RE: RE: Anarchy 101 with Larken and Patrick
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RE: Anarchy 101 with Larken and Patrick

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Love the comment about "we". Every time I hear that word, my (internal, but sometimes voiced as well) response is "who's 'we'?". Politicians especially love the word, and if one listens to exactly what is being said, "we" often refers to the ruling class rather than the plebiscite: "we must uphold democracy" means "only through continuity of government can the domination of our ruling class be assured", for instance.

My other comment is about "capitalism". I'll go even further back and note that the notion of "corporations" inherently nullifies the idea of capitalism. Corporations are an invention of the state. They are created by filing paperwork with the government. In a free society, people may indeed choose voluntarily to partner in ownership or to sell "shares" of ownership to others, but the ownership remains with human beings and not some nebulous paper creation upon which may accept the responsibility of malfeasance rather than the owners themselves.

I could go even further back to the roots of "money", but I think that the gold and crypto guys have handled that already. There is no capitalism when government is involved. Any criticism of what systems exist today cannot possibly be delivered against "capitalism". In most cases, the criticism is directed toward fascism - the way in which governments and their creations, corporations, collude for mutual benefit at the expense of the plebiscite, which is literally the definition of fascism.

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