Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/01/2015 21:00 -0400
Now, more than ever, with Greece and Ukraine front and center, understanding how corporations take control of countries, and how capitalism drives the expansion of the Military Industrial Complex is crucial: “we have created a mutant form of predatory capitalism which has created an extremely unstable, unsustainable, unjust and very very dangerous world.”
It’s as inappropriate to use the term “capitalism” in this context as it is to use the word “liberalism” in discussion of the progressives’ milk-and-water socialist authoritarianism.
What puts the banksters hand-in-glove with government goons are the special prerogatives afforded such predators by the armed thugs of Mancur Olson’s “stationary bandit” class. That each cadre facilitates the other can come as no surprise at all, right?
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“Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people.”
— P.J. O’Rourke
Damned brilliant in its simplicity.
This isn’t about Capitalism.
Capitalism is private ownership of trade, industrial production, and the means of production (which would include that little backyard chicken and egg production, small independently owned machine and repair shops, and such as well as larger businesses), this is about governments and financiers teaming up to exploit trade and industry for their own interests through deceptive practices. It would be far more accurate to describe it as Fascism.
Of Greece’s 350 billion in debt 1/2 (at least) is military spending, Greece is number 2 in all of NATO 2nd to only the United States (Unfuckingbelieveable). Of their 150 billion in weapons purchased since 2010, 25% to Germany, 13% to France, 42% to USA. After burying Greece with unaffordable weapons systems, they(we) are now foreclosing on a host of National Assets.
Does any of this EVER make the discussion boards? Has the EU/IMF ever suggested a reduction in Armament in the past 5 years. One can only conclude everything is proceeding exactly as planned.
The sexy mulatta said, “I don’t need to go to night school to understand that.”
Like in any fair trial, there is evidence that the jury is not allowed to see but it must still decide what is right and what is wrong.
There is always a misdirect such as, ‘all wars are about religion’ but in a heathen world we don’t have to go to night school to understand that somebody will profit from a new invasion of a tiny country that somehow or for some reason is the sponsor of terrorism. Protest being redefined as just another form of terror. On a side note, fleeing from a cop is another form of terrorism.
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What a load of bull shit. Who’s “we”. . Another conspiracy nut job. Connecting pieces post hoc.
And another thing. When those governments have unplayable debts they don’t have to pay the bond holders who took the risks. Nor should they.
most of the explotation involves labor arbitrage due to the dollar being the world currency. That benefits their workers not ours. Eventually, someone will come up with an idea that will level the purchasing power parity amount trade partners. And the labor arbitrage will be mitigated.
Eventually, someone will come up with an idea that will level the purchasing power parity amount trade partners. And the labor arbitrage will be mitigated.
Mark, if Iska, who’s white, is 30% dumber than the average Joe, I’m 25% dumber than Iska. Therefore, could you give me a hand so I can understand how you level parity which is a 1/1 ratio? And didn’t somebody already explain that workers must sell their labor and can’t store it like money, so please tell me how labor arbitrage occurs.