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Glorious bastard

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25. This is a good point, actually.

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #21)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 12:41 PM

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Indirectly it does. All the remedies proposed in the OP reinforce the social institutions that corporate crime attempts to undermine.

But corporatism goes beyond capitalism. It finds ways to collude with and even control government, which, at least according to the capitalist dogma, is supposed to be small enough to be drowned in a bathtub. Instead, as we can see now more clearly than ever, corporatism encourages the growth of government in the exact areas that serve to enable their crimes.

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How to eliminate most crime almost anywhere. [View all] werdna Wednesday OP

Legalize drugs Blues Heron Wednesday #1

Drug addiction causes problems in many cases JI7 Wednesday #17

Seems logical, but that kind of backfired here in Oregon. I haven't researched all the details, but my three mid 30s to KPN Wednesday #22

I dunno.. Except for a few people that I know that are responsible people, I think drugs make people flakey. nt Exp Wednesday #24

You wouldn't throw people in jail for drugs anymore though, we never should have been doing that. Blues Heron Wednesday #27

Agreed. People are going to be who they are. Pot should be 100% legal, alcohol regulated. Meth, heroin, cocaine, etc Exp Wednesday #30

That completely failed in Oregon Melon Wednesday #26

Vote for Democrats! Johnny2X2X Wednesday #2

It's simple: Republicans cause poverty. . . DinahMoeHum Wednesday #18

Yup Johnny2X2X Wednesday #28

Not a new idea. Look at FDR's Second Bill of Rights tinrobot Wednesday #3

None of this eliminates white collar corporate crime and its corruption of social institutions Glorious bastard Wednesday #4

That class of disease could only be helped by development of vaccines Attilatheblond Wednesday #9

Was About To Say... ProfessorGAC Wednesday #13

Yeah it does. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #21

This is a good point, actually. Glorious bastard Wednesday #25

Well, no economic system is without it's flaws . . . werdna Wednesday #32

THIS. KPN Wednesday #23

True. werdna Wednesday #31

Places that have put in basic income & basic housing have seen crime fall, health improve & gov costs decline. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #5

Take away the guns FirefighterJo Wednesday #6

You Have a License For That ? PhilG Wednesday #12

Human emotion is a large contributor to crime LonePirate Wednesday #7

From Rebl2 Wednesday #10

And those negative emotions would be less inflamed if the OP's ideas were instituted. TheRickles Wednesday #11

Violence is the last resort of the incompetent BeneteauBum Wednesday #14

the rs would stammer , thats socializim AllaN01Bear Wednesday #8

There's still going to be crime if this utopia is enacted. maxsolomon Wednesday #15

A lot of actual crime fighting could have been done with the $120 million William Seger Wednesday #16

My sentiments completely swong19104 Wednesday #19

Yes the six basics that everyone should have. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #20

While many of the variety of socialisms currently in existence. . . werdna Wednesday #33

Nah, because it never stays well regulated. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #34

Good list, but I'd also add that the gaslighting, hatred, bigotry, anger, and division perpetrated by the right Doodley Wednesday #29