Methinks wolfie may be an Endolith. On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have long suspected he is not a dinky die (genuine) Aussie but merely a > "displaced" person living in Australia. > > CW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ohio mark" <[email protected]> > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 09:18 > Subject: Re: hey lone wolf, prove it > > > > yeah I know he is an ausie. a jealous ausie. > > On Jan 24, 8:52 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ask him to explain the failure of the Whitlam government in Australia (a > > subject near and dear to the hearts of ALL Australian Marxists LOL). > > Remember mark, "Wolfie" isn't an American. > > > > CW > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ohio mark" <[email protected]> > > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 08:02 > > Subject: Re: hey lone wolf, prove it > > > > so let's review. marxism collapses in on itself after a few decades, > > while capitalism in this country has flourished for over 200 yrs. > > > > On Jan 24, 7:52 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the meantime whether or not Marxism has failed or not does not > > > alter the fact that capitalism is a miserable failure. I like to use > > > empirical facts rather than rhetorical nonsense. Infact I only oppose > > > capitalism because of objective reseach. This is not a stupid > > > ideological battle between capitalism and communism. I dont support > > > the regimes of Russia and China --they were not Marxist. I dont expect > > > anyone to take my word for it. Anyone who does their own investigation > > > would find the same thing that I did. > > > > > • The wealthiest 10% of the world's population accounted for 59% of > > > total private consumption > > > • The wealthiest 20% of the world's population accounted for 76.6% > > > of > > > total private consumption > > > • The poorest fifth of the world's population accounted for just > > > 1.5% > > > of total private consumption > > > • The poorest 10% of the world's population accounted for just 0.5% > > > of > > > total private consumption > > > • At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day > > > • The poorest 40 percent of the world's population accounts for 5 > > > percent of global income. > > > • The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world > income > > > • In 2005, the world's billionaires, about 500 people (approx > > > 0.000008% of the world's population) were worth $3.5 trillion (over 7% > > > of world GDP) > > > • In 2004 the total wealth of the richest 8.3 million people > > > increased > > > by 8.2% to $30.8 trillion, giving them control of nearly one quarter > > > of the world's financial assets. In other words about 0.13% of the > > > world's population controlled 25% of the world's assets > > > • From 1960 to 1997 the average income of the wealthiest 20% of the > > > population in the developed countries went from 30 times that of the > > > median income to 74 times median income > > > An analysis of long-term trends showing the distance between the > > > richest and poorest countries > > > • 3 to 1 in 1820 > > > • 11 to 1 in 1913 > > > • 35 to 1 in 1950 > > > • 44 to 1 in 1973 > > > • 72 to 1 in 1992 > > > > > On Jan 24, 11:04 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > come on wolfy, show us just one example of where your marxist > > > > socialism has worked. one example where the masses were lifted up > and > > > > the rich were brought down. one example where your utopia has > > > > worked. ty;l`a 1 > > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
