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- Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:44 am
- Forum: Capitalism
- Topic: Beyond Capitalism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 49418
Re: Beyond Capitalism
I agree, in broad strokes, with what Barney is saying here about our duty as Christians to actively tackle the problems of poverty that sometimes arise in a capitalist system, however I don't necessarily agree that poverty is inherently a feature of capitalism any more than it is of socialism or any...
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:55 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Playing to Lose: Autonomic Cultural Narratives as told by some random guy on the internet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29145
Re: Playing to Lose: Autonomic Cultural Narratives as told by some random guy on the internet
Thanks for clarifying about how the shorting of stocks works. You're probably right about the exact mechanisms at work there. I admittedly don't know all the protocols. I was just trying to explain the best I understood it what was happening in case people weren't following it. But they didn't lose....
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:03 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Playing to Lose: Autonomic Cultural Narratives as told by some random guy on the internet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29145
Playing to Lose: Autonomic Cultural Narratives as told by some random guy on the internet
A friend of mine sent me a screen shot yesterday of a comment left on a discussion board about the stock market. I don't really know where to find the link itself and I don't feel like trying but I will include the transcribed text in full below. The comment is really more of a short article in leng...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:55 am
- Forum: Capitalism
- Topic: How much do you deserve?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 52485
Re: How much do you deserve?
Ondrej, I've seen the video you're talking about. The CEO is Jared Diamond of Chase Bank, and the context is a congressional hearing on why (according to a Congressional oversight committee) Chase used a substantial portion of the bailout money they received from you and I and a few others back in '...