>>- The fact that Bill Gates
>>has enough money to buy
>>and sell most of the
>>Western hemisphere makes me want
>>to vomit. Especially when
>>I know that his gross
>>wealth necessitates someone else's gross
>>poverty. Capitalism demands that
>>it does.
>
>The vast majority of Gate's wealth
>is in stocks and bonds,
>or other investment type stuff.
> How does his wealth
>necessarily cause someone else's poverty.
>
>

Given: This statement isn't specific to Bill Gates.
Given: There is a finite amount of money in the economy.
Assuming: 80% of this finite set is controlled by 5% of the people.

This leaves 20% of the finite set for 95% of the people. If the 20% isn't distributed evenly.....

>
>>- Every child deserves a decent
>>education. A capitalist model
>>(i.e. vouchers) denies that and
>>states that the best schools
>>should only be for the
>>best students, and the children
>>who are left behind are
>>SOL.
>
>That's how most socialist/democratic countries in
>Europe do it. The
>slow learners don't get into
>the best schools.

Isn't that kinda backwards. If I have trouble learning, shouldn't that be a reason for me to go to a school with better teachers? The European countries do so because they are competing with Capitalist countries who do so. It's like they're socialists internally and Capitalists externally. That's the main problem with socialism/communism. They'll never work as long as there is 1 prosperous Capitalist gov't. Capitalism just makes progress faster. Faster isn't always better.

>
>>- Teachers should be valued as
>>much a doctors,
>
>Someone who teaches math and history,
>vs someone who can save
>my life?

How do the doctors become doctors without the teachers?

>>- Capitalism has failed Africans around
>>the world.
>
>See thread on black capitalists.
>
>I think African American's especially, need
>to embrace capitalism and do
>for self. Both Martin
>and Malcolm agreed with that.
>
>

Doing for self and embracing capitalism are birds of 2 different feathers!! Unless, we plan on remaining within the present social construct. Independence and assimilation don't necessarily go hand in hand.

>peace
>k. orr

Peace

Eyezed

I think it's cool that nubians have intellectual discourse somewhere in the cyberworld. Blackplanet was not making it for me. I might have to turn in my Stephen Hawkings Board membership!