Over the aggregate no, it does not.

Statistical evidence: for pussies

By that I mean, what if we lived in a society where millions of private citizens are not carrying guns because we believe it should be quite difficult for people to procure handheld killing machines?

We need more thoughts and prayers. That’ll help.

Yeah, he tried the “offensive” thing at one point (Gettysburg) and pretty much blew what could have been an easy Confederate victory.

Exactly. Lee actually thought it would be a good idea to invade Pennsylvania!

Lee’s strength was in counterpunching while keeping his army in a chiefly defensive configuration, a tactic that worked well in an era where defensive firepower was far more than the equal of offensive tactics. However, he had NO concept of strategy or supply, meaning that he had no plan for winning the war except for…

The Cornerstone Speech delivered by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens at the Athenaeum in Savannah, Georgia, on March 21, 1861, a few weeks before the Confederacy would start the American Civil War. Essentially, it was the Confederacy’s declaration of war.

To play devil’s advocate, you can call Lee a great general in a very similar vein you’d call Rommel a great general.

I mean, the guys a maniac (Trump, I have no idea if your dad is a maniac) so the thing is, it’s not impossible. I wouldn’t even be surprised, mostly because I’m past the point where anything this administration does surprises me. But even if that could happen, it’s to be dreaded rather than desired. Look what’s…

You haven’t been paying attention if you think Trump’s actions are only going to hurt minorities or the poor. Brian is correct in the sense that if Trump is a failure as a President, which he is most definitely turning out to be, it hurts ALL OF US.

Indeed. When you see just how many Dems line up to defend unfettered Capitalism - when you have the poorest of the poor defending the Kochs and Mercers - the game is over. Revolution is coming. It might not go well for our side, but goddamn if the Guillotine God won’t get his share.

Adam Smith literally told people to regulate capitalism or it would be a disaster.

The real opportunity to move our system of capitalism in an enlightened direction would be for the corporate leadership to exert its influence in politics to see to it that more progressive economic tax policies and regulations are passed—policies that would serve to redistribute wealth downwards, rather than…

I think in Trump’s mind, success is pretending to drive big rigs and being seen with world leaders. It’s everyone he surrounded himself with that’s dangerous.

Regulation is antithetical to capitalism, which is what capitalism-loving Americans refuse to acknowledge. America’s economic system has worked best when it’s the least capitalist and most heavily regulated.

He’s right, in a way. Trump’s ascendance was bad for America but so will be his downfall.

Capitalism can be functional and serve the greater good provided that it is well regulated. The US system is indeed a broken capitalist system.

“The owners of capital—the investors and executives of companies like Aetna, for example—are huge winners in our broken capitalist system.”