04-06-2005 00:09									#61
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger You don't need to be a commie to know that a monopoly in a market sector can make ungodly amounts of profits.

It's amusing that commies can see this as a truth, but they don't see the problem in that communism enforces a monopoly on people's lives...giving the government ungodly amounts of profits that make the megacorporations look like charitable organizations.

	04-06-2005 04:05									#62
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If the prices are set by democratic institutions the govt makes less "profit" than the competitive firm.

	04-06-2005 05:23									#63
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Can you provide an example of such a communist institution?

	04-06-2005 07:16									#64
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Go Asher!

-=Vel=-

	04-06-2005 08:33									#65
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This is absolutely sickening. It is things like this that show that Capitalism is distroying itself. I just hope it replaced by employee control of businesses in a market economy, if we end up with a command economy we'll end up like the USSR (yes, I'm talking to you, Kid)...


Anyway, the current copyright/trademark/patent system is so abused in today's high tech world that I think it is about time to scrap the current system and try to find another way to reward creatvity that isn't so easily abused by giant corporations trying to force out the little guys out of business.

	04-06-2005 09:15									#66
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quote: Originally posted by Odin I just hope it replaced by employee control of businesses in a market economy

There isn't even a working theory for that.

	04-06-2005 09:47									#67
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quote: Originally posted by Kidicious There isn't even a working theory for that.

There isn't a working theory for market socialism?

	04-06-2005 10:01									#68
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi In response to your other. . .erm. . .response, it wasn't so long ago that mobile phones couldn't send text messages let alone take and send pictures. Who would have thought of using a device for vocal communication to send words and pictures? Crazy! Even Will Wright is attempting to develop new gaming ideas. Hell, where do you think the ideas for 4x, TBS, RTS, FPS, simulations, action games, sports games, trivia games, RPG, etc. came from? Aliens? Ancient Chinese?

That's interesting. Lumping together non-sequiturs to make a strawman.

	04-06-2005 10:04									#69
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger That's interesting. Lumping together non-sequiturs to make a strawman.

It's not as interesting as your usual tactic of avoidance. Usually you just never post in the thread unless you have another opportunity to insert buzzwords.

Here, you have found an opportunity. Nice work.

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quote: Originally posted by Asher It's amusing that commies can see this as a truth, but they don't see the problem in that communism enforces a monopoly on people's lives...giving the government ungodly amounts of profits that make the megacorporations look like charitable organizations.

Maybe you can provide an example of this, particularly about the "ungodly amounts of profits" part.

	04-06-2005 10:07									#71
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Maybe you can provide an example of this, particularly about the "ungodly amounts of profits" part.

Soviet Russia's corruption in the communist party.

Next?

	04-06-2005 10:11									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Asher It's not as interesting as your usual tactic of avoidance. Usually you just never post in the thread unless you have another opportunity to insert buzzwords.

I don't have time to respond to every inane tripe you post.

quote: Originally posted by Asher Here, you have found an opportunity. Nice work.

Another person who chucks out strawmen.

	04-06-2005 10:12									#73
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Soviet Russia's corruption in the communist party. Next?

Numbers and facts will be helpful.

	04-06-2005 10:15									#74
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Do you understand the concept of corruption?

You think they're documenting their exploits in nice, pretty ledgers out of fear of being audited?

Think...

	04-06-2005 11:43									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Odin There isn't a working theory for market socialism?

Do you even know what that is? It's a mixture of central planning and markets. I don't believe it has anything to do with the employees doing whatever they like.

	04-06-2005 12:37									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger That's interesting. Lumping together non-sequiturs to make a strawman.

You asked for new ideas, and I gave them to you. I even pointed out that the things you mentioned were new ideas at one point.
My response addresses your point directly. In fact, I copied and pasted some of your own post to hammer it in. It is by definition not a strawman. You are either clearly trying to avoid the issue or are as Asher and others have said.

Do you even know what a strawman is? You throw around the word a lot, but don't seem to understand it. In fact, it is well known as your favorite tactic to use strawmen to avoid issues.

If you still believe that my response before is a strawman, prove it. I say you can't, because it is beyond your abilities. You simply can't argue or debate, can you?

	04-06-2005 12:38									#77
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger I don't have time to respond to every inane tripe you post. Another person who chucks out strawmen.

But he's 100% right about you. Can't you see it? Everyone else can!

	04-06-2005 12:39									#78
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Numbers and facts will be helpful.

That's a strawman!

	04-06-2005 18:54									#79
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Oh, and I forgot. It took you two days to come up with that as a response? Will there be three sentences for the responses I requested several days ago in threads you have yet to reply to?