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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which is better, capitalism or socialism?  Gee, what a novel question – I don’t think humans have ever considered that one.

If only there were some data we could look at — like if there were some country that went from not existing to being the most prosperous in the history of the world in the span of 100 years — maybe then we could look to see how they did it and which economic system they used.[/quote]

Are you trying to reference the US?  We weren’t even close to the most prosperous in the world by 1876.[/quote]

Yes, we were.  By 1876, the US was the wealthiest nation on a per capita basis, though the British Empire was still wealthier in absolute terms since it was larger.  By the start of WWI in 1914, the US was the wealthiest overall, even allowing for the larger size of the British Empire.

Think about that - from not existing to the most prosperous ever in 100 years!  That's the power of capitalism.[/quote]

Due to capitalism?  Or slavery?  That was made on the backs of enslaved people.  And you have no way of disentangling that from your analysis.[/quote]

The Romans had slaves,  the Mongols had slaves, the Brits had slaves, etc. of all races. We should go back and ask them all for reparations. Fortunately we evolved as the human race.[/quote]

Defensive much?  You just brought up reparations out of nowhere.  If someone touts the greatness of the Roman/Mongol/British empires the analysis should account for what went into it before you conclude it's great.  Same for us.[/quote]

I haven’t seen Democrats this defensive since they lost the ability to have slaves after the 13th Amendment was passed.[/quote]

It is sad that you are so dumb that you think this is some kind of gotcha.[/quote]

I think it's a real tell that all the "great success of capitalism" are built on atrocities.  That poster is clearly scared to look into that.[/quote]

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