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October 30, 2007 at 06:35:30

Shouting at the Devil:

by Jason Miller Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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Unfortunately, capitalism remains the 800 pound gorilla in the room. There is little doubt that its countless millions of fiercely loyal minions amongst the working class and poor will continue heeding their indoctrination, daring us to pry their copies of Atlas Shrugged “from their cold dead hands.” And we can count on the fact that the likes of the Mars heirs, Richard Mellon Scaife, and their ilk are not destined to experience profound spiritual awakenings anytime soon.

Yet there is hope. Capitalism exists in a state of perpetual crisis. Inequality is on the rise, globally and domestically. Our lords and masters are beginning to fall victim to their own hubris as they practice their predations more and more overtly. Palliatives can only delay the system’s inevitable collapse for so long. Sooner rather than later the deepening undercurrent of social unrest will burst the levees of injustice asunder.

Relative to what’s coming, the Great Depression was a mere warm-up. Yet in adversity there lies opportunity. Our US gulag, often referred to as the prison industrial complex, will serve as excellent quarters for the irredeemable scum stalking the corridors of power in DC, the Walton clan, Larry Ellison, and the rest of the parasites atop the capitalist pyramid.

Or perhaps things will take a more Jacobin turn and we won’t need to waste any more precious resources on these predatory sociopaths….

Fuck you, capitalism; fuck you…..

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Jason Miller is Cyrano's Journal Online's associate editor. Thomas Paine's Corner is his domain within Cyrano's.

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2 comments

I've never claimed to have all of the answers, but refuse to sacrifice my right to ask all of the questions and expect answers in return. Faith and Confidence are at a low and continue to decline. Thinking ex-pat.
AngeloI've never claimed to have all of the answers, but refuse to sacrifice my right to ask all of the questions and expect answers in return. Faith and Confidence are at a low and continue to decline. Thinking ex-pat.

Shouting at the Devil

Back about 40 odd years ago, as I sat in a high school government class, bored to tears, my teacher was explaining how democracy and capitalism are completely antithetical systems - one being a one-person-one-vote equality and the other being a survival of the fittest mentality that logically ends in monopoly, which we decided we didn't want, so banned.

Now, I'm reading "Shock Doctrine". Unless we, as a People, on a worldwide scale, wake up and take notice, we, as a People, a surely doomed.

by Angelo (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 191 comments) on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 2:22:11 PM

I'm a 29 year old male.
TyI'm a 29 year old male.

Democracy

We need a Political System of Direct Democracy and a Socialist economic system meaning economic democracy. Corporations should be abolished and replaced with workers cooperatives. Its the only way to end oligarchy which is rule by a minority and replace with majority rule under a Constitutional Democracy while providing protections to prevent tyranny of the majority.

by Ty (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 888 comments) on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 2:40:48 PM