Posts tagged 'capitalism'

Why Some Types of Government Are Better Than Others

by SteveK @ Thursday, November 19th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government, History

From a historical standpoint America appears to be headed in a very precarious direction. While there are extremes on both ends of the political spectrum, the more hazardous end of that spectrum is preferred by the current crop of politicians running Washington. Exercising more and more control over the lives of other people is just [...]

Michael Moore Promoting New Anti-Capitalism Film

by SteveK @ Monday, September 21st, 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Media

Michael Moore is at it again with another hit piece, this time attacking capitalism.
Moore was recently on the Jay Leno show and said, “Capitalism is actually legalized greed. There’s nothing wrong with people earning money, starting a business, selling shoes. That’s not what I’m talking about. We’re at a point now Jay, in this country, [...]

Economic Failures Blamed on Capitalism – Needs More Regulation?

by SteveK @ Wednesday, May 20th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Economics, Education, Government, History

There has been a great deal of misunderstanding when it comes to capitalism these days due to widespread economic ignorance. Contempt for economic freedom is nothing new, but the attacks on capitalism increased ever since the economic meltdown. We’ve heard cries from the political left that capitalism doesn’t work, or needs massive government regulation. Perhaps [...]

Cartoon Explaining America’s Prosperity

by SteveK @ Sunday, May 17th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, History, Humor

Interesting cartoon from 1948 called “Make Mine Freedom”. This was obviously made at a time before Marxists controlled the education system. The equivalent cartoon today would be called ‘Make Mine Socialism’ and would be praising how the State plans everything so well, and how trustworthy politicians are, and that freedoms aren’t important.
America ended up trading [...]

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