On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:01:59 -0700, Canuck57
wrote:



For most people, their biggest roadblock is themselves.

While I can see the attraction of a utopian society where all are
treated the same, like most idealistic notions of how things work it
ignores hat humans are needy and greedy at the core. Thus in reality
falls flat on it's ass like socialism, keynesian, marxism... all a bunch
of BS.

it's laughable watching the right wing spin in the wind after the
collapse of their religious beliefs in the 'efficient market'. hell,
even conservative economists like richard posner are abandoning the
idea of the 'efficient market'.

why? because of the evidence. we had a virtually unregulated free
market in this country...and it nearly destroyed us.

when i was a freshman at carnegie mellon, we had a nobel prize winner
economist, herbert simon, who was a pioneer in behavorial economics.

and albert lo, at MIT, along with simon johnson of MIT, are looking
at the EVIDENCE to develop and integrate simon's work into a concept
called 'adaptive market' economics based not on the failed ideas of
the religously based 'efficient market', but on how people actually
behave

but, to the right wing, like 'canuck', following his blind master,
rush limbaugh, no amount of evidence will convince them their religion
is false. he'll just continue to blather about his faith, his emotions
and his failed ideas

and call every other idea 'socialism'

that's what happens when your religion collapses.


Because only capitalism adapts to people and isn't myopic, unduely
manipulative and dogmatic.

For example, marriage, born of capitalism.

ROFLMAO!!! marriage born of capitalism? kind of like when women and
children weren't human but were property?

yes, THAT aspect of right wing ideology survives. right wingers
generally see employees as property, not human

Big guy hunts for food,
starving woman trades sex for food, next thing you know she is knocked
up. Decides to take care of the mans wounds so he can hunt for more, a
bond developed and they institutionalised is as marriage as civilization
developed. Capitalistic because the guy like sex and the care, and
women liked the protection and food. Equitable trade.

Capitalism will outlive them all. So get your education, the more you
have to offer that can't be found elsewhere that others want, gets you a
bigger return.

capitalism will oultive them all?

except the 'efficient market' simply doesn't work

that's what the EVIDENCE shows. people who dont let their emotions run
their lives live in the real world

those who DO let emotion run their lives are right wingers