12-15-2016, 04:27 PM
(12-15-2016, 12:16 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(12-15-2016, 07:58 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(12-15-2016, 04:40 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: That is the big lie. Socialism is not our problem; capitalism is our problem. Always has been.
I'd say the problem is elite classes gathering too much power, unchecked by the working classes. This problem manifests under either capitalism or socialism. The communists took it to quite an extreme, but the capitalists are working on it.
The capitalist extreme is fascism, where the free market is displaced by government sanctioned oligopoly. That has been tried too.
The crisis cannot be resolved from the top down, not intentionally. At least some of the elites must be cut down to size, one way or another. It's not going to happen voluntarily.
Finally. a point of agreement! Yes, the elites have to be reduced in stature -- especially the moneyed elites. Lets assume that the French and Russian solutions are off the table, what do you suggest?
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.