gdp's Comments

Listverse : Top 10 Metal Bands Deserving More Attention

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:51:45 +0000

I like the idea for the list, but did you even think of considering anything that wasn't thrash or death? Sleep? Saint Vitus? Pentagram?

Listverse : Top 10 Metal Bands Deserving More Attention

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:46:55 +0000

I'm so extreme and non-mainstream!

Listverse : Top 10 Metal Bands Deserving More Attention

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:46:24 +0000

I think they get more than enough credit.

Listverse : Top 10 Metal Bands Deserving More Attention

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:33:22 +0000

Buffalo

Listverse : 10 Questions To Make You Think

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:18:41 +0000

If Hitler had died in '36 the world would not have turned out much differently. Anti-semitism and extremism had already been fostered in the Nazi Party, by Hitler, to critical mass. Jews were already being persecuted, and the Nazi's wanted Danzing... And the rest of Europe. That one was supposed to make us think? Sure, there might have been some differences here and there, but whichever one of Goebbels, Himmler or Goring took over would have been almost as extreme, and stupid.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:41:02 +0000

I'm sure there could be other methods of self-determination than capitalism. That seems awfully short-sighted.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:46:41 +0000

You obviously have a severely limited grasp of economics and politics. I've already made a few long-winded arguments against people with similar opinions here so I'll leave it at that.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:39:20 +0000

Why is liberlism and progressiveness (?) better than conservativeness? Because it is? You call him brainwashed, but aren't you also? You're utterly convinced that liberals and progressives are right, period, and that conservatives are wrong, period. Call me crazy, but you assuming yourself enlightened with opinions like that sounds hypocritical. I think that the real problems with the US aren't conservatives and liberals, as both sides would have you believe, but rather polarization and hyperbole. Republicans are not evil, corporate facists and Democrats are not evil, intellectual communists. The USA has two political parties, one of which is slightly left of center, the other of which is slightly right of center. If you want examples of extreme political views in a democracy you should look at the EU and its constituent states, they actually do have socialists and facists. Therefore, stop getting so worked up over tiny problems you have with different party's policies, start thinking for yourself and stop fear-mongering. Do America and the rest of the world a favour.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:24:51 +0000

Communism, by definition, does not have a regime. It's a common misnomer though, and I won't split hairs. The world's never really seen a socialist state so we can't really comment. But socialism mixed with democracy is working quite well in places like Norway and Denmark. There is some capitalism in those countries, with the obvious characteristic being personal ownership. But at the end of the day Maoism and Stalinism are nothing short of facism under a different name.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:16:41 +0000

I agree with you that capitalism is definitely the best. However, I think it self-evident that a mixture of economic systems is necessary, most notably the obvious staple of democracies world-wide - socialism and capitalism. I don't think we'll see another model tested in small-scale first. Some people will believe in it, some people won't, and if it comes to it there'll be a revolution (unless, miraculously, the new system is compatible with democracies as we know them and enough people are happy with it).

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:10:13 +0000

I didn't want a distinction in the index, I'm just making the point that state-control isn't always for the stated good of the people (and therefore not really socialist). On second inspection Australia is third (?) which is perplexing for me. I don't know exactly what the index supposedly takes into consideration (I haven't read about it) but I'm thinking that it must be more along the lines of corruption and transparency because Australia definitely has social leanings (public healthcare, public education). Here's some tax rates to give you an idea (again, I haven't done any research but I'm assuming that they're going to be relatively high): http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc... And the 10% GST on most goods and services is what pays for healthcare infrastructure. N.B. I'm Australian Also note, I'm Mark (this is the account I only realized I had just recently).

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:03:46 +0000

What medical procedures were commonly used to prolong life and keep people healthy when feudalism was the dominant economic system in Europe? Of course you can't expect the standard of living to be as high for technological reasons. Just because we happen to be using capitalism now doesn't mean that it is the be all and end all of economic systems, and it's extremely shortsighted to think that it is.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:00:17 +0000

That's not a fair comparison. Capitalism couldn't have provided a better standard of living hundreds of years ago when feudalism was being used. Comparing economic systems across times is harder than "people weren't as healthy under feudalism, therefore capitalism's the best."

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:57:31 +0000

That's it? A spelling mistake and a misunderstanding of what I was saying? I didn't say anything about economic growth, I know that economies don't grow quickly during wars. What I did say is that during major wars technology advances quickly, and that is when we're most socialized as a society.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:39:27 +0000

Off the top of my head from class it's 10/90, but that's obviously not exact and may not even be in the ball park.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:17:25 +0000

Your assumptions are making you look foolish. I'm not socialist. I would appreciate it if you would stop labeling me as such. But capitalism in its purest form is unethical, and people that swear by it are invariably the lucky ones. I have a mentally handicapped uncle and I had a mentally handicapped aunt, how well do you think my family would have turned out if it was up to capitalists like yourself? I'm willing to bet that I wouldn't even have a car to redistribute.

Listverse : Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:13:37 +0000

Ignorance and arrogance oozes out of your every pore. I'm an economics students, I'm not a socialist, I'm a Keynsian. Greatest rates technological advancements in the past century: during wartime. Periods of vastly decreased economic freedom: during wartime. A coincidence?

Listverse : Another 10 Moral Dilemmas

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:33:21 +0000

9. Why not?

Listverse : Another 10 Moral Dilemmas

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:31:20 +0000

1 and 3. I don't think it works like that...

Listverse : Another 10 Moral Dilemmas

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:28:42 +0000

It's like deja vu all over again.