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Obama warns about dangers of market-based systems: 'Compatible with slavery'
Washington Examiner ^ | 11/04/2023 | Jenny Goldsberry

Posted on 11/04/2023 9:19:35 PM PDT by Rusty0604

But just because an economic system generated wealth and innovation doesn’t mean it guarantees a good society," Obama said. "Because from the outset, market-based systems have been compatible with slavery, caste systems, colonialization, war, exploration, corruption, fraud, autocracy, the poisoning of our natural environment."

As Obama listed, the audience applauded. The former president went on to credit Democratic governments for "moderating capitalism's excesses" with a "social safety net." According to him, it will take "young leaders to help us think and act anew" about "creating an economic system that supports and sustains our democratic values."


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To: kiryandil

The Obama Arab spring

The new islam

Was worse than the old islam

Same with the dnc

3rd way enthusiasm

Same 2nd way failure

all happy rhetoric

More miserable results - excuses


41 posted on 11/04/2023 10:42:21 PM PDT by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplif ication / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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To: beethovenfan

Or the destruction of the Aral sea by the USSR, or the calamity that the 3 river gorges Dam will be, just to name two. Pharaohs, Kings and Despots started the slave trade, not capitalists. It was mainly Great Britain and America that ended it. The Saudis didn’t outlaw slavery until 1960.


43 posted on 11/04/2023 11:27:25 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: Rusty0604
In contrast, communism isn't just compatible with slavery; it requires that the population be enslaved.
44 posted on 11/04/2023 11:35:56 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: Rusty0604

I suppose Michelle my belle (miss ya Rush) is getting Barrack to warm up that bus.


45 posted on 11/04/2023 11:37:56 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: Rusty0604

Okay - FU Obama.

I’m tired of your kind culturally appropriating MY country.

GTFO NOW!


46 posted on 11/04/2023 11:45:28 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Rusty0604

STFU you ignorant POS. You are not the President now and nobody cares what you think! Just because Biden is your ever loyal puppet does not mean you can stop throwing your voice.


47 posted on 11/04/2023 11:51:27 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Rusty0604
Has God run out of righteous lightning bolts?

48 posted on 11/04/2023 11:58:00 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Rusty0604
Obama said. "Because from the outset, market-based systems have been compatible with slavery, caste systems, colonialization, war, exploration, corruption, fraud, autocracy, the poisoning of our natural environment."

Then Obama asked Michelle, “Which beach front house are we taking a private jet to this weekend?”

49 posted on 11/05/2023 12:00:24 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: HighSierra5

Davis was not his father but he was the man who reared him..


50 posted on 11/05/2023 12:06:19 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: laplata

Beelzebama..


51 posted on 11/05/2023 12:07:08 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Rusty0604

We didn’t call Obama, “Zero,” for nothing.


52 posted on 11/05/2023 12:11:08 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: HighSierra5

Was Frank Marshall Davis a homosexual and a sexual pervert? Did he enjoy female domination from prostitutes?

As a card (CP#47544) carrying Marxist, he published the following ideas in his editorials:

- Advocated universal health care funded by the government
- Lamented Republican tax cuts for the wealthy
- Disrespected Winston Churchill (recall Obama returning the gift bust displayed in the Oval Office?)
- Recognized that the Catholic church was an obstacle to his perceived vision of the ideal state
- Dismissed American exceptionalism
- Preached wealth redistribution from greedy corporations to public works projects and universal health plans
- Blasted the “corporate executive” for not paying his fair share
- Advocated government stimulus packages
- Advocated nationalizing General Motors


53 posted on 11/05/2023 12:32:41 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Rusty0604

Obama, as per usual, is full of horse excrement. He’s as smart as a headless chicken. He is the prime reason for voting for Trump.

Biden won’t be the nominee,rather the bar shit crazy Newsome.


54 posted on 11/05/2023 12:39:58 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Rusty0604

Spoken like a true blooded communist...
Stinking pile of excrement that needs cleanup...


55 posted on 11/05/2023 12:42:36 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: sheik yerbouty
“...but he was the man who reared him.”


56 posted on 11/05/2023 12:51:19 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Williams

He’s running for his 4th term.


57 posted on 11/05/2023 12:59:32 AM PDT by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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To: Rusty0604

I’ll first address the matter philosophically, and then practically.

In a capitalist system, it is possible to own an elephant. That is, there is private property. Yes, it is possible to own an elephant. Since there is private property, it is at least possible in theory to own a human. This is what Obama means when he says slavery is compatible with capitalism.

Now, let’s ask if it’s possible under communism to own an elephant? No, it isn’t. Nobody can own an elephant under communism because there is no private property. Given that there isn’t any private property, there no private property in people. Now, since there’s no private property in people, does this mean there is no slavery? Actually, the answer to this question is surprising: just like the government owns all elephants under communism, so too the government own all people. Possibly the people are treated well by the government, but that’s another issue.

At a philosophical level, the difference between capitalism and communism on the issue of slavery is that it is possible under some forms of capitalism that there are slaves, but the very definition of communism is that all people are slaves.

Now, we can ask the empirical question: where was slavery - in the real sense of the word, involving subjugation of some by others - ended first; and, how was slavery ended elsewhere?

Slavery was ended first in western Europe, and slavery was ended elsewhere in the world by a great abolitionist movement that arose in western Europe.

Slavery was ended fundamentally because of the belief that all people are imbued with something sacred if not divine. Previously, various people outlawed slavery within their community, while condoning the enslavement of others. It took a while for the principle of universal brotherhood to be established, and even when it was established, in western Europe, there was backsliding and slavery of others was condoned by Europeans in colonies.

In contrast, various forms of socialism have revived slavery since the end of slavery in most of the world. Think of Nazism and Communism and their slave labor camps. Furthermore, slavery persists in North Korea and selected other totalitarian places today; and, illegal slavery (human trafficking) remains a large and possibly growing business.

Slavery and the rule of the powerful is the natural state of mankind, and Obama among others covet that power. Indeed, the popularity of t.v. series like Game of Thrones speaks to the coveting of power. Power-lust is so attractive that people will vicariously enjoy the exercise of power by others. If you think people are naturally good, think again. History shows us that many people are evil.

Our struggle for freedom is perennial and just because we made some progress in this struggle, doesn’t mean that greed, sexual perversion and power-lust have been defeated and our struggle is over. Indeed, in some ways, the attempt to re-establish all-powerful government is on the march, and our revolution is in jeopardy.


58 posted on 11/05/2023 1:11:49 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Rusty0604

Born in Kenya, raised by communists, he hates whites, he hates America!


59 posted on 11/05/2023 1:42:17 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Rusty0604

Obama is incompatible with America. Obama must leave.


60 posted on 11/05/2023 1:55:36 AM PDT by Boomer (The Long Winter is coming...)
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