On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:34:26 -0700, "Hawke"
wrote:


Look who's talking. From your own mouth you're a loser in the capitalism
game but you still think that's the best thing for you. Advocating a
system
in which you can't win clearly demonstrates that your thinking is
irrational. If you were a successful capitalist it would make sense for
you
to support that system, but you are one of the losers and yet you still
believe in a system you and the majority of Americans fail at. Now
that's
what I call stupid. In fact you are so dumb that you need advice to tell
you
to stop digging when you are already in a hole.

Naah, Gunner owns land which is a major benefit in a capitalist society,
plus he has a **** load of machinery on it. At the worst, he has a nest
egg in scrap metal that is highly unlikely to loose value.

Also, metal working skills are becoming rarer, and so long as he has
his health, he can always turn something and earn a dollar. His welding
is another matter.

I suppose the worst thing that can happen to Gunner since he hates green
things is that he is gunna have to become a gardner and grow his own
food. {:-).

No, the worst thing that can happen to Gunner is that he won't be able to
afford health insurance and will have a catastrophic health problem. He
won't be able to pay for proper health care and he'll wind up partially or
completely disabled and will live out his remaining years in abject misery
and poverty regardless of his former skills. But had he the money to pay for
excellent insurance he would have been well cared for and returned to good
health. Unfortunately, in a capitalist system only those who are very
successful have access to that level of health care. Gunner would still
argue it's the best system even though he's screwed by it once again proving
that he's stupid, irrational, or most likely, both.

Hawke

Which is why all the nearby Socialists come to the US for treatment.
Communism gives you stainless steel teeth and a bullet to the back of
the skull.

"Please look into the box, Comrade..."


Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner