Comments on: Le socialisme est merde

By: raf

raf — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 10:17:20 +0000

sorry, but this article is pure propaganda, product of an indoctrinated mind. there is _NO_ whatsoever empirical evidence that could eventually support the rant of this guy.

“Germany and France are trying to protect their welfare capitalism with defense. Ireland is generating its own sustainable model of social capitalism by playing offense. I’ll bet on the offense.”

well, this understanding of capitalism is not only totally wrong, but also induces people in thinking that the welfare state in ger/fr/etc is not the product of social struggle. letting rich people getting even richer (with a – call it neoliberal – set of regulation) and hoping then that they would share a few cents with you, is not only naive, but simply the wrong way.

By: dario

dario — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:09:52 +0000

Actually, Chile has a socialism government. But that’s not the point. To asume that a person will get another job after he gets fired, just because of the speed of economics, is to base the entire model in a BIG presumption. Oh, and the problems with central banking and money supply in Argentina were a consequence, not a cause. It’s like saying that a bullet is what kills a person, not the guy that shoots the weapon.

By: cs

cs — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:07:15 +0000

i wonder how much the high european subsidies for ireland in the 90s have to do with this. when i visited ireland in 1996, the blue “build with european money” signs where EVERYWHERE. and we know who pays most of europe’s bills.
exactly, germany.

By: Manuel Lora

Manuel Lora — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:52:58 +0000

The reason why Argentina failed was not because of a more capitalist model, but because of the powers of central banking and the amount of money supply. Compare it to Chile and you’ll see. Low inflation, fastest growth, private investment, and little socialism.

By: dario

dario — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:23:35 +0000

I think some pro-AngloSaxon guys should visit Argentina to see how well the fire-easy, pay-low, be-competitive, everything-private model did. No one deserves to starve or die because of not having a job. even if it means to sacrifice some stupid microchip factories.