G20 Protests

Wow, they seem to really hate capitalism.


Idiots.

 

No, of course it is, and they are doing just that by continuing to blame the age-old scapegoat of the elite.

What, you think it's a coincidence that all the people who benefit from this shit don't like capitalism either? Of course they wouldn't, they would all fail in a free market.

Ugh, and that dumbass Michael Moore, he's going to poison so many young minds.

 

It's idiotic to confuse a mixed economy that supports a system that breeds poverty and crime with capitalism. The illusion of the US economy being 'capitalistic' is used to misdirect fear and anger towards an economic system that simply doesn't exist here, or almost anywhere else in the world, and certainly not amongst the Western developed superpowers.

 

So what would we be called if we didn't bail out the elite whenever they got themselves in a pickle?

And you wonder why wealth is concentrated among the same men that control our governments...


The word capitalism is almost dead, just like the neocons have destroyed "right wing" and "conservatism". What should it's replacement be? Free markets? Peace land?

 

I'm sorry, back on topic.

Did anything significant actually go down at the protests?

Or was it just a bunch of faux-anarchists getting pepper sprayed?

 

That's exactly the idiotic, and more importantly, fallacious view these protesters hold. Most of the wealth in the world or in our country is in the hands of a few by undermining capitalism through government intervention in industries. Almost all government 'regulation' is really a ploy at stifling competition from small businesses so that powerful corporations can maintain dominance over a market. The US is a mixed economy, that is far more corporatist than capitalist.

 

Competition is the way forward. Socialism do not breed competition, unless you count climbing the greasy ladder of political power.

True competition requires a free society, where meritocracy rules above all. Ofcourse, this do not mean that we cannot care for those hindered for competition by no fault of their own, but it do mean that those not willing to compete, to contribute, will have to stew in their own rot.

 

Shits kinda crazy right now. (I live in Pittsburgh)

There were people rappelling off of one of the bridges. They just broke up a riot.

I don't agree with the violent protesters that are out tonight, like the anarchists. Violence is so unnecessary.


All we are saaayyying, is GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!

 

You have to realize that our government has intervened far too much in our economy, for far too long, and that one of the main conditions of capitalism is minimal government regulation. Therefore, our economy is far from capitalist. Anything bad that results from our mixed economy is blamed on capitalism, while everything good is attributed to a shift away from capitalism, when in fact, the opposite is most often the reality of the situation.

 

We need the right kind of intervention, whether that is more or less I don't know, but I happen to think it's a lot less. We need real regulation, instead of corporatism being packaged and referred to as regulation. And we need to repeal and squash all laws, policies, and organizations that have played major roles in the creation of a corporatist economy. In my opinion, real regulations - the fake ones we have today = less intervention.

 

So if it's not the ruling class, who is controlling all these governments, corporations, and trade organizations?

What's your problem with class consciousness?

faux-anarchists?

 

I'm not sure if socialism is really the right way to go forward...

I wish I could have been in Pittsburgh for this though.