tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post8379559737381575474..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Labor Nunc Nihil VincitFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-57495389852908874242013-03-16T11:29:56.432-07:002013-03-16T11:29:56.432-07:00I strongly believe that THAT is the next incarnati...I strongly believe that THAT is the next incarnation of terrorism. We'll move on from religious fundies back to social class-based terrorism. Whether it's a new (old) communist-inspired, aboriginal rights, anarchists, or just anti-rich.Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715768191516712688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-58953438362959526152013-03-15T12:51:54.369-07:002013-03-15T12:51:54.369-07:00I think THAT's the really depressing part; tha...I think THAT's the really depressing part; that even the oligarchs should see that narrowing the spread of wealth isn't even in THEIR best interests.<br /><br />A broadly-middle-class society is a largely complacent and placid society. A society where social differences are relatively minimal and benign - a Holland, not a Poland - tends to be a relatively peaceful society, even for the rich.<br /><br />Do our richies WANT to return to the wild days of the Gilded Age, with Red anarchists tossing bombs and strikers burning the factory owner's homes and fighting with the militia? Because at this rate we're going back there.<br /><br />It depresses me because there seems to be no acceptance of the fragility of the social peace bought by the New Deal, on either side. There just seems to be this multiparty race to see who can cramdown and offshore and outsource and make life harder and meaner for anyone not born to the Golden Ones.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-29250233720348420702013-03-15T12:44:31.845-07:002013-03-15T12:44:31.845-07:00There's a great video on youtube: http://www.y...There's a great video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_UOO1v26Ck<br />wealth distribution in the US. Very depressing that the middle class is almost gone. Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715768191516712688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-85938130429046854552013-03-15T09:32:14.428-07:002013-03-15T09:32:14.428-07:00I think education is key to a citizenry understand...I think education is key to a citizenry understanding how their system works. And Americans are never taught the differences between "freedom TO" and "Freedom FROM"....I mean, it really doesn't matter if you are "Free TO own guns if you are not free FROM hunger and illness" enough to buy them, does it?<br /><br />Nobody thinks critically...and this is not taught to children; conformity is taught. Great fascist value, that one. Serfs conformed, too. Or else.Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-35345680664818220492013-03-14T20:28:08.634-07:002013-03-14T20:28:08.634-07:00Given that the great economic engine of the world ...Given that the great economic engine of the world is/was the American consumer, one would think that even the oligarchs would be more protective of them.<br /><br />I remember my last trip to Europe. In eastern Europe, I saw a few castle museums, containing rich noble's jewels and swords obtained by exploiting dirt poor peasant labor. In Holland, I saw a *lot* of really nice old houses full of nice old stuff. It seemed pretty clear that *everyone* was better off in Holland.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com