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Posted on 02/22/2020 9:17:18 AM PST by bitt
Actor Tim Allen used his hit sitcom, Last Man Standing to humorously school Democrat presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren about the dangers of socialism and how capitalism is the “recipe for economic success.”
In the episode, “Baked Sale,” Allen’s Mike Baxter teaches foreign exchange student Jen (Krista Marie Yu) about the wonders of capitalism as the teenager begins running a bake sale to benefit her school geology club. In the series, Baxter is the boss of Outdoor Man, an outdoor supplies store. Allen closes each episode of the Fox show with a video blog (vlog) for his store. In this week’s vlog, Baxter takes a swipe at Sanders and Warren by name, slamming them for their attacks on capitalism.
“Hey, Mike Baxter, for Outdoor Man to talk about one of my favorite passions. No, no, no, not gutting a deer while listening to the Lovin’ Spoonful. I’m talking about capitalism,” Baxter starts out on his vlog. “Now, old Bernie and young Elizabeth tell the folks capitalists are coldhearted, money-grubbing vultures. When you put it that way, you make it sound like a bad thing. But we’re also human beings with a conscience. Conscience. You remember those?”
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Most of the states east of the Rocky Mountains have had socialist primary school education since before the Civil War.
As far as I know, no leading politician is calling for replacing America’s socialist K-12 education system with a market-based system.
Not even one leading politician is even is proposing an Obamacare “Marketplace” system for K-12 education even though suburban metro NYC homeowners face crushing real property taxes.
That episode was well done.
Capitalist without basic morals creates Corporatism which is what we have. Thanks to the corrupted godless
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said, "I prefer Free Enterprise in line with Classical Liberalism and Americanism."
That's a fantastic idea
The bigger they are the more they use each other.
In a Fascist State.
Seldom see the show, but when I do I always am reminded of how attractive Nancy Travis is - even at her age (I presume close to 60/perhaps beyond it) she has it going on. A very good comedic actress and a nice piece of eye candy for a long time.
The show is funny...A few years ago...Patricia Richardson (who played Jill Taylor in Home Improvement) guest starred and one of her lines was ‘I’m a widow, my husband had an accident with his power tools’.
Too bad Patricia is such a moonbat IRL.
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I prefer to use “Free Enterprise” than Capitalism.
There is always Capitalism, it’s a matter of who controls the Capital, the individual, or the State.
Socialists love to conflate “society” with "government.” But as Thomas Paine showed in Common Sense, they are not merely different, but in a real sense opposites.“Socialism” is better described as governmentism, and “capitalism” is, etymologically speaking, better described as “societyism.”
Governmentists are cynical about society, and (correspondingly) are naive about government. “Capitalism” is a term coined by Marx as a straw man, and perhaps can be used to denote the opposite of governmentists - that is, naive about society and correspondingly cynical about government. But altho there are all too many governmentists is America and worldwide, and many opponents thereof, there are in actuality very few who would fit that definition of “capitalist.”
No, instead you find in opponents of governmentism not an opposite pattern of cynicism and naivete but rather an aversion to both cynicism and naiveté. You find, that is, skepticism. We are skeptical about the ability (and even, in the worst case, the desire) of the government to do good, and yet are skeptical enough of society to admit the necessity of some government.
Cynicism is not “extreme skepticism,” because skepticism implies doubt, and cynicism implies (negative) certainty. If you were cynical about “A,” and if “B” were the opposite of “A,” cynicism towards “B” would be incoherent. Naiveté towards “B” would be coherent with cynicism towards “A."
I notice an interesting problem with the "Law of Supply and Demand.” “Demand” essentially denotes command, and is in that sense a conceit lovely to the socialist.It is more true that Supply is created by the hope of gaining appreciation (expressed monetarily) of supply. Creating supply, that is, involves risk. And risk will be assumed only if the supplier’s hope is high enough.
I have a friend who has owned his own earth moving, excavation and construction business for more than thirty years. There were times he was within inches of losing his home due to the ups and downs of the business. Last couple of years he’s been scaling back. He’s now 60 and would like to get out and just work for someone else as an operator for a couple of years. Problem is that he still has two employees that have been with him from the start. He feels a responsibility to them as one would to one’s own children. It’s this sense of responsibility that keeps him from closing up shop.
.A few years ago...Patricia Richardson (who played Jill Taylor in Home Improvement) guest starred and one of her lines was ‘I’m a widow, my husband had an accident with his power tools’.
I loved the line about Joe’s elaborated resume: “When were you on the Tonight Show!?”
Many references to The Santa Clause, and the Toy Story series.
It’s Everybody’s Business 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiuQhD27Cfc
Make Mine Freedom 1948
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxsNU7ZZAlU
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