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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Corrigan" data-source="post: 1988329" data-attributes="member: 24714">Well, most people can and do coexist and leave each other the hell alone. When you say that&#039;s not how humans work, you mean a small percentage of humans. Rats free each other from cages, then share their food. Apes do the same, which would mean we do the same. The theory that man is inherently evil loses traction more and more. The fact that the crime rate isn&#039;t 100% proves, even with your examples throughout history, that most people don&#039;t want to harm anyone. That&#039;s why soldiers and police are &quot;trained&quot; to kill.As for me being an Obama voter, well no, I didn&#039;t vote. I probably would have voted for Gary Johnson, but I didn&#039;t have the choice. As for me being a socialist or communist, certainly. I don&#039;t completely despise capitalism, but if left unchecked it can sure wreak havoc on the economy of a nation. I think most people don&#039;t see just how much &quot;socialism&quot; we have in America, and how it does benefit the majority. The comment about people using I-phones and Starbucks coffee while complaining about capitalism doesn&#039;t really stick. In a communist nation, we could still have those products, goods and services. Only the CEO of said company wouldn&#039;t have such a ridiculous income. A little bit of free market, a little bit of socialism. It ain&#039;t so bad, comrades.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Corrigan, post: 1988329, member: 24714"] Well, most people can and do coexist and leave each other the hell alone. When you say that's not how humans work, you mean a small percentage of humans. Rats free each other from cages, then share their food. Apes do the same, which would mean we do the same. The theory that man is inherently evil loses traction more and more. The fact that the crime rate isn't 100% proves, even with your examples throughout history, that most people don't want to harm anyone. That's why soldiers and police are "trained" to kill. As for me being an Obama voter, well no, I didn't vote. I probably would have voted for Gary Johnson, but I didn't have the choice. As for me being a socialist or communist, certainly. I don't completely despise capitalism, but if left unchecked it can sure wreak havoc on the economy of a nation. I think most people don't see just how much "socialism" we have in America, and how it does benefit the majority. The comment about people using I-phones and Starbucks coffee while complaining about capitalism doesn't really stick. In a communist nation, we could still have those products, goods and services. Only the CEO of said company wouldn't have such a ridiculous income. A little bit of free market, a little bit of socialism. It ain't so bad, comrades. [/QUOTE]

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