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[–] thatguyiam [S] 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
Well look around you. Your options for the candidates are Sanders, or the fucktards that just wanna propagate cronycapitalism further!
[–] Rummel 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I'll pick the cronies over a socialist any day, if those are my only options. Capitalism at its worst is still better than socialism at its best.
[–] thatguyiam [S] ago
Ok, I'll bite. I wonder how things will look for the next generation of Americans coming along, if the status quo is maintained.
[–] BoiseNTheHood 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Crony capitalism is an oxymoron. Where there is cronyism, there is government planning in the economy, or in other words, socialism.
[–] thatguyiam [S] 2 points -2 points 0 points (+0|-2) ago (edited ago)
Crony capitalism describes an economy where success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials.
Except for in the case of USA in the last hundred years or so where success was had legally, fairly. Corpos flourished nicely even before the corruption that set in. But that wasn't enough for the fuckers. They wanna hump every last American right in the ass, and Sanders is the only one who's gonna fight it. Not Trump, not any of the other candidates. It'll be Sanders. His agenda is firstly about setting things right with the stupid relationships government has with the corporations, and most of the evil 'think tanks' out there.
[–] brother_tempus 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
Sanders polices change nothing other than introduce new cronies that promote his corporatist ( healthcare, education, green energy, domestic entitlements , etc .. )