12/12/2010 4:23:22 PM
The saddest thing of all that there is such a small minority of "journalist" in the MSM that are out there uncovering this shit. Maybe a better question would be, if there were more and they were regularly doing it, would the public even care?
12/12/2010 4:42:12 PM
I think most are very undereducated when it comes to the functions of the banking system. A very low percentage of people will be able to describe fractional reserve banking, much less the consequences of such a scheme. At this point, banks and government are, for all intents and purposes, a single entity, working in tandem to skim as much wealth as possible from the middle and lower classes, while adding absolutely no production value to the economy themselves.[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 5:22 PM. Reason : ]
12/12/2010 5:21:22 PM
^ That's what we've been saying this whole time.
12/12/2010 5:46:48 PM
the thing about pure capitalism is that E V E R T H I N G is for sale. every motherfucking goddammn thing, including your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.in its purest form, it is as anti-democratic as communism and totalitarian facism/monarchy.Democracy has to be the end game. the free flow of capital, ideas, and resources have to be a tool for democractic ends, otherwise all this is just a pathology.it is a long hard battle that humankind is fighting, but we will get it right eventually.
12/12/2010 6:18:44 PM
^did you sell the Y?
12/12/2010 6:39:10 PM
for five dollars and a bucket of spit
12/12/2010 6:51:25 PM
I think some people imagine "capitalism" as being pure survival of the fittest, with no protection by law and an absence of any sort of rights guarantor. I don't see it that way. In real, free market capitalism, rights are protected, and corporations are not allowed free reign to harm anyone they like. That's what I support. You can have a market where the government doesn't intervene directly, and doesn't pick winners and losers. We don't have to accept this false choice between crony capitalism and state control over the economy.
12/12/2010 7:07:26 PM
^^^^ I prefer my life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness to be mine to sell or never sell as I see fit, compared to the democratic system taking my life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness without appeal just because for this exact moment 51% of my fellow citizens feel like it. The purpose of Democracy is to secure our Liberty, not the other way around. In-so-far as Democracy becomes a hindrance to this goal, it must be curtailed. [Edited on December 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM. Reason : ^ quite right]Anyone here give any thoughts to the proposed constitutional amendment allowing a super-majority of state legislatures to repeal federal legislation? [Edited on December 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM. Reason : .,.]
12/12/2010 7:07:59 PM
^^ Democracy and the US’s form of government are colloquially used interchangeably. A republic is a subset of a democracy anyway.
12/12/2010 7:27:04 PM
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12/13/2010 9:22:53 AM
RAWR RAWR RAWR FREE MARKET EVIL!!!! *gives trillions in tax payer money to corporations*
12/13/2010 9:30:13 AM
^^ Well, the solution to the corrupting influences of prohibition turned out to be repealing prohibition.
12/13/2010 9:58:18 AM
12/13/2010 11:28:03 AM
^^State legislatures aren't necessarily beholden to different, or better interests.[Edited on December 13, 2010 at 11:29 AM. Reason : ^^]
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12/13/2010 11:35:42 AM
^^ In theory, whether they are better or worse is irrelevant, as long as they are different. It just didn't stick, because while they were different, for a few decades their interests coincided and managed to break the check. ^^^ My point was simple. While all the countries (Canada, France, U.S., Russia) are Democracies, when someone yells Democracy without qualifications it is not sensible to assume they mean democracy as practiced in the U.S. as implied by your words "Democracy and the US’s form of government are colloquially used interchangeably." ssjamind called for more Democracy, we proclaim even more democracy would be harmful, and you proclaim that all he means by more democracy is the U.S. style of government.
12/13/2010 11:53:39 AM
bttt
9/29/2011 11:33:46 PM
I think Occupy Wall St has shown that there exists out there a population mostly consisting of youth that believes in economic justice and uses social networking to communicate. A fuck the rich mentality.
9/29/2011 11:37:08 PM
Flashmobs did it first
9/30/2011 9:18:46 AM
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/crony-capitalism-737-million-green-jobs-loan-given-nancy-pelosis-brother-law_594593.html
9/30/2011 9:45:32 AM
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