> Dana wrote: > tsk. Capitalists value people and communists do not?
*sighs* No. Capitalists value assets, and communists ignore greed. Thus communism will always fail and capitalism will always generate wealth. It's the greed. You have to be able to defeat the greed. If your system isn't built around greed it will fail. Capitalism works because everybody is in it for themselves. Since everybody wants an equal shot, they all support laws to give it to them. Because there are laws to give them an equal shot, they do. Because they do, they get stuff. Because they get stuff, they're happy. Because they're happy they don't rob, rape, or kill. On the whole. Because they don't rob, rape, or kill it gives the impression that they care about people. But really they just care about their stuff. > I don't want to sign on as saying I think the guy is a saint -- I > doubt most politicians qualify for that -- but so far he seems to be > representing his people rather better than Bush I disagree with that in a big way, but I'll leave it at my opinion of Chavez: he's a greedy power hungry megalomaniac that uses populism and oil wealth to leverage power in country that has a shaky political systems and feeble democracy. Just because people vote doesn't mean things will work out. 1000 people can elect a dictator even if 100 million vote. It just depends on the system. I have no confidence in Venezuela's democracy and, apparently, they agree with me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191085 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
