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Originally Posted by JonL
First the general: Do you honestly believe that human nature has changed over the last 100 or even 1000 years? Do you honestly believe that the horrors man has inflicted upon his own kind throughout history "cannot" happen anymore for some magical reason? I remember being shocked to see the genocide that unfolded in Serbia recently. I remember seeing people on TV, dressed in modern Western clothes, in modern middle class surroundings... and it was so incongruous that people who didn't look or live much differently from myself could be the victims AND perpetrators of such horrors. It opened my eyes. It made me realize how important a broad, inclusive community and society is, and how dangerous people can become when their xenophobic tendencies are exploited.
Now the specific: Could there be a return to the terrible exploitation of workers and children right here in this country? Absolutely. Leave capitalism to it's unfettered devices and it'll happen in no time at all.
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Capitalism in this country cannot be left to its "unfettered devices", or anything even remotely close to it, without someone on the left getting riled. Hell, we can't even support our own energy needs, the life blood of capitalism - fettered or unfettered - without some lefty group getting their nickers in a knot.