Hillary Clinton doesn't believe in a moral economy.

[Cheese Sandwich]

She believes in a greed based economy where billionaires build up huge piles of money by exploiting workers and natural resources for their own private profit, without regard for the consequences.

Pretty big differences between the world view of the two candidates.

[grasswire]

1. and we all know this...

"the love of money is the root of all evil"

[msongs]

2. bernie is running as a democrat because "that's where the money is" lol nt

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. Would rather see him running as an independent?

I doubt it.

[lewebley3]

12. Hillary has a love of all people not money: She would be a GOP if she was greedy

[grasswire]

16. LOLOLOLOLOLOL nt

[azmom]

26. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[northernsouthern]

3. She believes in the system.

Like many on here that like the closed elections and the 6 month voter block out for new members. The other things you mentioned are just a bonus.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

10. THIS

and it is the slow road to destruction

[northernsouthern]

11. It starts slow.

But as you can see from this computer model of her economic, environmental, and diplomatic policies it speeds up quickly...

[SoLeftIAmRight]

13. yes - a house of cards is a better description

and the storms are on the way

[Armstead]

5. I think she believes in it -- I do think she has lost sight of what it means

I'm not splitting hairs.

She represents the form of thinking that charity and good corporate works to help the underprivileged are good.

But she has lost sight of the fact that a truly moral economy works to make things like charity less needed, and to reduce the number of underprivileged through a systemically moral economic structure and value system in which the wealthy and corporations have less of a proportion of the overall wealth and power.

[senz]

7. I think she believes in appearances.

[Armstead]

8. That too

[senz]

14. The problem with making poor people reliant on private charity

is that it gives private charities unilateral power over people. Private power is unelected and unaccountable. The recipients have no say in the matter.

[Cheese Sandwich]

15. Yes! Replace the word 'charity' with 'industry' and your comment is still true

The problem with making people reliant on private industry is that it gives private industry unilateral power over people.

[senz]

17. Yes, if we're talking actual reliance.

Some things -- like highways, water and sewage systems, fire departments, parks and beaches, elementary and secondary education -- really should be publicly owned. But of course there's nothing wrong with small businesses, retail shops, manufacturing, etc. However, monopolies hold too much power.

Just thinking out loud here. I truly believe we are capable of finding a good, workable balance and that too much ideology in any direction is not good in economic planning.

[Cheese Sandwich]

18. That's why we need to break up the big banks - at the very least -and hold them socially accountable

Bernie gets it:

The six largest financial institutions in this country today hold assets equal to about 60% of the nation’s gross domestic product. These six banks issue more than two-thirds of all credit cards and over 35% of all mortgages. They control 95% of all derivatives and hold more than 40% of all bank deposits in the United States.

link

That much concentrated power is a threat to our economy and a threat to democracy.

[senz]

20. Yes, total agreement on both counts.

[MisterP]

25. it's like her view of progressivism--she embodies it, the critics only help the RW chorus assailing

her and sabotage the vote by staying home

[Avalon Sparks]

6. Of course she does

She's a member of the club.

She didn't even have to run a transnational Corp or be born into it.

Just sing for her supper a little and maintain a marriage of both spouses having political power t alternate times. Kaching, more speaking fees.

Wonder how much they'll add to their personal checking account if she gets Pontus and Bill goes on another speaking tour?

Corruption!

[senz]

9. Well

[Cheese Sandwich]

22. ^this

[lagomorph777]

19. Evidently her supporters don't,

based on all the ridicule about Bernie's trip to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

[pantsonfire]

21. No, she does not, we don't either because we haven't done our research....n/t

[amborin]

23. her religion, The Family, says: Only the Elites Matter and Will Achieve Dominion ....

[winter is coming]

24. She might.

Anyone wanna volunteer to explain "moral" to her?

[Uncle Joe]

27. I agree.

Thanks for the thread, Cheese Sandwich.