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To: george wythe

I also read how Rome disintegrated as well. What is your point?


57 posted on 03/16/2006 2:09:07 PM PST by chris1
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To: chris1
Maybe China is better example of what happens when capitalist forces are unleashed.

The Communist Manifesto says:

"In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property."
Not only the Communist Chinese leaders have ditched the main tenet of Communism, they have gone even further in allowing partial foreign ownership of Chinese companies, or what they used to call "neocolonialism" and "imperialism."

In order to keep up with the times, the Chinese constitution has been changed to allow for private property, inheritance of private property, and even compensation when private property is seized by the state.

If you look at the American economic landscape, you will realize that we have a tight labor market; many employers are competing for a limited pool of labor to the point that the unemployment rate is below the natural rate in many states. Will the capitalists give up the opportunity to provide services and products?

Mexico has zillions of healthy, young workers ready to move North and take those jobs. Will the capitalists refuse to hire Mexican workers because these workers don't have papers? Or will the capitalists lobby Congress to change the laws?

211 posted on 03/16/2006 3:53:16 PM PST by daivid
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