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Comment Re:Ok (Score 1) 288

You don't know the golden rule? Those with the gold make the rules.

The idea that if we abolished government regulations we'd be truly free is a delusion. Sorry, corporations already get more votes than you (1 dollar = one vote). Just think about the efficiency when they cut out the middle man of politics!

Comment Re:This is *NOT* capitalism (Score 1) 288

Actually capitalism is nearing its end, whether the 1%ers like it or not, simply because technology kills capitalism dead in the long run, there is simply no escaping that fact. I'm sure some will say "capitalism and tech go great together!" but this ignores a simple truth: The entire premise of capitalism is trading labor for capital but what happens when that labor is no longer valuable?

Dickens had something to say about that. The dark ages and the gilded age show that feudalism is quite natural and acceptable to the masses.

Technology has led to productivity which has led to unemployment. None of this is counter to capitalism, or feudalism (the ultimate goal of capitalism). The invisible hand of capitalism, even according to Adam Smith, will always seek the lowest possible average wage just short of revolution. He fretted about it, but had no solution.

You can have your techno-utopian dreams, but they don't mean anything when the rich have their political pawns call in the national guard.

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