Who Caused the Cold War?

Armchair Apologist said:

There are issues with capitalism that may be attributed to man's sinful nature and such is only becoming worse the more man turns away from God. Every economic system has such flaws including feudalism and an absolute monarchy. I have heard it said that the best form of government would be a benevolent dictatorship but such is only as good as the "dictator" that is in power. Scriptures do not speak of a democracy or the constitutional representative republic that is our United States but I believe it is the best possible form of government we can hope for until the return of the "King of Kings!"

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We could have regular citizens only run for Congress and president. Say if you made to much money you could not run . Say if you took money from special interest you would be put in jail. If you got paid even out of office for special interests you would go to jail. You could not take money for making a decision. No bribes. It also means billionaires could not run or contribute to the people running the government. But the billionaires would never surrender this .

Armchair Apologist said:

There are issues with capitalism that may be attributed to man's sinful nature and such is only becoming worse the more man turns away from God. Every economic system has such flaws including feudalism and an absolute monarchy. I have heard it said that the best form of government would be a benevolent dictatorship but such is only as good as the "dictator" that is in power. Scriptures do not speak of a democracy or the constitutional representative republic that is our United States but I believe it is the best possible form of government we can hope for until the return of the "King of Kings!"

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Greed is rampant regardless of what type of government is in place. I'll take capitalism any day. We've seen how poorly communism worked in the USSR, North Korea, and Cuba. China's communism model evolved to integrate state-controlled capitalism, transforming it into a global economic superpower.

In North Korea and Cuba there are two classes of people: The political elite and the poor. The USSR was like that. China is now somewhere in between now.

If people truly want to have economic freedom, then capitalism is the route to take because It's the only economic model where someone can go from rags to riches.

Foxmeister said:

Greed is rampant regardless of what type of government is in place. I'll take capitalism any day. We've seen how poorly communism worked in the USSR, North Korea, and Cuba. China's communism model evolved to integrate state-controlled capitalism, transforming it into a global economic superpower.

In North Korea and Cuba there are two classes of people: The political elite and the poor. The USSR was like that. China is now somewhere in between now.

If people truly want to have economic freedom, then capitalism is the route to take because It's the only economic model where someone can go from rags to riches.

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Although you might be correct, why do we have sanctions on poor people like Cuba, North Korea? Do we make them poor by our denying them medicines and many other goods. It is evil to keep poor people down with US (not UN) sanctions if they are so bad, why do we continue to restrict them and keep them down?

Foxmeister said:

Greed is rampant regardless of what type of government is in place. I'll take capitalism any day. We've seen how poorly communism worked in the USSR, North Korea, and Cuba. China's communism model evolved to integrate state-controlled capitalism, transforming it into a global economic superpower.

In North Korea and Cuba there are two classes of people: The political elite and the poor. The USSR was like that. China is now somewhere in between now.

If people truly want to have economic freedom, then capitalism is the route to take because It's the only economic model where someone can go from rags to riches.

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A capitalist economy with a representative republic form of government is the best possible scenario and the reason for which I love living in the United States. Capitalism devoid of any morality or sense of human decency ultimately leads to tyranny and pretty much the fulfulment of what Marx and Engals envisioned with their "Communist Manifesto."

Conservative Republicans (Christians) want to cut all the welfare and social programs but they often fail to realize that charity begins with the individual, not the government. We are commanded to "love thy neighbor" and once upon a time, it was the Church that had and managed all of the welfare and benevolence programs (soup kitchens, rescue missions, food pantries, etc.). All of this was abdicated to the government where "charity" was replaced with "entitlement." This is not something that is able to be fixed through government legislation, it is something that must be preceded by repentance and spiritual renewal.

I am all for cutting the welfare programs so long as the Church is ready to step up and become the social "safety net" that it once was.