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    It seems to be the prevailing opinion that capitalism is evil and should be eradicated like smallpox? Including those humans that have a personal wealth greater than... (make up your own arbitrary value here)...hung from the nearest lamp post.

    Does anyone at all have any workable solutions that excludes a capitalist solution in some form or other? (Note the word 'workable')

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    • yeah, give up identities.uan
    • Capitalism, Socialism and Communism all have their strengths and weaknesses. It's funny how most people do not realize how intermingled they really are.utopian
    • https://i.pinimg.com…Bluejam
    • It's the prevailing opinion of loudmouths, maybe. But not the general prevailing opinion.nb
    • I hear you @Utopian and @NB, loud and clear.
      @Bluejam: Bueller!      Morning_star
    • it worked for france. Liberté, égalité, fraternité!Gnash
    • it's simple. Complete free market, unless it's about affordable healthcare, affordable education & support of low income to eradicate inequality.Beeswax
    • Maybe we could nationalise healthcare, utilities, domestic travel and let the free market take care of everything else.monoboy
    • Much like the Scandinavian social democratic model.monoboy
    • Its about understanding value rather than just cost. Takes smart leadership.monoboy
    • Winner takes all isn't sustainable.monoboy
    • you can't impose a model that people will take advantage of. scandinavian model speaks more about the people than the model.hotroddy
    • True.monoboy
    • Start with education?monoboy
    • Socialism = Venezuela for example.monoboy
    • Although, some already will worry that education = re-education in the communism sense.monoboy
    • Although the current US/UK model is doing a brilliant job of eating itself.monoboy
    • Que sais-je?monoboy
    • @monoboy, do you see parity in the US/UK model even though healthcare is Free at source in the UK. And those that regulate industry and markets are very...Morning_star
    • ...and the political system in the US is essentially 'the most money wins'.Morning_star
    • ...are very (different)....Morning_star
    • It is, but that's where we're headed.monoboy
    • The UK establishment sees the kind of social democracy offered the EU as a threat to them. Hence the campaign.monoboy
    • *bymonoboy
    • I doubt anything will change, we'll go back to exactly where we were before. People will start winning bigly again.PhanLo
    • The advantage they want is an unfair one.monoboy
    • You are probably right PhanLo, but if this pandemic gets out of control in the US, it'll be curtains for the alt-fact brigade.monoboy
    • The conspiracy theory fuckers will just double down and say it's Hillary controlling it all from a satellite orbiting the flat earth with George Soros in her...PhanLo
    • ...belly like Krang out the Teenage Turtles. Inventing more stupid layers of an already stupid onion.PhanLo
    • Could happen.Morning_star
    • To answer the original question... umn, Taxes?kingsteven
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