continuing the debate. on to a new topic!

[ho_ho_mama]

judging from the success of my last entry, ive decided to keep this thing going. ive found that people enjoy anything that lets them express their opinions. so heres todays topic...

CAPITALISM:

Fair Competition or Rich Man's Fascism (pronounced, in this case, Fuh-SHISM!)

pros and cons:

pros: free enterprise. you get to choose which company to buy

Comments

[anonymous]

Capitalism is good until companies like Microsoft begin to buy out little companies and control the entire computer market. I really don't think we should have anyone with direct ties to a major corporation i.e. Dick "Please God don't let my heart stop now" Cheney like he does with Haliburton, they control most of the reconstruction contracts for Iraq. HE aslo let them "contribute" during his secret energy meetings that determined the Energy and Emissions Standards for the US.

[ho_ho_mama]

Microsoft also makes one of the best computers in America. he got so rich because his product is the best. the joy of capitalism is: anyone out there with a better product has the freedom to put it on the market! and if the people think its better, then they will buy it, hereby making that company progress.

[anonymous]

They are far from the best. I would rank them 5th since they don't do much with the actual computer hardware. They really only make really shitty OS and steal ideas from Steve Jobs.

So capitalism give Microsoft the right to monopolize? I don't think so. What's the point of a FREE market if the only thing on it is one thing.

[ho_ho_mama]

thats where your wrong, buddy.

"What's the point of a FREE market if the only thing on it is one thing."

theres WAY more than one computer company in our economy.
you can choose between lots of computer companies. microsost just happens to be the richest. however, that doesnt mean that other computer companies dont exist. therefore, its no monopoly.

and another beautiful fact about capitalism is this... you can buy whichever computer you want! ::joy!:: so if you hate microsoft, then BUY SOMETHING ELSE! YAY! thats your freedom! it rocks.

[somasonic]

i haven't made my nice big grand capitalism post yet, but i'll just say that if one company is powerful enough it can silence all opposition, so you end up not having a choice at all, no matter what the theories of capitalism say.

[anonymous]

lol i like how ur using my post technique...

"QUOTE"

...response...

the anarchist radical influenced someone!

lol not really

JOE

[anonymous]

First of all, Microsoft doesnt compile computers, but makes operating systems (e.g. Windows XP). Plus in capitalism, yes you have large corporations like Microsoft, but everyone has the freedom of oppurtunity, meaning they all have the same chance to succeed. And Microsoft isnt a monopoly, Linux is a very popular OS which actually threatened Microsoft into bankruptcy due to their free downloads.

And who's Steve Jobs

plus microsoft make XBOX now...

Re: JOE

[anonymous]

Plus i think u would change your mind about Microsoft if you could see the Beta version of their new OS. Its codename is Longhorn and lemme tell ya man, it licks like super-death awesome.