 papananook says: Anybody that watches network news evewr see a story on how Blackwater just walked away from murder charges? More atrocities... If they are not stopped soon, America will become a terrible place to live. Who is gonna do it? The National Guard? We're in sad shape in the USA...very sad. This is rampant capitalism at it's worst, once you privatize everything, you create a whole lot of little Hitlers who can get away with almost anything because the government divests its powers in people who have no accountability. Even worse, the government will protect its own creations from public scrutiny and from the rule of law. Let's hope that eventually, enough people will get tired of being pushed around, and change things at election time. People such as yourself, help to bring public attention to this sort of thing, which must help. thanks but I'm just a small voice in the wilderness of power. "We the people" seem to have disappeared into some kinda trance of consumerism and apathy...If they don't wake up soon it will be too late. You are absolutely right about "rampant capitalism". Greed, greed and ignorance. Oh sure, attack capitalism. And are you calling guys who do private security little Hitlers? Really, are these guys responsible for a holocaust that I am unaware of. The only ones acting like fascists after New Orleans was the local government who went around confiscating everyone's guns so that they had no way of protecting themselves from bands of looters. There is absolutely nothing wrong with capitalism. It is the reason you are able to use clipmarks. It is the reason you get healed when you are sick. It is the reason we can help other countries with food assistance, which we do to the tune of 1.5 Billion a year 3 times what the entire EU donates. Depending on Mercs to fight your wars is never a good thing. Not all things can be (or should be) privatized. Sorry, not buying the whole capitalism jazz. There's gotta be a better way, especially with health care. A system that rewards greed without regulation (banking as it is now) is basically flawed. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with capitalism. It is the reason you are able to use clipmarks. It is the reason you get healed when you are sick."---wrong, fail, I don't think so. Absolutely! if we were charged for the privelige of making comments on Clipmarks, that would be capitalism. That we can comment on political matters, is due to freedom of speech, call it Democracy if you prefer. Capitalism is the reason so many Americans have to go without proper health care. well said, vk2yoc! There is sooo much wrong with capitalism that I dare not list it all here. But start here: From Timothy Sexton's "A Refutation...." "Adam Smith's market theory-the bible of free enterprise and every conservative politician who has fought tooth and nail against regulation of industry-presupposes a whale of an idea: that narrow self interest will eventually provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Under the theory of Smith's, the private and selfish goal of every person is allegedly led to the greater good of all by an invisible hand. One may well wonder exactly how it is for the greater good of all that, for instance, the marketplace is overwhelmed by a... In fact there is an alternative to Windows--Linux/Ubuntu, an open source system. And before you tell me how much money Bill Gates gives away let me say that if the world economy wasn't so exploitative there would be no need to have all the charities. It's a system of "disconnected profit". |
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