Is there any historical evidence that free market capitalism works?

[Jasmin finnigan]

Obviously all capitalism is somewhat free market but I mean properly free, the way the far-right dream things should be with no public schools and privatized social security.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_go...nsequences
scott b: If it isn't capitalism without any regulations or state ownership of companies then what is it?
Aegis of Freedom: Fucking up the entire third world in the process does not count as 'working'.

[scott b]

"the way the far-right dream things should be with no public schools and privatized social security."

Great....another right-winger that has NO clue what "free market capitalism" actually IS, but has no problem making light of it.

[Meg]

What are you trying to say. As a liberal are you having trouble finding something good to say about your illegal in the white house?

[Aegis of Freedom]

See American History 1798 - 1930

[Divi filius]

Where has any conservative said what you claim, what a

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[WRG]

No intelligent person thinks that all school in the US should be private. That is only at the very fringe would consider that. As far as privatized social security it would have worked very well for a great majority of the citizens during all of the 20th century.

America went from a colony of the British to the most powerful nation on earth between in about 200 years the vast majority of that time there was very little federal mucking about with the economy.

[Rock]

If what you are saying is a market with no regulation whatsoever then no it would not work. Too much government is bad, but a proper balance of what government does is necessary.

[Condor97]

Did your school teach you to write your last name without capitalization?

And no, because it's never been attempted at that level.

But it is historically proven time and time again that socialism and communism will always fail if there isn't a free market somewhere else supporting them.

[NJ100]

When you're talking about "far left" or "far right" or any EXTREME view, they are generally wrong.

[Perry]

You are living in the results of capitalism despite the progressive liberals war against it. Sure we need some regulations to protect society against the ultra greedy and a safety net for people who have fallen on hard times. But, we don't need an obama welfare nanny state where the government gives incentive to be lazy and rewards failure. Think of failures like GM and Solyndra where obama showered his corporate crony's with tax payer money.

However, public schools could be run much more efficiently with a higher turnout of educated students if they were privatized. Just look at the private schools and privately funded charter schools that are turning out superior kids now. Government and teachers unions have destroyed the public school system.

Tell me in what society in history that you could DRIVE a CAR built by CAPITALISTS to BUY a HAMBURGER for less than $5.00. On that Hamburger is Meat processed by a capitalist, lettuce and tomato's grown by a capitalist, Buns baked by a capitalist. Conversely, as someone who lived on communist Russia before the wall came down. They were lucky if there was one salame hanging in the neighborhood deli.

Now show me historical evidence where Marxism/Communism has sustained itself past one or two generations before it imploded and the people starved.