@MethDozer We aren't exactly discussing how many sapphires each person can have...

@SW-User No but real currency with an actual value. A valued commodity, or the currency is just nothing and the whim of the state and or banks.
Fiat currency is just a scam.

@MethDozer First of all, it’s not based on location. The location simply defines the confines of the region. Just like it does in every other scenario. Whether that scenario be the sovereign territory of an embassy, city states such as Vatican City, sovereign military bases the world over and, a variety of similar situations. Second, it’s not a shadow government. The City of London Corporation has a certain amount of autonomy but, that autonomy is granted under the auspices of the British government. Third, foreign banks (and foreign businesses in general) often obtain special incentives. If they are big enough and have things that “local” governments deems to be attractive. Capitalism at its finest and what all right wing Conservatives hold as sacrosanct. Fourth, Jersey is in the archipelago collectively known as the Channel Islands, which is part of the UK. So, yes, the Channel Islands does have a relationship with the Crown, just like all of the UK does. And there’s nothing shady about that relationship. Regardless of what we may think of the Monarchy.

Corruption of the Crown? Is that supposed to mean something? You know that we're no longer in the 17th Century right?

Did you actually read, and understand, the article?

@Keraunos still, are you going to answer the question? 🙂

@Keraunos Heh, the evidence should inform the ideology, and not the other way around :) You don't need to answer the question, I admire your approach

@Paloma Thanks. I'm pretty sure he was just kidding around with me a bit, I don't think he really considered my response invalid.

@puck61 Perfect answer right here...

@fazer1k Even a broken watch is right twice a day! 😁

@puck61 Ha! That's good to know. 👍

@SW-User I'm an anarcho-sybdicalist.

@CountScrofula love u guys tbh. Syndicalism is also dope

@SW-User You Mean:[b] T H O T I S M[/b]

@RedFlower The interesting thing is that communist countries are actually less socialist than most of those we consider to be capitalist.

@lulaluboo I think it's a worthwhile question. There are a lot of people who say they prefer socialism.

@NoYou If the workers own the means of production why are they not being paid accordingly? Poverty is rising while the rich drown on their billions.

Yes. All men will be equal. To each according to his need and ability. If you are a great leader and entrepreneur in capitalism then u can be too in socialism. Socialism relies on merit. All will have opportunities. Something capitalism does not do. The poor drown

Have you seen the way most people spend money? I have friends who literally have $300 shoes and work at Whole Foods and I literally don’t even own $100 ones. People spend money on stuff that depreciates in value and gives them no long term value such as clothes, cars etc. nor do they want to do anything special for them to get paid a lot. where as the rich invest or they save up until they can invest. It’s quite simple as that. I wasn’t born rich. Hell I was born in by the slums in India it was through capitalism me and my family got here.

@NoYou through socialism you wouldn't have been born in the slums at all. We are all equal. Socialism will give to him who needs and according to his ability to produce.

Capitalism must always have someone at the bottom. Otherwise its not capitalism. Someone must be oppressed and exploited. With socialism you would be free to create without the boundaries of money. You create for humanity and pleasure. Not money

@BatRinseRepeat I agree. There has to be a measure of collectivism. To a certain extent, we are our brothers keeper.

@SW-User 1 first tier city. NYC is dump as all urban centers are. Urbanization is pollution in it's highest form.

@MethDozer I like the pollution then... Shanghai is very definitely not a dump. But my point is that you don't actually know anything about China, so stop trashing it.

@SW-User oh the smog warnings and black clouds are a myth and the run down dumps out side their first tier and second tier cities as well. Same for their crumbling buildings that are all.show or the ghost towns created by developers. China is a magic land of virtue and promise where people don't piss in the streets and use gutter oil.


Urbanization is destructive and our greatest defect as creatures. It's disgusting and unnatural way to live. People packed like cockroaches and disconnected to the land and soil.

@JimboUk It's a 'leftist' thing. They love abject failure, economic hardship, and civil unrest. They 'really' do! I'm serious as a myocardial infarction.