Elphaba, perhaps you overlooked the last sentence in my thread starter:
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Originally Posted by host
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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Like it or not, earlier reactions to my call for discussion of left leaning alternative economic systems, triggered several hostile responses, including one that possibly accuses me of criminality. I was intrigued by roachboy's unusual, but accurate observation that the MSM omits any coverage of capitalism's shortcomings and of it's failures. No coverage exists to at least examine whether there might be a "better way". I cannot agree that an economic system that leaves 40 million Americans without adequate health insurance coverage, is "fine". I'll leave it to roachboy to revive any possibility for discussion of alternatives to capitalism.