lesbianmonad

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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
This is a pretty good list of the value judgments typically made by objectivists, and more generally libertarian-capitalists: 'First, in our system "underprivileged" people essentially do not exist. The percentage of people genuinely unable
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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
No. The management's 'job' is to maximize return on capital. Corporations keep staff happy only insofar as an employee's competitive worth dictates. If a survey were taken, what percentage do you think would agree their boss's job is to kee
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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
And the first libertarian was communist
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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
It is the Christ story darkly recast as a parable of mankind's urge towards hierarchy and domination, realized through the fetishes of capitalism, religion, and technocracy. The poor and dispossessed brothers represent mankind's thirst for
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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
The writing off mass injustice and suffering as 'semantics' notwithstanding, you might enjoy learning that 'parasite' described those in Greek and Roman society who earned their daily meals by entertaining and flattering at the dinner table
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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
Blaming those ground under the heel of the US Justice system for being forcibly made into "parasites" is almost as repugnant as encouraging our youth to side with the oppressors instead of the oppressed
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by lesbianmonad 17y ago
Interesting question. In the developed world, the last three decades seem to have only entrenched class power and moved us further from a post-monetary society; however there are many encouraging developments in the periphery that could bea