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5-24-2009 5:07 AM
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abailart says:
"a fruitful life": there is a phrase to ponder....
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5-24-2009 10:23 AM
clip-on-tie
Joseph Goebbels would have agreed with this headline. In fact, he probably wrote a book about it. He hated capitalism, Christians, Jews. His heart was filled up with hate.
5-24-2009 11:52 AM
aklimento
Greed along with violence are primitive but powerful instincts. Those who nurturing those instincts are perpetrators; they constantly craving for victims and those who are not resisting end up in their paws.
5-24-2009 1:29 PM
ratilfar
Wow, that is got to be a record for bringing in a Nazi reference. I doubt the Nazis hated capitalism as they profited from it immensely. Just ask one gentleman by the name of Ford, or Bush, or....
5-24-2009 4:05 PM
jay8h
If greed is a human trait, what do we do now, get rid of humans? Any of you immune to this? Is it greed or ambition we are discussing? Sounds like clip-on-tie has it right.

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5-25-2009 7:00 PM
aklimento
Curb you appetite. Along with enthusiasm... Rather useful habit.
5-26-2009 1:24 AM
davboz
I think you can consistently support capitalism yet agree with this clip on certain levels. Granted you have to be careful because likely as not the original writer may be oriented as 'clip-on' says. Anti-capitalists (and worse) are going to try to wedge themselves into the discussion by taking the tact of the helpful, the analyst, the nurturer, etc. We have to think for ourselves. Some things can't be denied. By my own direct experience and perception, obsession with material things lead to debt and all that comes with it, as well as the inability to live in the moment. I stand with the concept that, with the "recession", a benefit can be getting back to the "important things", for lack of ...
5-26-2009 1:27 AM
davboz
Just ask one gentleman by the name of Ford, or Bush, or....
etc.,etc.,etc.
Now there's an extremist that's just about too far from sensible discussion.
5-26-2009 1:30 AM
davboz
What might qualify as material"ISM". Consider that anything to an extreme can be dysfunctional.
Reminds me of the way I distinguish Islam and IslamISM. Two totally different things.
5-26-2009 3:32 AM
abailart
Thanks to davboz especially: cool and rational. Restores my faith in CM.
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