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WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk What? You mean the dog and pony shows he did? Not sure what you're getting at, regardless.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk That's an alternate reality. We have cut and privatized for decades and decades. You only tried to remove risk through overpolicing and asset inflation.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk The problem is that your politics empowers them. There is no path to even your dream that doesn't involve redistribution and the building of a power base to demand it.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk I get it. Your generation has held political power your entire adult life. It's scary to think of what younger (middle aged) people might do with the institutions you wrecked after getting their hands them, especially as you approach your years of increasing dependence on them.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk What I'm pointing out is that it is YOU who have embraced the "own nothing and be happy" economy. It is you who thinks you are anointed by your own cut of the asset pie and that the larger rent-seekers will never come for you (though perhaps that his true depending on your life expectancy, wealth, and health). In fact, you want to double down. And you are in denial in thinking that the growing prosperity of the asset class is a means of equality--it is in fact the height of power/wealth inequality and it is ushering in a new feudalism. You welcome it by pointing your finger at public sector employees--the only base from which to push back--rather than privatizers. Good luck seeking Peter Thiel's patronage.
Anyone who says you can't say 'nigger' because of your skin colour, is a racist! :P
Satch comments on Jul 19, 2021:
The fact that African-American culture is so influential is WHY white boys call each other niggers. That should be empowering rather than being slammed as racist. It CAN be racist, but as with all words, its all about the intent within the context.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
That context is an oppressive power dynamic and history. That's why you shouldn't say it.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk This one too: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306396821992706?journalCode=racb
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Relevant: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-asset-economy/ https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/wage-share https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/local/growth_coalition_theory.html https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dech.12645#.YGGBtlA4F54.twitter https://autonomy.work/portfolio/berry-class-rent/ https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/neofeudalism-the-end-of-capitalism/ https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4848/AssetizationTurning-Things-into-Assets-in
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Feel free to consult a dictionary.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Cities racked up debt (the business term is "derisking") because they were starved and privatized by neoliberal policies that took off in a racist fit against desegregation and the civil rights movement. The government failed to regulate and insure public pensions when they did private ones. And by ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 20, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk You know I'm right.
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
jaymaron comments on Jul 19, 2021:
In a meritocracy, you can advance by merit. In an anti-meritocracy, the only way to advance is by treachery and cronyship. This creates a world heavy in corruption and political purges. 1st rate people hire 1st rate people. 2nd rate people hire 3rd rate people. 3rd rate people hire 5th rate...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
Who is there to hire in an asset economy except servants and foreign laborers?
Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public ...
Alysandir comments on Jul 19, 2021:
> Public employees tend to vote Democrat because Democrats advocate maximizing the number of public employees. Disagree. Public employees tend to vote Democrat because the majority of them got jobs with the government straight out of high school and never had to work a job in the private sector. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
@scrabo22 Amazon has been doing the same thing. People and places are just assets to be maximized for value (or minimized for cost) in our economy. We all pray that we stay on the right side of that dynamic, but eventually the value squeezing will run out of things to privatize and workers and servants to exploit and come for us. Or we could expand the public sector and create a base to fight back.
Fake conservatives. [washingtontimes.com]
jaymaron comments on Jul 19, 2021:
The Washington Post wrote a hit piece on Steven Miller. They interviewed everyone that knew him from elementary school and then published the results in a slanted, mean-spirited way. Democrats are petty. Their tactics are low-level. The Washington post is a jerk.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
That man is human waste.
The Price of Privatization [youtube.com]
Beachslim comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Private public partnerships aren't private at all. Get rid of government completely
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
RIP government. Long love private monopoly.
It's a big club and you ain't in it.
sqeptiq comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Democrats would do better with working class whites if they had something better to offer them than lectures on their "privilege."
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
But it is true that neither party has any interest in appealing to the working class of any demographic.
It's a big club and you ain't in it.
sqeptiq comments on Jul 19, 2021:
Democrats would do better with working class whites if they had something better to offer them than lectures on their "privilege."
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
This is a "populist" Republican funded by Trump's backers.
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia Can you show me something intelligent you read about "snowflakes?"
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia You can just point me to an article, if you'd like. I'm sure you've been doing rigorous work.
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia Also curious--what is it that they don't understand and what difference it makes economically.
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 19, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia Where did you learn about "snowflakes?" The news? Editorials? Social media? Books? Academic research? Think tanks? Your own observations? Advertisements?
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia Well there's the ignorant part. Did you continue leaning after you left school?
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia Maybe I wasn't clear. I was acknowledging that you saw the humanity of Cubans. And I was criticizing your hate and ignorance about young Americans. Try to apply some of the former on the younger half of the citizens of the country you claim to love.
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
@toronto_Georgia Please try to use some of your capacity for seeing the humanity of Cubans with younger Americans. You and the other commenters here are very hateful and ignorant. Maybe read a book from the last 50 years about the economy, too.
SOSUSA!
Alysandir comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Wait. The political Left is running the show right now, so you're basically criticizing THEM for not shutting it down. Are you feeling okay, Rick?
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
The right is famously against shutting it down, especially if it means transferring detainees to the US or holding trials.
SOSUSA!
parsifal comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Another candidate to travel abroad! Don’t forget to send a card
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
Uncle Sam won't let me.
Oddly enough, Cuba is on top there in the meme...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 18, 2021:
Oddly enough, the US has a blockade that prevents its citizens from traveling to Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
@SpikeTalon He offered to the US first. US was too proud to accept.
The numbers don't lie
WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 28, 2021:
Without taking issue with other problems with this graphic, why that date range and what do you think is meaningful about it? Also, imagine if people cared as much about wage theft ($137 million per day) as they do property crimes! Hell imagine if we cared as much about the property cops steal ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 18, 2021:
You're getting close to understanding, @WesternPatriot
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 16, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf It's a free country.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf Words are a leftist conspiracy.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf
Woke NFL Just Keeps Digging: Will Play 'Black National Anthem,' Increase 'Social Justice Messages' ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Oh you poor baby. How will you manage?
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@sqeptiq 🙄
Woke NFL Just Keeps Digging: Will Play 'Black National Anthem,' Increase 'Social Justice Messages' ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Oh you poor baby. How will you manage?
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@sqeptiq Cool story.
Tucker Carlson made up a childhood story to smear teachers [washingtonpost.com]
Inspiration comments on Jul 15, 2021:
This has been going on for over 20 years that I am aware of, 99% female teachers at the local govt primary school(under 11 here ) were more concerned with the kids bringing fake toy guns and anything they deemed a weapon on dress up fun days than teaching the kids how to spell, read ,write or do ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
Do you mean to say that people like Tucker have been (falsely) smearing teachers for over 20 years? I believe it.
Tucker Carlson made up a childhood story to smear teachers [washingtonpost.com]
GaryWitt comments on Jul 15, 2021:
The article appears to be pay-walled. But her denial that she expressed her politics strains credulity. In this “he said, she said,” I’m inclined to believe Carlson, mainly because I know several people who have had the same experience elsewhere, with teachers refusing to teach basics.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@stoner36s Good thing I have you scholars to keep me in check.
Tucker Carlson made up a childhood story to smear teachers [washingtonpost.com]
GaryWitt comments on Jul 15, 2021:
The article appears to be pay-walled. But her denial that she expressed her politics strains credulity. In this “he said, she said,” I’m inclined to believe Carlson, mainly because I know several people who have had the same experience elsewhere, with teachers refusing to teach basics.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@sqeptiq Call it what you like, but at least my analysis is based on facts.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
Typical @Bay0Wulf, resorting to namecalling when he can't refute an argument.
Tucker Carlson made up a childhood story to smear teachers [washingtonpost.com]
GaryWitt comments on Jul 15, 2021:
The article appears to be pay-walled. But her denial that she expressed her politics strains credulity. In this “he said, she said,” I’m inclined to believe Carlson, mainly because I know several people who have had the same experience elsewhere, with teachers refusing to teach basics.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
He claims that a tutor was needed because of the teacher's failings. He even named the teacher. They were in fact the same person. These are verifiable facts and he contradicted himself. It may be that he's remembering incorrectly, but that's a matter for his therapist, not public policy. He's clearly projecting abandonment issues related to his mother and perhaps grandparents on other women. But sure, rely on your patriarchal gut.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf Trump was just playing the "punish" role. Nothing new. Typical Republican.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf And whether a migrant is a refugee is often a matter of perspective. Capitalism is a force of displacement.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf The topic was shifted to whether one party was generally "open borders."
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@Bay0Wulf Both parties welcome enough migrants to provide cheap labor and then punish them to keep them precarious.
Media and Democrats remain silent as Biden Administration turns away asylum seekers from Cuba- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 15, 2021:
Trump would have done it too.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 15, 2021:
@SpikeTalon You must have been reading some right wing propaganda!
Daisy, I feel like we all could use a good laugh, I was thinking of what the initials used by the ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Replace Communist with Capitalist and Bolshevik with Business and you're closer.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 14, 2021:
@WesternPatriot Sounds like it's the difference between ideal and reality. Unfortunately capitalism develops to incentivize what we see in the status quo.
"Facebook wants to know if you think you've been exposed to extremist content.
Beachslim comments on Jul 14, 2021:
Fascism. Zuckerberg is the new Hitler. 138 billion dollars. America didn't really defeat Hitler, it was mostly Russia. Kind of weird though. A communist country defeated fascism
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 14, 2021:
Fascism never really ended #4thReich #OperationPaperclip #TheSpiderNetwork #Neoliberalism #USA
"Facebook wants to know if you think you've been exposed to extremist content.
Beachslim comments on Jul 14, 2021:
Fascism. Zuckerberg is the new Hitler. 138 billion dollars. America didn't really defeat Hitler, it was mostly Russia. Kind of weird though. A communist country defeated fascism
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 14, 2021:
Kinda makes you think
1 dead, 140 detained, reporter arrested on live tv as Cuban Government cracks down on freedom ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 14, 2021:
It's looking ugly.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 14, 2021:
@SpikeTalon Funny, that sounds like your demands.🤔
1 dead, 140 detained, reporter arrested on live tv as Cuban Government cracks down on freedom ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 14, 2021:
It's looking ugly.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 14, 2021:
@SpikeTalon And what are their demands?
People like Bernie Sanders are holding humanity back from the stars- [redstate.
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 13, 2021:
Let's do a math exercise--how many times richer than Bernie Sanders is Richard Branson? And how many times richer is Bernie Sanders than the average retired professional?
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 13, 2021:
Wow, I must have struck a nerve.
I am amazed the woke have not flipped out over this scene from Black Widow yet [youtu.be]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 12, 2021:
The movie is brilliant propaganda for the military industrial complex. Truly a political rorschach test.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 13, 2021:
@TheHerrDark Platforms != markets.
People like Bernie Sanders are holding humanity back from the stars- [redstate.
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 13, 2021:
Let's do a math exercise--how many times richer than Bernie Sanders is Richard Branson? And how many times richer is Bernie Sanders than the average retired professional?
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 13, 2021:
@SpikeTalon That is the point. He has a typical amount of wealth for a retired professional. In fact, his multiple of the average person's wealth is even in the single digits. Richard Branson's multiple of his wealth is in the quadruple digits. That's an incredible gulf of wealth. This space nonsense is just about Branson taking more political power away from us. That's holding back all of our creative potential.
I am amazed the woke have not flipped out over this scene from Black Widow yet [youtu.be]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 12, 2021:
The movie is brilliant propaganda for the military industrial complex. Truly a political rorschach test.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 13, 2021:
@TheHerrDark Like anything in the asset economy, a few things are true of Hollywood: 1. They are trying to maximize rents from their IP--that includes their catalog and their subscribers and 2. It is a public private partnership maximizing social (control) value using cheap financing from the Fed and private equity.
I am amazed the woke have not flipped out over this scene from Black Widow yet [youtu.be]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 12, 2021:
The movie is brilliant propaganda for the military industrial complex. Truly a political rorschach test.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 13, 2021:
@TheHerrDark The political economy.
I am amazed the woke have not flipped out over this scene from Black Widow yet [youtu.be]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 12, 2021:
The movie is brilliant propaganda for the military industrial complex. Truly a political rorschach test.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 12, 2021:
@TheHerrDark We are in a different era.
Why did CPAC cheer missing the vaccination roll-out target?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jul 12, 2021:
American politicians are used to cutting off their right leg to spite their left.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 12, 2021:
Bingo. To trigger the libs.
I am amazed the woke have not flipped out over this scene from Black Widow yet [youtu.be]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 12, 2021:
The movie is brilliant propaganda for the military industrial complex. Truly a political rorschach test.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 12, 2021:
@TheHerrDark No such thing.
CANDACE OWENS: George Floyd is NOT a Hero [youtube.com]
JobyOneKenobi comments on Jul 11, 2021:
George Floyd didn't deserve to die but he was no hero. I feel sorry for his family's loss but the rest of the world is a much better place without him.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 12, 2021:
Explain.
Thousands take to streets demanding end to communism in Cuba- [redstate.com]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 11, 2021:
Biden is really showing up Trump by promoting unrest in Haiti and Cuba.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 11, 2021:
@Beachslim Sure buddy!
Daisy, I feel like we all could use a good laugh, I was thinking of what the initials used by the ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Replace Communist with Capitalist and Bolshevik with Business and you're closer.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 11, 2021:
@WesternPatriot Riddle me this: how does replacing the corporate elite with a smaller group of robber barons make capitalism less "cronyist?"
Daisy, I feel like we all could use a good laugh, I was thinking of what the initials used by the ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Replace Communist with Capitalist and Bolshevik with Business and you're closer.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 11, 2021:
@WesternPatriot "Crony" capitalism is capitalism.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 9, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk When I say that, I mean that our economy is becoming more and more about property and less about making things, which tilts it towards a Trumpier politics--more feudal, more authoritarian, more fascistic. Corporations are just colluding to save their own assets and privatize more public goods under the guise of saving the planet. Still better than what the far right offers, but not enough. Both only serve their own constituencies: shrinking pools of property-owners and professionals, respectively. Neither is about small government other than that the far right has a smaller ruling class and a smaller constituency who demand no less spoils. You have been fooled into equating exclusionary politics with small government.
San Francisco political leaders out of touch as city descends into lawlessness- [dailysignal.com]
timon_phocas comments on Jul 9, 2021:
Howdy @SpikeTalon, Interestingly enough, San Francisco seems to be reliving some of its history. In the late 1870s San Francisco crime was so bad they controlled the city. People weren't safe on the streets, their businesses or their home. It was so bad you couldn't even mention who the ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 9, 2021:
If they were anything like Chicago, I bet they also solved the problem by putting one group of criminals in charge of law enforcement.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 9, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Instead our political economy continues to move more and more to the right. Ultrarich conservatives, likewise, have promoted reactionary social movements--the "culture" you speak of--to get you to fall in line.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 9, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk The corporate elite has tried to coopt and whitewash social movements, but those movements have yet to change our laws, our economy, our leaders, or the beneficiaries of our economy.
Daisy, I feel like we all could use a good laugh, I was thinking of what the initials used by the ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Replace Communist with Capitalist and Bolshevik with Business and you're closer.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 9, 2021:
@WesternPatriot For one, BLM was not mentioned in the original post.
"A reminder that we never consented to being ruled - it was always imposed upon us." [youtu.be]
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 9, 2021:
Abolish capitalism.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 9, 2021:
@angelo Democracy.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk We all better pray that "leftist" (well closest thing to one tbh) Lina Khan is unrestrained at the FTC.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Capitalists become masters when they treat people like assets, which platform capitalism encourages. It's even worse than the commodification Marx spoke of. Ever heard of "human capital?" They're just dying to have slaves again.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk What Zuckerberg (corporatist) and Peter Thiel (ultrarich conservative) want is not that different--one moves the economy closer to feudalism by the day and the other wants a formal transition. You have let yourself be fooled into thinking the left is on board with big tech and that your faves are not.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk I don't pretend to have a majority (hence the need for a movement), but I do know 1. My cohort's immediate interests, 2. Whose interests (the broader working class) our interests are most aligned with, and 3. What the most morally-correct (defined as narrowly as possible) course of action is. https://alex-yablon.ghost.io/renters-owners-and-the-new-york-city-lefts-mayoral-ennui/
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Lucky for you capitalism has gradually developed into its current "corporatist" state, so no destruction is necessary to get the tech overlords what they want. The asset economy is already here and per my original post, allying with ultrarich conservatives will not restore capitalist "purity," especially not in any way to the advantage of myself, the majority, or even the corporate class.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk re: Teddy
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Policy lock-in freezes all other avenues.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Call it corporatism if you prefer, the solution is the same.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Option 1: Seek assets, Option 2: Obey platform-capitalist masters, Option 3: Dismantle (or at least counter-balance) Capitalism. You have told me not to do #s 1 or 3, so you must be advocating #2, no? Again, I am not seeking retribution. I am seeking the power to actualize my own and the majority's agency, opportunity, and ultimately happiness.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk There is no agency in platform-capitalist social control and capitalism in general spoils everything it touches. Happiness can only be sought when that system is dismantled.
The rise of a generation of censors: Law schools the latest battlement over free speech | TheHill
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 8, 2021:
It's a shame that the right is trying to censor CRT.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@sackClothProphet From a meme.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk I say it's unsustainable primarily because a policy of low interest rates and central bank purchasing of assets to increase access to inflated public goods like housing only serves to inflate and put them beyond reach in the long term. Would be so much easier to just directly fund public goods like we almost did for a moment in the late '60s and early '70s before that era's anti-Black race panic. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-asset-economy/
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Here's the thing--in asset-centric capitalism, the asset-rich use their property and technology assets to deprive and control the asset-poor. I am not seeking assets--I am acting to unite the asset-poor to overthrow the unsustainable system of asset-centric capitalism.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Our politics is about the asset-rich vs. the asset-poor. I've simply identified my interests in that system.
The rise of a generation of censors: Law schools the latest battlement over free speech | TheHill
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 8, 2021:
It's a shame that the right is trying to censor CRT.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@sackClothProphet That does not sound like something I would say. Perhaps you've confused me for someone else.
The rise of a generation of censors: Law schools the latest battlement over free speech | TheHill
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 8, 2021:
It's a shame that the right is trying to censor CRT.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 8, 2021:
@sackClothProphet Uhhhh...
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 7, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk I don't trust the systems and agents of status quo power, I trust the potential counterbalancing movement of the working class.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 7, 2021:
@FrankZeleniuk Political power emerges from the social relations of the economy.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
FrankZeleniuk comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Was it capitalism's accomplishment that convinced Wily he actually got an education in a public school? Capitalism is not a political movement. It does not form a government. It does not legislate. Politicians do all that, not capitalists. Capitalists are not excluded from becoming politicians. ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 7, 2021:
False capitalist dogma: politics and the economy are separate--no need to study political economy.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
Beachslim comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Now now, heel fascist boy, central planning is the cornerstone of fascism and communism. Capitalism created bitcoin, which is decentralized. Guess what else? The fascist communists want to tax that too and get 3rd party coinbase (Corporation) to snitch whenever a more than 10,000 bitcoin trade ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 7, 2021:
@Beachslim It's owned and its value is determined by the same figures that dominate the rest of the economy because it's part of that economy. Plus it can always be regulated.
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
Beachslim comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Now now, heel fascist boy, central planning is the cornerstone of fascism and communism. Capitalism created bitcoin, which is decentralized. Guess what else? The fascist communists want to tax that too and get 3rd party coinbase (Corporation) to snitch whenever a more than 10,000 bitcoin trade ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 7, 2021:
@Beachslim Just a scuffle between the corporate elite and a few ultrarich individuals. Do you really think the latter are going to make you more free or are you just lining up for patronage?
Capitalism's greatest accomplishment was convincing people that capitalists don't do central ...
Beachslim comments on Jul 7, 2021:
Now now, heel fascist boy, central planning is the cornerstone of fascism and communism. Capitalism created bitcoin, which is decentralized. Guess what else? The fascist communists want to tax that too and get 3rd party coinbase (Corporation) to snitch whenever a more than 10,000 bitcoin trade ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 7, 2021:
Tech like Bitcoin is just used for market capture and asset accumulation. You're a fool if you think otherwise. The only way it could be decentralized is if it were wanted off from the robber barons. Please revisit my second point.
You cant smoke marijuana in womens sports but you can have a penis. Nice.
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 6, 2021:
In the real world, they disqualified women for high testosterone levels (unless they took hormones to lower them).
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 6, 2021:
@Weltansicht And yet you comment about it!
Vanessa Williams to sing 'Black national anthem' for Capitol Fourth celebration | TheHill
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 5, 2021:
I think you need to study some history.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 6, 2021:
@azjc Says the Know Nothing!
Is what we see today simply gang war between criminal enterprises?
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 4, 2021:
The police are the biggest gang. And with ESG accounting, capitalist elites can make money on suppressing unrest no matter which side is doing it!
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 6, 2021:
@Serg97 The Chicago political establishment emerged from it. Mayor Daley #2 is still alive. The sons and daughters of the club's members run the police. Neighborhood watches all over the city were influenced by their tactics. And it still exists. Meanwhile they continue to criminalize Black people whose gangs hardly exist anymore.
Is what we see today simply gang war between criminal enterprises?
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 4, 2021:
The police are the biggest gang. And with ESG accounting, capitalist elites can make money on suppressing unrest no matter which side is doing it!
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 5, 2021:
@Serg97 The members of the Hamburg Athletic Club.
Is what we see today simply gang war between criminal enterprises?
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 4, 2021:
The police are the biggest gang. And with ESG accounting, capitalist elites can make money on suppressing unrest no matter which side is doing it!
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 4, 2021:
@Serg97 They got a suspect definition of "chaos" at the Hamburg Athletic Club.
What July 4th Means to Black Folks
Sensrhim4hizvewz comments on Jul 4, 2021:
Thanks for posting this. Since Biden's open border immigration policy is finally solving global poverty and oppression for millions around the world who desperately want to get into the USA, can't we on the left apply the same principle for these terribly oppressed black folks? So I began to ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 4, 2021:
Also, go back to Europe.
What July 4th Means to Black Folks
Sensrhim4hizvewz comments on Jul 4, 2021:
Thanks for posting this. Since Biden's open border immigration policy is finally solving global poverty and oppression for millions around the world who desperately want to get into the USA, can't we on the left apply the same principle for these terribly oppressed black folks? So I began to ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 4, 2021:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57387350
What July 4th Means to Black Folks
Sensrhim4hizvewz comments on Jul 4, 2021:
Thanks for posting this. Since Biden's open border immigration policy is finally solving global poverty and oppression for millions around the world who desperately want to get into the USA, can't we on the left apply the same principle for these terribly oppressed black folks? So I began to ...
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 4, 2021:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/politics/joe-biden-migrant-children-border-immigration/index.html
Tony Timpa suffered the same fate as George Floyd, but received none of the attention- ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 3, 2021:
That was several years before. I'm sure you could find other examples of Black people too. These things develop over time.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 3, 2021:
@SpikeTalon Pedantic.
I suppose corporate influence over government isn't "fascism" when Exxon does it! [youtube.com]
sqeptiq comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Reverence for corporations is waning on the Right. You may not have noticed.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 3, 2021:
@sqeptiq How convenient.
I suppose corporate influence over government isn't "fascism" when Exxon does it! [youtube.com]
sqeptiq comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Reverence for corporations is waning on the Right. You may not have noticed.
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 2, 2021:
And yet they still idolize Trump, who bent over backward for them. I think the lobbyist put it best: 'And then obviously the Republicans, we have great relationships with the Senators where we have assets".'
Admittedly, I'm sharing this here because I want to see the resident Democrats on here agree with a ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Not shocking. And we should know--a leftist wrote the book on Thomas. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627793834
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 2, 2021:
@SpikeTalon Unlikely. We're headed full steam to fascism.
Admittedly, I'm sharing this here because I want to see the resident Democrats on here agree with a ...
WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 2, 2021:
Not shocking. And we should know--a leftist wrote the book on Thomas. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627793834
WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 2, 2021:
@SpikeTalon It doesn't matter because he's the only one with that position.
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