Epic fail

Are you judging capitalism based on the capitalist society that had strong national industries, set up the NHS and oversaw a massive period of living standard hikes for some, at the expense of others.

This is a bit more true too.

To add to EEI, snotter etc : -

Today is not proof capitalism works. Today is proof that some people (a small percent) of the world can have a decent enough life when hundreds of years of opposition can wear down just a few parts of the capitalist apparatus.

No welfare state? No NHS? No free, mandatory state education? That would be proper capitalism. Survival of the fittest.

Today is a proof that lobbying by the radicals works.

Not the first time he's been compared to me.

It's the jowls

Thank you.

Thank you.ohhh yes.

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Have you seen how badly capitalism has turned out? I'd say it's far worse than half credible.

Did you see what happened to communism? Human nature broke it.

It's the a owls

Thank you.
ffs

Vis. - the relative worthiness of different charitable causes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26723457

Some people trying to donate to breast cancer research managed to sent money to Unicef. Or, adopt a polar bear.

Did you see what happened to communism? Human nature broke it.

Rather a capitalist mentality of certain oligarchs.

yup - human nature. as in greed, it drove natural selection and its in most of us.

It's not that simple. Here are two reasons:

1) There is a long history of peoples living in societies which are radically different from what we consider to be "capitalist." This would lead me to believe that the concept of greed attached to capitalism is not "human nature."
2) Greed (in its economic, non pejorative, definition - i.e., as an aspect of human nature) is a learned behaviour.

C-c-c-c combo break!

"A growing body of evidence suggests that self-interested behavior is learned behavior, and people learn it by studying economics and business. Marwell and Ames, in a series of twelve experiments, found that “people voluntarily contribute substantial portions of their resources...to the provision of a public good” (1981: 307). These experiments consistently contradicted the economic assumption of free riding, with one exception. Economics graduate students were far more likely to free ride than any other group of subjects, contributing only about 20 percent of their resources to the group, compared to the 42 percent contributed by non-economists (Marwell & Ames, 1981: 6–307)."

A couple of articles (the quote comes from the latter):

Amartya K. Sen's “Rational Fools: A Critique of Behaviour Foundations of Economic Theory” (Philosophy & Public Affairs, 1977)

Ferraro, Pfeffer, and Sutton's “Economics Language and Assumptions: How Theories can Become Self-Fulfilling” (Academy of Management Review, 2005)

Shit, thought I nailed it then. Ah well.

Doctor in the house.

pfff, only a

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings - YouTube

/i feel cheated.

Doctor in the house.

Coldcut featuring Yazz & The Plastic Population - Doctorin' the House - YouTube

horatio repped

http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/mar/25/crime-and-punishment-book-ban-psychology-grayling?CMP=fb_gu

Faith in humanity at a low ebb.

https://twitter.com/ChrisALindsay/status/448756493484306433/photo/1

Painted cycle lane FAIL

Pink skids for the win!

Haha yes. I take that route on a regular basis, but not today. Warned the other cyclists at work.

Argument to be made for nobbly MTB tires... :S

How did H&M think this t-shirt was a good idea?!

From here: http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/03/26/hm-pulls-anti-semitic-vests-after-complaints