The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

There's a happy middle ground between authoritarian communism and laissez-faire capitalism.

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[Goofle]

That was a thing that happened. Nice Wiki, doing your job man.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Goofle

I'm for restricting the government from having the power to legislate such things in the first place. Free market, completely. No government influence whatsoever.

So does that mean the government wouldn't enforce the law that says they own things? I wouldn't pay my rent if the government wasn't so quick to operate on my landlord's behalf. I'm all for keeping government out of it if that's what you mean. No influence whatsoever. I am so down.

heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe- "That government is best which governs not at all"

[Frownland]

Goof: Where were you confused?

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Goofle

That was a thing that happened. Nice Wiki, doing your job man.

That's what happens when business has unfettered control: terrible working conditions, terrible pay, no accountability. Good think you live in a country where you don't have to live through that, or else you might experience some reality.

[Goofle]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

So does that mean the government wouldn't enforce the law that says they own things? I wouldn't pay my rent if the government wasn't so quick to operate on my landlord's behalf. I'm all for keeping government out of it if that's what you mean. No influence whatsoever. I am so down.

There's still laws dude. Murder isn't totally sweet af if we get rid of the government's influence on the way people choose to conduct their monetary transactions..

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Goofle

There's still laws dude. Murder isn't totally sweet af if we get rid of the government's influence on the way people choose to conduct their monetary transactions..

Not if you murder someone for their money. That's a business in itself.

[Goofle]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

That's what happens when business has unfettered control: terrible working conditions, terrible pay, no accountability. Good thing you live in a country where you don't have to live through that, or else you might experience some reality.

Almost as if that would change if people stopped wanting to work in those environments, and other companies offered better services.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Goofle

Almost as if that would change if people stopped wanting to work in those environments, and other companies offered better services.

You think most people in factory positions are there because they want to be? They take it because it's what they can get. Almost as if companies who offered better services didn't do as well in the market because ethics are expensive.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by Goofle

There's no downfalls to capitalism or the free market.

You simply can not be serious. You're just yanking chains. Right?

Originally Posted by Frownland

Stomach cramps from laughter.

Stomach turning at the thought that Goof might actually be one of those people who really believe it.