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The Top 10 Fails of OWS

1 – OWS – Capitalism is to blame. Crony capitalism is to blame. For example Bush had Halliburton, Obama had Solyndra. The truth is that minus governments, the bailouts (which a good many of the banks never asked for or wanted) would never have been given. Minus government, we would be able to save for [...]

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Is Free Market Capitalism an Oxymoron?

Kevin Carson‘s piece over at C4SS, “Free Market Capitalism is an Oxymoron,” offers a brief history of governments’ intervention in the formation of markets, which has led to the evolution of a modern form of capitalism more synonymous with feudalism than with free markets.  Carson argues that, were markets truly free to develop based on [...]

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GWU Student Gets Michael Moore To Admit That We Don’t Have Capitalism (Then Admits He’s Socialist)

GWU Student Gets Michael Moore To Admit That We Don’t Have Capitalism (Then Admits He’s Socialist)

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/NIfZ4gbNmKY" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIfZ4gbNmKY&fmt=18 by Michael Shanklin Michael Moore speaks at George Washington University about his new film “Capitalism: A Love Story”. Chad Swarthout, senior at GWU, asks a question about free market economics and the government’s role in it, and Moore admits easily that the system we have now is [...]

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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

by Jessica Pacholski I was recently told that I’m not a “real” anarchist by several people who call themselves anarcho or libertarian socialists. Most people like to think of themselves as being reasonable and logical, rarely is this the case. A side effect of this is that once they have an idea they are usually [...]

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Cap and Trade and the movie world. How government will control it.

Cap and Trade will kill free speech in Hollywood.

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Cash for Clunkers Causes Pollution and Poverty

Cash for Clunkers Causes Pollution and Poverty

Cash for clunkers not only is an attack on the poor, for reasons easily explained here, but even increases pollution, so that it becomes a prime example of the Law of Unintended Consequences. Before having your own car destroyed at taxpayer expense, find out why…

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My Debate With A Socialist (Introduction and Conclusion)

The debate started on a Sunday and ended officially on the following Saturday. One whole week of debating was exhausting but nonetheless engaging. Although at times the person I was debating against often employed the use of rhetoric and a slew of fallacies in their argument, and this includes sweeping generalizations that are very reminiscent [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #7)

In the final exchange that took place, it was apparent that none of us would be willing to change our positions on the issue. So I felt compelled largely to reply to three main issues from his last reply. The first had to do with showing my sources. The second had to do with explaining [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #6)

At this time I was going to begin to reply to his arguments but on this day, a new side argument also was beginning to take place. This side argument is also going to be posted and shared for all who wish to see further debunking and debating that would take place between us. But [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #5)

So after his reply I offered my explanations for how I saw the situation at hand. I wished to reply to all 6 of the full arguments and offer more of an explanation to the shorter replies he gave. The general arguments I gave in chronological order I had received from his reply were: 1) [...]

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