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<blockquote data-quote="Gxg (G²)" data-source="post: 61676113" data-attributes="member: 238335"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite234" alt=":thumbsup:" title="Thumbs Up :thumbsup:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p><p></p><p>Combining a completely unregulated market with democracy is simply a way to hand control of the country over to the plutocrats. Once they get their people in they will just remake the government, it's size, scope, etc.. to their own liking. When too much money finds it's way into the hands of a small group of people they will find a way to pervert the system and abuse it while telling everyone else that people need to "play fair" and using language that seems concerned for "freedom" when the truth is that it's political bait-and-switch to give themselves a cover for how they don't even play fairly by the system. For money is power...and too much money in too few hands is a natural recipe for disaster.</p><p> </p><p>It's one of the reasons why many have often noted that the U.S has never truly had anything remotely close to a truly "free market" ..as the people who are plutocrats have been present in the founding of America since Day 1.</p><p> </p><p>Many things were often done in the name of "freedom/democracy" (translation: people went against the ideologies of those in control of the levels of freeom that other ruling elites were comfortable with ). Noam Chomsky <a href="http://www.google.com/#q=Noam+Chomsky%3A+Has+Capitalism+helped&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ei=rTxjUOusEozo8QT0rYDgDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAw&prmdo=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=fb8b279731b16b8b&biw=1152&bih=644" target="_blank">actually did some good review on the issue of how often people have the wrong concept of freedom with "free markets" and how much of it is never truly free</a>.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.chomsky.info/talks/19960413.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1122cc">Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World, by Noam</span></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><br /> <strong><a href="http://www.chomsky.info/talks/19960413.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1122cc">Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World, by Noam</span></span></a></strong><br /> <br /> </li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTbDdl7XiE&feature=related" target="_blank">America Is Not A Democracy - Noam Chomsky</a></span></strong> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1122cc">Noam Chomsky: "Free Markets?" - YouTube</span></span></a></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvlot5VMLGI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1122cc"><span style="font-size: 10px">Noam Chomsky - Free Market Fantasies - Capitalism In The Real <strong>...</strong></span></span></a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gxg (G²), post: 61676113, member: 238335"] :thumbsup: Combining a completely unregulated market with democracy is simply a way to hand control of the country over to the plutocrats. Once they get their people in they will just remake the government, it's size, scope, etc.. to their own liking. When too much money finds it's way into the hands of a small group of people they will find a way to pervert the system and abuse it while telling everyone else that people need to "play fair" and using language that seems concerned for "freedom" when the truth is that it's political bait-and-switch to give themselves a cover for how they don't even play fairly by the system. For money is power...and too much money in too few hands is a natural recipe for disaster. It's one of the reasons why many have often noted that the U.S has never truly had anything remotely close to a truly "free market" ..as the people who are plutocrats have been present in the founding of America since Day 1. Many things were often done in the name of "freedom/democracy" (translation: people went against the ideologies of those in control of the levels of freeom that other ruling elites were comfortable with ). Noam Chomsky [URL="http://www.google.com/#q=Noam+Chomsky%3A+Has+Capitalism+helped&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ei=rTxjUOusEozo8QT0rYDgDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAw&prmdo=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=fb8b279731b16b8b&biw=1152&bih=644"]actually did some good review on the issue of how often people have the wrong concept of freedom with "free markets" and how much of it is never truly free[/URL]. [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.chomsky.info/talks/19960413.htm"][COLOR=#1122cc]Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World, by Noam[/COLOR][/URL] [*] [B][URL="http://www.chomsky.info/talks/19960413.htm"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#1122cc]Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World, by Noam[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/B] [/LIST][B][SIZE=2][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTbDdl7XiE&feature=related"]America Is Not A Democracy - Noam Chomsky[/URL][/SIZE][/B] [B][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#1122cc]Noam Chomsky: "Free Markets?" - YouTube[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/B] [B][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvlot5VMLGI"][COLOR=#1122cc][SIZE=2]Noam Chomsky - Free Market Fantasies - Capitalism In The Real [B]...[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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