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Originally posted by SkurkNilsen
reply to post by xuenchen
I can't really see that you have pointed to any "negatives" on Soros possible backing of #occupywallstreet, you have pointed to some, in your opinion, negatives of Soros' way of making buisness.
I am a suporter of #occupywallstreet, so obviously financial backing of any kind of this movement is positive in my eyes.
And yet again... How exactly is giving 8 billion dollars to charity just crumbs?
A secretive group of Wall Street hedge fund bosses are said to be behind a plot to cash in on the decline of the euro.
Mr Soros, who made more than $1billion by currency speculation when the pound was ejected from the Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday in 1992, believes the structure of the euro is 'patently flawed'.
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by SkurkNilsen
I'm talking about Yugoslavia, not Romania. Hmmmm, but that doesn't fit your view does it. Your view of Soros being the savior of all that is good and kind is flawed.
Your unrealistic view of those who pull the strings have your points out of focus friend. May I suggest that you look further into those whom you support.
Give me proof that Soros has done good for mankind, without lining his own pockets.
Originally posted by SkurkNilsen
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
Man, I'm all for socialist utopias, except they are not utopias, they are the countries with the highest living standards in the world....
Many leftists often point to the "superiority" of Scandinavian "socialism." Leftists often use Denmark and Sweden as their examples, since they are the most successful Scandinavian nations. I already covered this issue in an earlier post, but I feel it is important to rehash this topic and to post a refutation of this leftist fallacy. For this post, we shall define Scandinavian countries as Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. Some might dispute whether we should consider Finland and Iceland as Scandinavian, because of cultural differences (Finland) and geographical barriers (Iceland), though we the point of this post is not to argue whether or not these countries are Scandinavian, but to dispute the fact that they are indeed successful socialist states.
First of all, most leftists will use the USA as the measure of laissez faire capitalism. We all know that this is completely false, so I won't go into detail refuting this casuistry here but I'd like to point several things out: Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, and Australia were all rated as "more free," according to the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom. It would probably be better to compare these Scandinavian nations to Hong Kong or Ireland than to the United states.
Furthermore, Scandinavian nations are not nearly as socialist as leftists claim they are. Although the United States ranks higher than these nations on the Index of Economic Freedom, Scandinavian nations are more free in several decisive areas. Denmark has greater business freedom, monetary freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom, freedom from corruption, and labor freedom while having comparable property rights and trade freedom scores to the U.S. Sweden has greater business freedom and freedom from corruption, while having comparable trade freedom, monetary freedom, property rights enforcement, investment freedom, and financial freedom to the United States
Originally posted by xuenchen
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
Perhaps their original "ethnicity" pretty much lacking "outside" influences.
(would include outside financial influences, outside social influences, outside cultural influnces)
Originally posted by SkurkNilsen
Originally posted by xuenchen
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
Perhaps their original "ethnicity" pretty much lacking "outside" influences.
(would include outside financial influences, outside social influences, outside cultural influnces)
I pretty much agree with your post, except this point. The imigration population of Norway is 12.2 and in the US 12.5 (People born outside the country).
Plus Norway is home to a rapidly growing influx of foreign workers working on contracts.
The scandinavian socialism is based on a crossover between capitalism and socialism, branded socialdemocracy. Very much unlike pure breed socialist countries like Venezuela or Cuba.
IMO the best of both worlds.
Ethnic groups: Norwegian 94.4% (includes Sami, about 60,000), other European 3.6%, other 2% (2007 estimate)
Definition: This entry provides an ordered listing of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.
The "infiltrations" are always what creates the system failures. (financial, cultural)
Originally posted by SkurkNilsen
reply to post by xuenchen
Fair point. But how does that mean it's impossible to have a more socialy just system of government in the US?
The "infiltrations" are always what creates the system failures. (financial, cultural)
This sentence worries me a bit. Are you implying that imigrants are infiltrators?