Please explain how they're "leaps".kalm wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:50 pmQuite the leaps there, Miss Rand.UNI88 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:18 am
Then we should ignore Jelly's weak attempt to deflect from the points the cartoon scores in today's environment by criticizing the points it was making in 1934.
And just so we're clear on the points scored in today's environment:
- Is the government spend, spend, spending under the guise of recovery? Yes.
- Is the government taking on an increasing amount of debt (bust the government) as a result? Yes.
- Are there people blaming capitalists and capitalism? Yes from Amazon and the pharmaceutical companies profiting from the Pandemic to blaming other societal ills on capitalism.
- Are there people that want to "junk" the Constitution? Yes.
The irony, Skelly is pointing out is legit. Not all New Deal programs worked but many did and continue to. Yet somehow...someway...still capitalists despite. Phew!
Should capitalism be held accountable for its downsides?
Regardless of what one thinks about the New Deal, the irony of how well an editorial cartoon from 1934 applies to government in 2021 is interesting. Jelly doesn't appear to want to acknowledge that so he'd rather act like his Wonder Twin BDkkk, and distract from the irony by focusing on less relevant details.
I know that capitalism isn't perfect and has it's downsides. But I take exception to the idiots who don't understand economics and think that capitalism is de debil and the root of all society's problems without giving it any credit for the many wonderful advances that have greatly improved our quality of life.