Every nation on earth has a central bank, which is the very antithesis of capitalism. Might as well blame the world's problems on unicorns. At best, we have mixed markets, and with all the anti-capitalist policies we have seen in the bailouts, those are clearly becoming more fascist than capitalist.
But no-one wants to call a spade a spade. They would rather pretend a thing is its opposite so they can get more power.
Actually, you can. The Standard Oil monopoly caused kerosene prices to fall by 90% from the day it was founded to the day it was broken up. Free market monopolies can only exist so long as no-one thinks they can possibly compete with them profitably (ie their product is high quality, and their prices low). What possible outcome could be better than that?
Of course, when the government imposes monopolies, quality of service stagnates, while prices rise until they are capped by mandate, then quality of service falls. Ma Bell is a great example of that. The post office is another.
That isn't capitalism. The corporation is a government intervention in the market. The very presence of actors in the market with such protections negates any premise of "free market economics". At best, you have a mixed market that leans toward the free market, which is what we have had in this country for the last 100 or so years. That slider has been moving towards corporatism since the 70's, and it seems to have finally gotten there.
If you want to be mad at an economic system, be mad at corporatism.
That is a poor method to take it in, especially given that the selenium content varies DRAMATICALLY between different areas, according to the soil content. Honduran brazil nuts have no selenium whatsoever, as I recall.
The best way to take it is the "yeast" form, though that can be hard to find. Check your local pharmacy.
Uhhh, yeah. That is a natural process. Labor is not infinite. Skilled labor is even rarer. As more skilled labor is required, working conditions and pay improve for everyone. This is the nature of industrial revolutions EVERYWHERE. The terrible bad that is seen is the result of the old corruption being washed away by the healing waters of capitalism. In the west, we went from serfdom to free markets. In the east, they go from Communism to free markets. Just as many places in the West retained a shell of their old ways (see the continued existence of the anachronistic royal family in Britain), so will China likely remain a "Communist" nation, but eventually the party will lose its power (if they are to be successful as a nation, anyways), just as the Royals did.
Name three significant policy deviations between Bush II and Obama.
Three out of literally thousands.
If they were different, we wouldn't have the TSA any more. Drug policy would be different. Obama wants to expand healthcare benefits--Bush expanded health care benefits. Guantanamo is still open, but discussion has been clamped down on. No new openness. "Exciting" new wars opening up everywhere.
So, you are saying that by definition, large governments are not oppressive?
Really?
Before you answer, please note that the US has the largest prison population in the world, which is largely composed of ethnic minorities serving exceedingly long sentences for non-violent crimes. Does that sound like a free country to you?
And ours does? From a non-US perspective, the actual actions of Republicans and Democrats rank them as very nearly exactly the same right of center sort of ideology, and all of them have the same goals, get more money for their districts.
They also don't have a welfare state. Interesting, since they are supposedly communists, while we are supposedly capitalists.
Take active selenium (nonmethylated). Selenium forms an insoluble salt with many heavy metals, including arsenic and mercury, which is the reason high metal content in fish doesn't cause toxicity either to fish themselves or to those who eat a great deal of fish.
Unions are valid gatherings of people. Unions in this nation, however, have degenerated to a sort of mafia, that forces people to join, uses their influence to corrupt government and legal structures, and basically become bloated parasites, all while citing instances of abuse from a hundred years ago or more.
Yes, China needs unions, but not for long. Already, working conditions are greatly improving. Instances of (real) slave labor have all but disappeared. Pay is rising. These are natural processes that do not require unions. But unions are good for stopping abuses, and enforcing safety regulations (which need not be government based).
"Don't do business with China" is sort of like proposing "don't breathe" as a solution for air pollution.
Do you have ANY IDEA how reliant we are on their manufacturing base? Do you have ANY IDEA the HELL that would come about in this country if we stopped trade with them? Any whatsoever?
I'm not just talking about consumer gadgets either. I'm talking chemical feedstocks, electronics, machine components, and much, much more. Are you willing to pull the trigger that starts a trade war that ends with a US with no medicine?
Who is butthurt? The guy who rigorously applies the scientific method, or the guy who bitches and whines that not everyone agrees with him, and labels any dissenters by a name designed to invoke negative connotations?
Also, nice job not using your screen name. What are you afraid of, exactly?
Only if members of the field don't follow the scientific method while conducting their research.
For example, if they had started castigating anyone who disagreed with these studies, or thought the methods were problematic, or that the data was an outright fraud "deniers", and then conspired to deny publication to anyone who didn't accept the results of the study as "The Truth (tm)", then you could say that the field is not a science.
They don't get their grant money from vegan societies, nor are the upper echelons of the Western mental health complex infested with militant vegans who refuse to accept that eating meat can be anything but evil and destructive to all of society.
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Which culture is capitalist, now?
Every nation on earth has a central bank, which is the very antithesis of capitalism. Might as well blame the world's problems on unicorns. At best, we have mixed markets, and with all the anti-capitalist policies we have seen in the bailouts, those are clearly becoming more fascist than capitalist.
But no-one wants to call a spade a spade. They would rather pretend a thing is its opposite so they can get more power.
Lol, you can't think of three. That is HILARIOUS.
Actually, you can. The Standard Oil monopoly caused kerosene prices to fall by 90% from the day it was founded to the day it was broken up. Free market monopolies can only exist so long as no-one thinks they can possibly compete with them profitably (ie their product is high quality, and their prices low). What possible outcome could be better than that?
Of course, when the government imposes monopolies, quality of service stagnates, while prices rise until they are capped by mandate, then quality of service falls. Ma Bell is a great example of that. The post office is another.
That isn't capitalism. The corporation is a government intervention in the market. The very presence of actors in the market with such protections negates any premise of "free market economics". At best, you have a mixed market that leans toward the free market, which is what we have had in this country for the last 100 or so years. That slider has been moving towards corporatism since the 70's, and it seems to have finally gotten there.
If you want to be mad at an economic system, be mad at corporatism.
That is a poor method to take it in, especially given that the selenium content varies DRAMATICALLY between different areas, according to the soil content. Honduran brazil nuts have no selenium whatsoever, as I recall.
The best way to take it is the "yeast" form, though that can be hard to find. Check your local pharmacy.
This is not chelation, rather the formation of an ionic salt. Selenium doesn't bind to anything vital to your body.
Uhhh, yeah. That is a natural process. Labor is not infinite. Skilled labor is even rarer. As more skilled labor is required, working conditions and pay improve for everyone. This is the nature of industrial revolutions EVERYWHERE. The terrible bad that is seen is the result of the old corruption being washed away by the healing waters of capitalism. In the west, we went from serfdom to free markets. In the east, they go from Communism to free markets. Just as many places in the West retained a shell of their old ways (see the continued existence of the anachronistic royal family in Britain), so will China likely remain a "Communist" nation, but eventually the party will lose its power (if they are to be successful as a nation, anyways), just as the Royals did.
Name three significant policy deviations between Bush II and Obama.
Three out of literally thousands.
If they were different, we wouldn't have the TSA any more. Drug policy would be different. Obama wants to expand healthcare benefits--Bush expanded health care benefits. Guantanamo is still open, but discussion has been clamped down on. No new openness. "Exciting" new wars opening up everywhere.
Same policies==same party.
So, you are saying that by definition, large governments are not oppressive?
Really?
Before you answer, please note that the US has the largest prison population in the world, which is largely composed of ethnic minorities serving exceedingly long sentences for non-violent crimes. Does that sound like a free country to you?
And ours does? From a non-US perspective, the actual actions of Republicans and Democrats rank them as very nearly exactly the same right of center sort of ideology, and all of them have the same goals, get more money for their districts.
They also don't have a welfare state. Interesting, since they are supposedly communists, while we are supposedly capitalists.
Take active selenium (nonmethylated). Selenium forms an insoluble salt with many heavy metals, including arsenic and mercury, which is the reason high metal content in fish doesn't cause toxicity either to fish themselves or to those who eat a great deal of fish.
Would you eat a farm?
Unions are valid gatherings of people. Unions in this nation, however, have degenerated to a sort of mafia, that forces people to join, uses their influence to corrupt government and legal structures, and basically become bloated parasites, all while citing instances of abuse from a hundred years ago or more.
Yes, China needs unions, but not for long. Already, working conditions are greatly improving. Instances of (real) slave labor have all but disappeared. Pay is rising. These are natural processes that do not require unions. But unions are good for stopping abuses, and enforcing safety regulations (which need not be government based).
And yet their government is half the size of ours.
"Don't do business with China" is sort of like proposing "don't breathe" as a solution for air pollution.
Do you have ANY IDEA how reliant we are on their manufacturing base? Do you have ANY IDEA the HELL that would come about in this country if we stopped trade with them? Any whatsoever?
I'm not just talking about consumer gadgets either. I'm talking chemical feedstocks, electronics, machine components, and much, much more. Are you willing to pull the trigger that starts a trade war that ends with a US with no medicine?
I live in Texas, and have never heard of that. But then, I haven't had a traffic ticket in ages.
I like how you totally misrepresent their platform, which is to STOP taking from EVERYONE and to stop giving to everyone with a powerful LOBBYIST.
It's not a world war until somebody destroys a planet.
US gives money to Israel, so any spending they do comes partially from the American taxpayer.
Why not allow them the cheaper PS2s? I'm hoping this is on their own money, rather than being paid for by the Israeli and American taxpayer.
Who is butthurt? The guy who rigorously applies the scientific method, or the guy who bitches and whines that not everyone agrees with him, and labels any dissenters by a name designed to invoke negative connotations?
Also, nice job not using your screen name. What are you afraid of, exactly?
I'm not sure that it is, though your understanding of deadpan humor may be off.
No, I said the opposite of that. You have poor reading comprehension. Perhaps these guys can help?
Only if members of the field don't follow the scientific method while conducting their research.
For example, if they had started castigating anyone who disagreed with these studies, or thought the methods were problematic, or that the data was an outright fraud "deniers", and then conspired to deny publication to anyone who didn't accept the results of the study as "The Truth (tm)", then you could say that the field is not a science.
They don't get their grant money from vegan societies, nor are the upper echelons of the Western mental health complex infested with militant vegans who refuse to accept that eating meat can be anything but evil and destructive to all of society.