our nation has not resembled anything close to a capitalist society for quite some time now

the average American spends about 10 hours a day consuming one form of entertainment or another.

If america does not resemble a capitalist society, it does not resemble a socialist society either. What we have here is post modernism gone mad, the idea we can have it all and do nothing but sleep and be entertained.

That america is moving away from capitalism and multinationalism is a good thing not a bad thing. Capitalism has concentrated the wealth in the hands of a few, the 1% within the 1%, and multinationalism has raped the other nations of the world, destroying incentive to develop their own industries and creating enemies

The Future Of America? – More Than Half Of All U.S. Adults Under Age 30 Now Reject Capitalism

Is there any wonder that there are 16 reasons why the United States is going to hell in a handbasket.

In the meantime, a survey finds the percent of Americans smoking weed has doubled since 2002.

That america is moving away from capitalism and multinationalism is a good thing not a bad thing. Capitalism has concentrated the wealth in the hands of a few, the 1% within the 1%, and multinationalism has raped the other nations of the world, destroying incentive to develop their own industries and creating enemies

Perfectly explained.

That america is moving away from capitalism and multinationalism is a good thing not a bad thing.

If it weren't for American capitalism the world will still be rebuilding the rubble of WWII.

Capitalism has concentrated the wealth in the hands of a few, the 1% within the 1%, and multinationalism has raped the other nations of the world, destroying incentive to develop their own industries and creating enemies

LMAO. Yeah, tell that to all the surfs and slaves of the world before capitalism ever showed up. The wealth of the world for thousands of years before capitalism was owned and/or controlled by far less than 1% of the population.

Nice try at rewriting history though. BTW, exactly how wealthy is the U.K. Royal family theses days? Or the Saudi Royal family? Or Putin and his henchmen?

Could it be possible that young adults were confused by the wording of the survey?

They are confused about everything because they have been brainwashed back and forth continually until the have confused mush for minds.

Could it be possible that young adults were confused by the wording of the survey?

They are confused about everything because they have been brainwashed back and forth continually until the have confused mush for minds. In the meantime, a survey finds the percent of Americans smoking weed has doubled since 2002 doesn't clarify their heads any.

If it weren't for American capitalism the world will still be rebuilding the rubble of WWII.

You have to move away from this obscession with a glorious past. After destroying much of Europe and Japan, you helped rebuild it for a profit. Bully for you, as I said you raped the nations of the world. Tied aid does not suggest anything other than a profit motive, you got fat on war and reconstruction profits, a modus operandi you perfected in the civil war and were still using 100 years later, in the process your lend lease, didn't help with the reconstruction of Britain, you hastened its demise

BTW, exactly how wealthy is the U.K. Royal family theses days? Or the Saudi Royal family? Or Putin and his henchmen?

Don't forget the clintons, the champions of the common people who get a quarter million million dollars a half hour for speechs saying nothing.

After destroying much of Europe and Japan, you helped rebuild it for a profit.

The U.S. destroyed much of Europe? Are you serious? As for Japan, the only help in the Pacific that I recall came from your Land of OZ, the Kiwis, England, China, Phillipines, Canada. Are you really complaining that the U.S. bombed Japan into submission and kept you from speaking Japanese?

"Tied aid does not suggest anything other than a profit motive, you got fat on war and reconstruction profits, a modus operandi you perfected in the civil war and were still using 100 years later, in the process your lend lease, didn't help with the reconstruction of Britain, you hastened its demise."

What total BS. Aid tied to what? Just ask Germany and Japan about how they are both dominated by the U.S. who financed the rebuilding of their respective economies. Also ask the U.K., France and Russia just how much the U.S. dominates their respective economies. And while you are at it ask all of those USSR satellites just how well they fared under Russian domination after WWll.

The demise of the U.K. was of it's own doing and started by the U.K.'s headlong pursuit of nationalization shortly after the end of the war when they booted out Churchill.

As for OZ, my recollection is that your country embarked on a policy of mass immigration to bolster its population mainly taking in North Western Europeans. I don't recall you guys helping anybody else out in rebuilding their economies. Lastly WWII accelerated the development of Australia's manufacturing industry and bolstered its economy - something that you did not share with your WWII allies around the globe.

Yes, the U.S. was the only one standing after WWII that had the capability, will and interest in helping the world rebuild itself. BFD that we made some money at it. Their isn't a single participant in WWII that isn't fully independent of U.S. domination, much less control. I dare say that had the U.K., France, Russia, Japan, Germany, and, OZ had that sole benefactor position the independence of the rest of world economies would be severely more compromised.

BTW, how much foreign aid does Australia give each year?

Don't forget the clintons,

No, I truly wish to forget them. Unfortunately Trump has assured that the Billaries will be in the WH for another eight years - likely with DRat control of the Senate and thus SCOTUS.

Sadly, most of our young people don’t seem to understand how socialism slowly but surely destroys a nation. If you want to see the end result of socialism, just look at the economic collapse that is going on in Venezuela right now. The following comes from a Bloomberg article entitled “Venezuela Doesn’t Have Enough Money to Pay for Its Money“…

Venezuela’s epic shortages are nothing new at this point. No diapers or car parts or aspirin — it’s all been well documented.

Mendacious propaganda for the naive.

In the meantime, a survey finds the percent of Americans smoking weed has doubled since 2002.

Or perhaps more people are willing to admit it in a survey?

If it weren't for American capitalism the world will still be rebuilding the rubble of WWII.

Would WWII take place?

I don't recall you guys helping anybody else out in rebuilding their economies.

A liile bit difficult to do when you don't have a strong economy, I lived in a place post war where power cuts were a frequent and daily occurence, where there were dirt roads, and public housing projects were needed to house the population, there was no capital to help out an enemy, we could barely help ourselves and it took twenty years for that economic miracle to arrive.

You seem to think that just because the war ended everything was great but the US did more for its enemies than it did for its allies, why, I cannot imagine. The people who's disgusting policies had laid waste Europe and parts of Asia we given a hand up while you decended into paraniod Mccarthyism and a cold war with a former ally

If it weren't for American capitalism the world will still be rebuilding the rubble of WWII.

Would WWII take place?

You are kidding, right?

You seem to think that just because the war ended everything was great but the US did more for its enemies than it did for its allies, why, I cannot imagine.

Hardly. Things weren't all that great for Americans right after the war as well.

"US did more for its enemies than it did for its allies, why, I cannot imagine."

Now you are bitching because the U.S. didn't pour money into your country? How much blood and treasure did OZ lose in the war? HINT: A fraction of what the U.S. did. And exactly who kept the sh*t eating Bear off the backs of our allies and most of the rest of the world, mostly at our expense, for decades thereafter? And what did we demand in return? HINT: Nothing. The only land that the U.S. has in France is were the bodies of our soldiers are buried.

Next you will join asshole A Pole and claim that the U.S. started WWII.

So why is this happening?

Well, the truth is that our colleges and universities have become indoctrination centers for the progressive movement.

Another reason it's happening is that globalist corporate leaders hijacked the idea of capitalism to justify open borders and "free trade" - so they could further fatten their wallets by gutting the middle class of a U.S. for which they care nothing.

Next you will join asshole A Pole

Do not insult me.

Next you will join asshole A Pole

Do not insult me.

Then don't act like an asshole by asking asshole questions. Where do you come off implying that the U.S. was the cause of WWII? That itself is insulting so you deserve what you got.

You are not fit for a civilized reasonable debate.

All you are is an ankle biting bomb throwing snake in the grass. You make a stupid comment that the U.S. started WWII then run like a little chicken sh*t girl when asked to defend your remark. You are correct I am not fit for civilized reasonable debate WITH YOU as you are a BS coward, Boris, and will call you out on that every time.

I said: "Would WWII take place?"

If America did not get involved in the FIRST world war and Wilson did not try his experiment with setting a new order in Europe (including financial system informed by the FED), very likely history would go a very different way. Possibly better, possibly worse. We will never know.

Once you get involved, you own it to the extent you got involved. Both good and better outcomes.

If America did not get involved in the FIRST world war and Wilson did not try his experiment with setting a new order in Europe (including financial system informed by the FED), very likely history would go a very different way.

Now you are blaming the U.S. for WWI? Piss off, moron.

Next you will join asshole A Pole and claim that the U.S. started WWII.

Listen dickhead don't project your crap on me.

OZ lost a lot in WWII, Darwin had to be rebuilt, we gave ourselves selflessly to the defense of Britain only to be betrayed, why would we rebuild Europe when we needed to rebuild ourselves, no we offered the displaced a home and a fresh start away from the crap. You can't spend your money twice, a lesson the US hasn't learned

Don't tell me how much the US lost, you lost Pearl Harbour but you didn't have the Japs on your doorstep with nothing but a few illtrained teenagers to hold them back. Your forces were still there available to defend your country, sitting on their duff while the world burned

After destroying much of Europe and Japan, you helped rebuild it for a profit.

Who was it that offered contracts to participate in the work of rebuilding? Who profitted exactly? I notice you have a penchant for declaring other people or organizations who offer their services for a price are always guilty of rape or greed. Why is that? Do you expect other people to work for free? Why are you always so resentful?

Now you are blaming the U.S. for WWI? Piss off, moron

I said "involved", not "started". (at the end).

You did not know it?

Do you expect other people to work for free?

I don't expect anything for free however, a fair price and not profiteering

I don't expect anything for free however, a fair price and not profiteering

Profiteering. There's a new negative word in addition to the others you use. Tell me who made excess profits in rebuilding ruined post-war nations and where did they come from?

You worship America as she were God.

Now you are blaming the U.S. for WWI? Piss off, moron

I said "involved", not "started". (at the end).

You did not know it?

WWII start with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. What you seem not to know is that Wilson argued against the other allies to take revenge on Germany by driving Germany into the dust with harsh, if not impossible, terms retribution. The facts are that the treaty was perceived by many as too great a departure from U.S. President Wilson's 14 Points, and, also by the British as too harsh in its treatment of Germany.

If you want to play the What IF game, then WWII would have be avoided had those seeking vengeance and harsh retribution not prevailed over Wilson's counsel. How about discussing the role the Bolsheviks played in starting WWI and thereafter? One of the main reasons the U.S. was dragged into WWI was that the Bolsheviks pull out and left a big void in the European fight against Germany.

A history lesson just for you, Boris."

"Many Americans saw US involvement in WWI as a waste of time. From the very beginning it was not particularly popular. When the war ended many Americans saw a Europe that had changed little. Men had died, sacrifices made...and for what. America had walked into the ring of international diplomacy and affairs and received a bloody nose for our efforts. The result was a disillusionment with world affairs. The result of this disillusionment was a fundamental shift in American policy from internationalism to relative isolationism.

Everywhere one found a strong impulse to return to old isolationist ways. Wilson's inspiring leadership had keyed the American people to a spirit of self sacrifice that had even resulted in the prohibition of alcoholic beverages. But this was all changing. Victory had brought an emotional letdown - "the slump of idealism." It had also brought a profound disillusionment with the imperialistic and bickering Allies. The war to make the world safe for democracy [also known as the war to end all wars] had not made the world safe for democracy, nor had it ended wars. Some twenty conflicts of varying dimensions were being waged in various parts of the world. About all that America had seemingly derived (gotten) from the war was debt, inflation, prohibition, influenza, and ingratitude from Allies whom she had strained herself to help - while of course, helping to defeat a common enemy.

I. The U.S. Turns Away From The World

A. What were Wilson's arguments in favor of ratification of the Treaty of Versailles?

1. The future of world peace is at stake.

2. The League of Nations is the future of solving world problems.

3. Failure to be involved places us and the world in danger. The US must have a place at the table to take a leadership role.

B. What were the arguments given against ratification and in favor of isolation?

1. League of nations would create new contacts.

2. Contacts breed involvement.

3. Involvement meant war.

4. League of Nations might be able to control US military personnel

C. What happened?

1. The Treaty as you can imagine received enormous opposition. Henry Cabot Lodge and Alfred Beveridge strongly denounced the treaty, especially Article Ten which called upon the US to support League actions. Wilson campaigned vigorously and gave 37 speeches in 29 cities in a span of only three weeks. He declared that US soldiers should not have died in vain. After a dramatic speech in Colorado Wilson collapsed. His health had been poor for sic months and the strain of the trip was too much. He was rushed back to Washington and a few days later had a massive stroke. For the next year and a half he was incapable of running the government but was protected by his wife and closest advisors.

1. In March 1920 the US Senate finally killed the treaty. The United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and we did not join the League of Nations. Wilson considered this a great failure and it plagued him until his death.

Disgust was deepening. Hundreds of thousands of American boys were returning from Europe, irritated by cheating French shopkeepers, and most favorably impressed by the blonde German girls. American's everywhere were saying that Europe could jolly well "stew in its own juice." In the face of such wide spread disillusionment Wilson would have troubles in arousing people again.

-Thomas A. Bailey, Historian

Woodrow Wilson defending the Treaty of Versailles

I want to remind you how the permanency of peace is at the heart of this treaty. This is not merely a treaty of peace with Germany... it is nothing less than world settlement, and at the center of that stands the covenant for the future we call the Covenant of the League of Nations. Without it the treaty can not be worked and without it it is a mere temporary arrangement with Germany. The covenant of the League of Nations is the instrumentality (means) for the maintenance of peace.

If the treaty is not ratified by the Senate, the war will have been fought in vain, and the world will be thrown into chaos. I promised our soldiers, when I asked them to take up arms, that it was a war to end wars...

-Pres. Woodrow Wilson

The Opposition

The question before us is whether the League that has been drafted by the Commission of the Peace Conference and laid before us is will it secure the peace of the world as it stands, and whether it is just and fair to the United States of America. That is the question and I want to bring it to the test.

Wars between nations come form contacts. A nation with which we have no contact is a nation with which we should never fight... In this scheme for a League now before us we create a number of new contact, a number of new relations, which we have not undertaken before to create.

-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts

We are told that this treaty means peace. Even so, I would not pay the price. Would you purchase peace at the cost of you independence?

-Senator William E. Borah, Idaho

The League of Nations is the work "amiable old male grannies who, over their afternoon tea, are planning to denationalize America and denationalize the nations manhood."

-Senator Albert Beveridge, Indiana

Don't tell me how much the US lost, you lost Pearl Harbour but you didn't have the Japs on your doorstep with nothing but a few illtrained teenagers to hold them back. Your forces were still there available to defend your country, sitting on their duff while the world burned

LMAO. Our duff was large enough to save yours. You'd be speaking Japanese to me right now had it not been for the U.S. duff.

It is amazing how in 60-70 years you ill trained of the world forget how you were able to avoid being conquered and subsequently prosper while the U.S. shielded you from the Big Bear hunting in your woods.

F*ck off, mate. The blood and treasure of the U.S. lost in WWII paid for the freedom, prosperity and ingratitude you enjoy today. That said, the world has been and is a much better place for the strong ally relationship among the U.S., UK, OZ and Canada. This in spite of the egregious racism and bigotry existing in OZ even today.

What you seem not to know is that Wilson argued against the other allies to take revenge on Germany by driving Germany into the dust with harsh, if not impossible, terms retribution.

Yes, but without American involvement France and England would have to agree for more equitable peace treaty.

treasure of the U.S. lost in WWII paid for the freedom, prosperity

America is the center of the Universe. Indispensable nation. That is why the nations closest to her in Latin America and Caribbeans that were under American supervision are so prosperous.

Germans and Swiss got more money, Italy and Greece got less, that is why the later were poor for decades.

You worship America as she were God.

With ample justification as it was America that was the prime engine in rebuilding the world left in rubble by WWII. No-one else had the capacity, will and integrity to do so at that time. The U.S. could just as easily told the rest of the world to kiss off and fend for themself. We didn't. And we didn't demand anything in return. Even our enemies prospered after the war. We took no territory, demanded no retribution (as the European Allies did after WWI), and, helped our enemies rebuild their societies. What did Russia do after WWII? Enslaved tens of millions of people, that's what.

Certainly the world has changed in 70 years since WWII and the U.S. skirts haven't always been clean. But in the vast scale of things no other nation on the planet would have been as less demanding of tribute and less controlling of world affairs than the U.S. Certainly not Russia and not just about all of Western Europe.

God? No. But certainly a dynamic benevolent force for betterment on the planet, more so than any other country in history. The cry of "America First" (whatever that means) is still being argued internally across the political spectrum. And tell me exactly how do all the rest of the countries on the planet deal with hordes of uninvited illegals crossing their borders and embedding themselves in the fabric of their society?

There is no doubt that America is on the decline and has been for awhile now. You believe that that is a good thing. History definitively proves you wrong.

The university’s results echo recent findings from Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who surveyed 1,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 26 and found that 58% of respondents believed socialism to be the “more compassionate” political system when compared to capitalism.

They should be sent off to enjoy a socialist paradise for a while. They will tire of the government being more compassionate with their money.

They should be sent off to enjoy a socialist paradise for a while. 

You should be sent to some capitalist paradise in Africa or maybe in Latin America. Unfortunately the later got ruined to some extent by the socialists.

Yes, but without American involvement France and England would have to agree for more equitable peace treaty.

In other words they would have lost the war. Well OK then.

That is why the nations closest to her in Latin America and Caribbeans that were under American supervision are so prosperous.

What nations would those be?

What nations would those be?

The ones that have pure free market and no socialism. No public health care, no public education, no safety net, no trade unions, etc ...

Make your pick and move there.

Tell me who made excess profits in rebuilding ruined post-war nations and where did they come from?

The international banking cartels. They not only profit from the rebuilding of nations but also drug cartels they protect on behalf of the Queen of England beforeitsnews.com/conspir...-trafficking-1947644.html.

Public DomainA shocking new survey has found that support for capitalism is dying in America. In fact, more than half of all adults in the United States under the age of 30 say that they do not support capitalism at this point. You might be tempted to dismiss them as “foolish young people”, but the truth is that they are the future of America.

This is scary. Socialism is communism with a lampshade on its head just waiting to pounces.

It will be the first grown up generation that believes Santa Claus is real. That believe health care, housing, internet, education and pizza grows on trees along side trillion dollar bills!

The real reason socialist hate guns! Suicides would skyrocket do to no hope brought about by socialism and pissed off slaves taken out their anger on the elites!

But since these under 30 kids have been told that they live in capitalism but in reality have really been raise in a crony capitalist society ie socialism light what can one expect?

What does communist manifesto say? Break the back of a free society by using government to splitting people into groups such as race, gender and class. Then turn them on each other by crazy over burdensome laws!!!!

This in spite of the egregious racism and bigotry existing in OZ even today.

You can't speak to us about egregious racism and bigotry without including yourself with bigger tickets than us. look at the Trump campaign, Mr. Dump spouts racism and bigotry and his supporters agree with him. Your whole system discriminates against blacks, the poor and those without means. You want to tell us how much you did for us but you did it for yourselves not for us, you got your arse kicked in Pearl Harbour and took what opportunities you could to knock over the Japanese, Until Pearl Harbour you demonstrated little interest in stopping the Japanese and I think you were somewhat surprised how easily they took the Phillipines. The Japanese weren't interested in Australia but as an enemy they had to push us back and stop the US using it as a base. We lost a Division in Malaya and Singapore, where were you?

spouts racism and bigotry and his supporters agree with him.

You are fucked in the head. Do you swallow too?

You are fucked in the head.

Not as fucked as you will be if he becomes President

Your whole system discriminates against blacks, the poor and those without means.

Oh Bull shit. Not a fairer system in the world. This is the reason why so many people come here of all races. They know there is no place you can go to work honest hard and get what you worked for. Well at least 20 years ago before socialist took over the freaken government!

This is bs that just shows how distorted people are.

The biggest problem with blacks is well blacks! Not America! Not Whitie but the crazy ass black people and their desire to not be a part of a western society. They want to act like animals and be called normal! Even good black people fear their own people! As long as people like you give them a pass to act like animals then they will never grow the hell up!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw your posts on LP and always thought you were trying to be faceious about "goldilocks."

On LP, Goldi was Goldi-Lox. Earlier, in 2001, Goldi was on FR handled as goldilucky.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:goldilucky/index

http://freerepublic.com/tag/by:goldilox/index?brevity=full;tab=comments

I sure miss TBLSHOW and Clown Posse though. Sultan88 passed on. He was a decent poster (retired judge if I recall). Tony Snow passed away from cancer several years back. He was a regular poster on FR. The late Barbara Olson also was on FR before her untimely death.

I sure miss TBLSHOW and Clown Posse though.

TLBSHOW was the most unintentionally hilarious poster ever, BUT GOOD!

From 2010.

Looks like you're the flip flopper. You used to be against illegals invading us and for bringing jobs back.

Not so much anymore.

You [Buckeroo] used to be against illegals invading us and for bringing jobs back.

He actually drove one weekend from Riverside over to Sierra Vista in Southern Arizona to stand watch with Chris Wilcox’s Minuteman Project to “protect us.” That group’s effort turned into a colossal cluster fuck, just like everything else in Buck’s life. Perhaps that dismal failure soured him and caused him to flip-flop. Poor Bucky …

You got a memory like a hawk, dungbeetle I mean, errr, columbo.

I was Columbo on Clown Posse. dungbeetle (Sam Hill/Hon) was someone else altogether, Steve Gilbert, who ran Sweetness & Light for ten years until it went on hiatus last year.

Where is he?

It looks like he is on Wordpress.

https://tlbshow.wordpress.com/

The ones that have pure free market and no socialism.

There is no such place, Boris. Get a grip.

Your whole system discriminates against blacks, the poor and those without means.

Yeah, that's why we have a black POTUS. As for the poor, well, that's why Clinton was elected POTUS.

We lost a Division in Malaya and Singapore, where were you

Ever hear of General Jonathan Wainwright?

You sound like a liberal piece of shit.

He's sounded that way since his first post.

To: paraclete

You sound like a liberal piece of shit.

That's because he is one. And pretty smooth. He should be writing speechs for Hellary and Obama. Infact he is, but comes here to deliver them for them.

Well, the truth is that our colleges and universities have become indoctrination centers for the progressive movement. I know, because I spent eight years at public universities in this country. The quality of the education that our young people are receiving is abysmal, but the values that are being imparted to them will last a lifetime.

I wish these progressives could travel with me to Russia, and see the big beautiful pigs of Animal Farm.

Well, the truth is that our colleges and universities have become indoctrination centers for the progressive movement. I know, because I spent eight years at public universities in this country. The quality of the education that our young people are receiving is abysmal, but the values that are being imparted to them will last a lifetime.

I spent 25 years at public universities and I concur.

His action was a little later

So it doesn't count?

I'm not in favour of either Dilliery or BO, it just happens I don't like red neck racist capitalist bastards

So now, according to you, people who are engaged in free enterprise are redneck capitalist bastards. You have an interesting diseased mind.

The Future Of America? – More Than Half Of All U.S. Adults Under Age 30 Now Reject Capitalism

And when our current version of socialistic capitalism collapses;---

More Than Half Of All U.S. Adults Under Age 30, Will Die. (Just like the rest of the population).

I'm not in favour of either Dilliery or BO, it just happens I don't like red neck racist capitalist bastards So now, according to you, people who are engaged in free enterprise are redneck capitalist bastards.

I guess you arn't taught reading between the lines, but I was obviously referring to dump and his fellow travellers