reidconti wrote:
"This is what you get when a bunch of hippies convince small-minded people that corporations have more power and are more evil than the government."
No, this is what you get when the corporate controlled anti-socialist/anti-democratic media mislead people like you into believing that top-down exploitative corporations and the dictatorial capitalist cliques that control them are essential to our economy.
History shows they are not, and that in fact they hinder and whip-saw sustainable prosperity and democracy.
"It is your beloved cure-all government that is the source of the problem. Microsoft cannot imprison you. The government can."
Ah, but in fact Microsoft can, via its influence over the government and its political apparatus. The fact is the coercive institutions of the state are the main thing that keeps corporations and capitalists ruling over the economy, blackmailing everyone and keeping the rich richer at the expense of everyone else.
"Corporations only have the power to buy government that you socialist sheeple demand."
Partly true. As said, your beloved corporations and capitalists buy the government hook line and sinker with the money they make off workers and consumers (even though it's the workers and consumers who also pay the main tax bill). That's why they can get the government to arrest you, or bomb you, or invade you, or spy on you for their benefit at your expense.
But let's not fraudulently accuse socialists of wanting this. Rather, it's an historic fact that socialists want to end this sick situation by democratizing the economy and corporate and state institutions and putting them back into the hands of the working class populations that both work and pay for them.
That's not being "sheeple." That's showing the courage that has won democracy, social reforms and freedoms for all kinds of people over the last 400 years.
("Sheeple" much better applies to the those who brown-nose to and apologize for corporations and the various forms of capitalism and governments that have always resisted these changes and continue to do so today.)
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reidconti wrote: "This is what you get when a bunch of hippies convince small-minded people that corporations have more power and are more evil than the government." No, this is what you get when the corporate controlled anti-socialist/anti-democratic media mislead people like you into believing that top-down exploitative corporations and the dictatorial capitalist cliques that control them are essential to our economy. History shows they are not, and that in fact they hinder and whip-saw sustainable prosperity and democracy. "It is your beloved cure-all government that is the source of the problem. Microsoft cannot imprison you. The government can." Ah, but in fact Microsoft can, via its influence over the government and its political apparatus. The fact is the coercive institutions of the state are the main thing that keeps corporations and capitalists ruling over the economy, blackmailing everyone and keeping the rich richer at the expense of everyone else. "Corporations only have the power to buy government that you socialist sheeple demand." Partly true. As said, your beloved corporations and capitalists buy the government hook line and sinker with the money they make off workers and consumers (even though it's the workers and consumers who also pay the main tax bill). That's why they can get the government to arrest you, or bomb you, or invade you, or spy on you for their benefit at your expense. But let's not fraudulently accuse socialists of wanting this. Rather, it's an historic fact that socialists want to end this sick situation by democratizing the economy and corporate and state institutions and putting them back into the hands of the working class populations that both work and pay for them. That's not being "sheeple." That's showing the courage that has won democracy, social reforms and freedoms for all kinds of people over the last 400 years. ("Sheeple" much better applies to the those who brown-nose to and apologize for corporations and the various forms of capitalism and governments that have always resisted these changes and continue to do so today.)