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Re:Effect of economic crisis on America’s small businesses [... by syshum on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:03PM (#22649527)
Yep, this situation is a socialist wet dream

Of course socialism is a failed economic model but hey maybe this time it will work /s

Re:Effect of economic crisis on America’s small businesses [... by zouhair on Sunday March 22, 2020 @08:23AM (#22654451)
How is it a failed system? I'd say people cannot afford insulin is proof enough that Capitalism is a failed system.

Just go ask Argentina[0], collapsing months after IMF was praising the "good" work Argentina was doing and how a good Capitalist country it has become[1].

This pandemic just made most people feel what the lives of billions is like all year long under Capitalism. And your dismissive comment is just shameful and disgusting.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%932002_Argentine_gr...

[1]: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/03/pou.htm

Re:Effect of economic crisis on America’s small businesses [... by syshum on Sunday March 22, 2020 @08:29AM (#22654477)
>>How is it a failed system?

ohh I dont know, the millions upon millions that have died in starvation due to socialism over the many decades that it has been tried

but those where not "real socialism" right....

Pointing to one good that some people can not afford (the reason is largely due to government control not capitalism BTW) does not in any way "prove capitalism failed"

it is true that sometimes with capitalism you will get breadlines, but with socialism sometimes you get bread

Re:Effect of economic crisis on America’s small businesses [... by zouhair on Sunday March 22, 2020 @09:31AM (#22654813)
It's really something witnessing /r/the_donald spill over here.
Re:Effect of economic crisis on America’s small businesses [... by syshum on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:14AM (#22655046)
It is really something to have people confuse libertarianism with Donald Trump