, they will play the "NOT FAIR" card and demand government intervention, usually in the form of redistribution.

[spoonitnow]

The cool thing is that there are a quite a few different reasons why that is.

There are also quite a few different reasons why we shouldn't run around eating shit. Doesn't keep the zombie left from claiming it's racist not to.

[Jack Sawyer]

meh, I think you know what I mean. We really don't have to get wordy for Jack's sake. Until he's literally the richest person on earth...he'll always be resentful and jealous of somebody.

The idea of taxing the shit out of the wealthy and giving it to the government is inferior to an approach that lowers taxes and encourages investment. Fin.

Resentful and jealous? Do you know what these things actually mean?

[BananaStand]

Resentful and jealous? Do you know what these things actually mean?

here we go.....out of economic arguments so no we're on to ad hominem bullshit.

[Jack Sawyer]

here we go.....out of economic arguments so no we're on to ad hominem bullshit.

Well, you claimed that I would "always be resentful and jealous of somebody". And now you claim *I* did "ad hominem bullshit".

Here's your quote, if you forgotten what you claimed

meh, I think you know what I mean. We really don't have to get wordy for Jack's sake. Until he's literally the richest person on earth...he'll always be resentful and jealous of somebody.

The idea of taxing the shit out of the wealthy and giving it to the government is inferior to an approach that lowers taxes and encourages investment. Fin.

Irony is a thing