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linuxman

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16. Sure i have.

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 03:12 AM

Mar 2015

It's there for all to see, plain as day (anecdotal and in hard numbers).

My issue is with this person acting as if a person would have to be damaged to be an entrepreneur. It's just icing on the cake that this person attempted such a thing their self, but is now free from the burden of their own assertions since their own efforts were a failure.

Ad for my own failures, I have none in the business world. I'm an employee, not an owner. That doesn't stop people from implying that I'm a sociopath myself due to my profession too. It's a lame shtick. Vilify the other as damaged. It hurts them and lifts you up ad a paragon of good, as you are so unlike them. The old lady running the gelato stand isn't a sociopath. The guy who fucked thousands of old folks out of their retirements is a different matter.

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If capitalism is sociopathic, how should we make a living? [View all] ND-Dem Mar 2015 OP

Learn how to snipe, go to Iraq, and come back a hero. How else? nt delrem Mar 2015 #1

Run for Congress. Then you can just sit back and do nothing and get paid. Rex Mar 2015 #2

The OP was talking about options for non-sociopaths nxylas Mar 2015 #7

More pseudointellectual horseshit... TreasonousBastard Mar 2015 #3

Very true, no other nation has reached such wealth inequality as the United States. Rex Mar 2015 #4

Quite true IMO, and by extrapolation it is only going to get worse. It is a RKP5637 Mar 2015 #36

The economy is getting less "mixed" though with the sociopathic side become more prevalent Fumesucker Mar 2015 #22

Quite true! The old model of there is a job for everyone is totally obsolete, and, I see few if any RKP5637 Mar 2015 #38

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"Time to face the facts and EVOLVE." nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #10

We should also look into worker-owned cooperative systems like . . . brush Mar 2015 #32

Ambrose nailed it to a tee: Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #25

Betcha an advanced civilization from the stars doesn't deal in "tokens" (aka. money).... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #6

Check out "Democracy at Work: A Cure For Capitalism" Ron Green Mar 2015 #8

thanks for the recommendation. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #9

Those who have the capital, individually or collectively, really should start their own businesses. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #12

And for more information on worker cooperatives, rogerashton Mar 2015 #28

Damn, those must be some sour ass grapes. linuxman Mar 2015 #11

And you haven't noticed the massive uptick in economic inequality, across all of society, in recent nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #13

Sure i have. linuxman Mar 2015 #16

I don't think you're a sociopath just because you make a good income. That would be stupid nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #18

that's how someone who disagreed with the premise might explain it. who says *you* ND-Dem Mar 2015 #14

Saying that entrepernuers are all sociopaths is not reality linuxman Mar 2015 #17

read more carefully. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #19

Ass grapes are the worst. Orrex Mar 2015 #35

I don't have an answer. I really, truly don't. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #15

At USGS right now there are 17 pages of job openings. That's what you say your Mom does but is no Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #45

no, there are 17 job openings total with USGS. And for a variety of jobs, including chemist. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #49

I was speaking of middle-class jobs in general. A lot fewer of them than there used to be. n/t nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #54

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Translation Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #37

"the poor are better off" TBF Mar 2015 #51

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^^ Truth! nt GliderGuider Mar 2015 #29

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selling pot. ileus Mar 2015 #27

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"Allow government-run enterprises to compete with capitalist concerns". Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #33

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Social democracy. moondust Mar 2015 #43

I am a fan of the employee owned cooperative idea. PowerToThePeople Mar 2015 #46

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Communism, my friend. ncjustice80 Mar 2015 #53