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Debate 1984 | Socialism or Capitalism: Which Is the Moral System?
2021-04-23
Q: Why is it that the Capitalist countries have the most prosperity?
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02:12:34
4.7 minutes
Q: (incoherent rant) Does selfishness mean we can do whatever we want?
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01:58:44
5.6 minutes
Q: What about inheritance?
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02:02:38
3.9 minutes
Q: If laws can create wealth, then why didn't countries do that years ago?
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02:18:03
5.5 minutes
Ridpath: Man, in a social setting, needs one thing: freedom
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31:06
58 seconds
Q: Is the morality that produced the Ukraine famine under the USSR the kind of thing we're to expect from Democratic Socialism?
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01:48:36
3.5 minutes
Kaplan: What is Socialism? Almost a religion; that will suppress the black part of the human soul and elevate the best.
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40 seconds
Kaplan: "Stomach Socialism" - not just a larger cake, but also a fairer distribution
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33 seconds
Q: How can third-world countries succeed under Capitalism when they don't have the wealth to bootstrap themselves?
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01:52:52
4.2 minutes
Q: How is it that selfishness won't lead to the same thing the Nazis did?
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02:07:35
5.0 minutes