WebsterMark wrote on 03/26/19 at 10:49:31:quit talking like you know me, you egotistical greedy a$$ . <--- see the irony?
Practically everything you've said in this thread Lost has been geared towards pointing out the inequities, the poverty, the unfairness. Now, you're either doing this in a liberal attempt to try and make a point with a conservative or you naturally see the glass as half empty.
nope, where have I pointed out any inequities, or poverty or unfairness? I've never used any of those words in any of my posts here until now.... even when I told my story of being a failure in capitalism, I never said it was unfair, or that I was in proverty or felt treated poorly, just that capitalism doesn't work for me, personally
you started out refusing to even accept the premise, but there was no premise, just a ranking option.... then you all but attacked someone as being a "closet liberal" all this negativity..... and you blame me for being pessimistic? Then you all re-defined the premise... and yeah I got lost in that and helped...
I asked to rank democracy and capitalism, a conservative reworded that to Profitability and equality....
conservatives brought the negativity into this conversation
anyway.....
just pointing out that the differences between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives mainly care about the economy...
"dignity and fundamental rights of the individual, to achieve social justice, foster the .... social development of the community, strengthen the cohesion of society and enhance national tranquillity, as well as to create a climate that is favourable for international peace."
those are at best a side effect to a conservative, they aren't even really concerned with making those the actual goals of the government. conservatives see everything through an economic lens
here's the reality, as backed up by this thread
conservatives = $$$$$$
if you see a negative value associated with that, then that's YOU, as Eegore might say, so maybe look into yourself to see why you might be doing that...
conservatives see a positive association with a profit motive, that being selfish and greedy is good, or it at least leads to the greater good via a convoluted system of trickle down and all ships rising.... where some of us, well, why can't we just do the greater good directly? Not saying to dismiss capitalism, but, maybe make it priority 2, or 3 maybe....
idk, just some thoughts