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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by host
I read many comments in TFP politics that lament the "broken" political system, with "special interests" often pointed to as the culprits. Posters seem to believe that "one party is as bad as the other". Outside of roachboy and strange_famous, I see almost no one willing to engage in serious and informed discussion of alternative economic systems. In an era where we begin to notice and whisper about the unsustainability of a growth obsessed, oil addicted economy, why are we unable to compare ourselves to other western societies who are on different paths? Will a voice from Appalachia, writing on the internet, make us notice capitalism's failings?
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maybe people aren't willing to engage in discussions like this because what I have seen is just a DELUGE of links, quotes, screen scrolls to digest.
I tried to read through this, and between getting the back story of roachboys thread to yours... I got bored.
I read a number of posts where the discussion is as follows, "Well here's my evidence," post quote, post link, post quote, post link,"and further more" post quote, post link, post quote, post link, post quote, "and because of those I cannot see why you think the way that you do."
That's not a discussion, that's people talking and holding up books saying, "But it says in here..." IMHO no different than any other preachers albeit religious or governmental agenda pushers.
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