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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:06 AM Original message |
Poll question: Poll: Capitalism or Socialism |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. The best government is the right mix of many types. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. We need a choice that's not on there... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The capitalists would never stand for that. |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. What you said. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Yes, I went for major categories but I hear what you're saying - |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder who voted for Free Market. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's what gets the job done. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Yup, sure understand that view as well - |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I'd prefer a Bolshevik-Leninist state. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. lol |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Well, the Free Market fairy might come someday. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. "scientific observation of conditions" |
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brewens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Would you rather have a bureaucracy designed to deny medical care |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Your last sentence echoes my experiences. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Yeah, your last paragraph nails it. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. One size shouldn't fit all |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. I voted for Democratic Socialism but with reservations |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I have a friend who is British but has lived in the US a long time |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. I voted for the Marxist-Leninist model, but |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Love this sentence - |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Fuck a bunch of "market" when the basics aren't met |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I was curious because OWS has lasted longer than I thought it would - |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I like it, but I have my doubts about anarchism in general. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's cool - |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yeah, you can't include everything. It is a good polll though. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Anyone who says they don't support some kind of socialism doesnt know what they are talking about. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I know, right - |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yeah, wolf's right about that Bolshevik-Leninist |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. As I said above I'd prefer a Bolshevik-Leninist state. |
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Abel Baker (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
51. One big reason for M-L socialist state |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. The Bolshevik-Leninists' were the one who overthrew |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. True - though Stalin is the one who kept it going so long |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. But you're not the only one........ |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm a strong beliver in bet practices and it looks like the Germans found a mix that works well |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. Mixed economy and social democracy |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yup - |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Mixed. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. There needs to be a Social Dem >> Socialism >> Anarcho-Syndicalist Option |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. You can't get to anarchy via transitioning through the state. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Do you have evidence of it being impossible? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. The Paris Commune did it for all of 2 months (and that's being generous) - |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. isn't option 3 kind of contained within option 2? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. That's really something. Currently the commies are outnumbering the capigalists. |
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BanTheGOP (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. We need to eliminate ALL capitalism |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree about getting rid of capitalism - |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Not really - democratic socialists are capitalists too - |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Not entirely true. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I thought it was the other way around - |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Social-democracy is sometimes called democratic socialism. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. While the terms are unclear the poll options make it clear what democratic socialism... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. No, I'm pretty sure "regulated capitalists" are outnumbering both. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Yes - the preference is very clear here. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. The problem with the concept of a 'mixed' economy |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. Social Democracy |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. K & R - good poll and good discussion. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. Grateful for all the replies here - |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. K&R....n/t |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. hybrid |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. I just saw a conversation on Twitter |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. There is certainly all kinds of crazy out there - |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. *drowns herself in tears, goes to watch Idiocracy* |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. Number two with strict rules concerning exploitation |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. Democratic Socialism, please |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
65. NOTA (None Of The Above) |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
66. Neither unrestrained commerce, nor unrestrained government. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
67. All systems are blended capitalist/socialist, varying only in degree of private control |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
68. Lenin rocks! |
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