BERLUSCONI ( Archived) (217)

"Why do you describe Fascism,and have the nerve to call it Capitalism?
You blame something that has as yet never existed.
You call the Statism of today Capitalism!
Go read some other Stuff than your beloved Marx an Keynes!"


Conrad73, are you criticizing me or other posts? clarify for me which countries/systems are you saying are currently fascist?
and which are you saying are currently statist.

Debate thread aside man, in your posts the quotes aren't showing as 'quotes' but as part of the normal text which is making it difficult to follow who said who at times.

I think you're doing copy/paste of others' texts to include them in your posts, just press 'quote' to reply to a particular post, and the other peson's quote will appear in that highlighted box.


Back to the subject, you and I don't see this on exactly the same manner, but unlike nettermann you're proving a valid debate opponent

I don't doubt your good intentions mate, but you know the saying 'power corrupts the soul' yes?

Many other leaders started off with good intentions but lost their way as the lust for power took over.

Re-the media empire, I don't want to claim any moral high ground, but it's easier to say what you've claimed when you know that you probably won't ever be in Berlusconi's position isn't it? Each one of us has faults, heck I don't know what I'd do if I had Berlusconi's wealth & power at my disposal, I'd like to think I'd do good with it, but then again, one man's heaven is another's hell, so you'll still find people who'll denigrate and hate you for it.

Just think about this, with his media empire, banks etc, Berlusconi has given emplyoment to thousands of people, haven't they benefited too (although not to his extent) from his businesses?

Whatever one thinks of him, I still don't go for violence-the man looked obviously distressed by it all.

Unfortunately violence is an extreme way of venting anger and any high profile person will be at risk from this.