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thesquanderer

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2. Pure socialism and pure capitalism are both problematic, the goal is to strike the right balance.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2020, 11:18 AM

Apr 2020

America may be too skewed to the capitalist side, but that doesn't mean that the answer is to move away from capitalism completely. (An answer to your last sentence, "I tend to believe it {the problem} is the former {capitalism in general rather than America's version}." )

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Back in the USSR ? [View all] kentuck Apr 2020 OP

Not so much American capitalism, but America as a world leader. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #1

Pure socialism and pure capitalism are both problematic, the goal is to strike the right balance. thesquanderer Apr 2020 #2