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Originally Posted by IronMan
You might also add that America hasn't been a capitalist country for nearly a century. Corporatism/Crony Capitalism isn't Freemarket capitalism.
Competition has been practically wiped out due to government meddling. This is what allows companies like Wal-Mart to flourish.
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Whereas under unfettered capitalism competition had been wiped out by Standard Oil and U.S. Steel creating monopolies. Unfettered capitalism is much like slavery and communism.
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." - Abraham Lincoln
"Whenever people go into politics and they try to say that Communism was a good thing, I say, 'Go ahead and live in a Communist country then, if you think it's so great.' " - Martina Navratilova