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Originally posted by Spanky
In the markets of LA and NYC, which are the center of capitalism, is also where you have people that appreciate free markets. It is the rest of the people that live off the fat of the land, not producing anything but "art for arts sake", and reams of written documents that constantly rail about how screwed up this country is, and it is these people that only exist because our country is so productive. And New York and LA do not produce much of anything. All the production is done outside of these cities. It is the downtowns that play with the money that is produced elsewhere. Of course these markets are important, but don't delude yourself for one minute that these downtown areas are "producing" something that the rest of the country lives off of. You got it directly backwards.
I never mentioned anything about culture. You like many idiots in this country confuse culture with something important. Culture is window dressing. It is nice to have nice window dressing, but if you lose it is no big deal. You sound like one of those idiot beauty contestants who wants to unite the world through fashion.
You only get culture when you have an economy that can afford one. In all the countrys I have lived in the average people just don't get it. They think the US is so successful because it "exploits" other countrys. People in this country understand that this country excels because people and the markets are free. You may look down their noses at them, but trust me, if you are going to live in a democracy, it is much better having these people choose your government than the population of any other country. Do you want the electorate of France or Romania to choose your government? Like a typical spoiled brat, you have no idea how good you have it.
Luckily the American public, and not you, is in charge of who runs this country.
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Ok, I'll give ya San Fran. They produce a lot of tech up in those parts. And they're well known for being salt of the earth midwestern types. Can't find a more God/Mom/Apple Pie crowd than the Bay Area. Everyone's got ssix foot hard on for the War and Jesus in those parts.
What, pray tell, is "created" all over this country? I see subsidized farmers, failing auto makers and thousands of Wal Marts full of day glo clothes and insect repellent bras for your Camaro.
I can't even follow the rest of your point. It ramrods sideways into some sort of screed about free markets and somehow crashes like the Challenger in a vapor trail about Romanians.
I agree, BTW, that free markets are wonderful. But you cited how "the spirit of America (free markets)" is not alive in NYC and LA. That is just fucking absurd.
