Posted on 10/01/2015 2:51:34 PM PDT by dynachrome
"Matt Bruenig is researcher of poverty and welfare systems at the think tank Demos."
By now, it is well established that capitalism is fundamentally built upon threats of force. As libertarian philosophers Robert Nozick and Matt Zwolinski have explained, the only way to turn unowned natural resources (such as land, minerals and other goods) into privately owned property is by violently preventing all others from using them. This one-sided exclusion destroys freedom of movement and cuts many people off from the things that they need to survive.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week were talking about universal basic income.
Communism is a "big idea"? I mean its been tried, but by the wrong kinds of people. Funny how communism always attracts the wrong kind of people.
Capitalism is a word that was created by Marxism.
It conflates the idea of a free and fair market with that of exalting the market above all else in all circumstances of human interaction. Which they would do because they are atheists. The God option never appears on their menu, only the “bad villain” option. In such a Hobson’s choice situation one can at least begin to understand why they would rather be the bad villain themselves than be the bad villain’s victim.
With all the blood in the water, you cannot expect FReepers to think clearly. They rarely read before posting in clear water.
I thought freedom meant the freedom to fail?
And the universal basic income will come from where? Oh yeah, the same place pixie dust comes from.
“True freedom requires freedom from destitution and freedom from the demands of the employer.”
What about freedom from insipid morons like you, Mr. Brueing?
Yes, I am. I think I’ll try armed robbery instead.
I’ll start with you, Matt, fork over your wallet and the keys to your Prius.
Randite capitalism stipulates that each worker receive a full day’s pay for a full day’s work. How’s that working out for all those grunts working 10-15-25 free hours a week for nonorthocapitalist bosses seeking free “productivity” gains?
Maybe he should drop by my House and try to take my stuff.
Actually, the poster doesn't say squat about capitalists.
It simply says, "Warriors of the Red Army, Save Us!"
The fact is, the Russians bore the brunt of WW2 (at least in the European theater).
Sorry about that. My mistake.
no problem.
“Tired of Capitalism?”
I am certainly tired of the capitalism that is crony capitalism, that subverts the marketplace, that taxes beyond the requirements of the Constitution, that claims that social justice must be done, that feeds the friends of those in public office, that insists on controlling the actions of individuals, that silences free speech and restricts freedom of religion, that wishes to confiscate guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens, that honors those who would take on the countenance of some two-bit dictator that so many Americans fought to dethrone...
IMHO
Don’t feel bad. I suspect we’ve all done that. I know I have.
It’s a good read. In was intrigued by it. Thanks for the idea.
I apologize. I don’t understand your premise. Not sure what your point is, and thus not able to form a decent response.
You posted an image file at § 17, and I attempted to reply to the Rand quote. Of course I am an admirer of Rand's, but I was provoked to counterpost as a comment that, whereas Rand's businessman does not require people to suffer or to live in want (I can't grep and copy, so this is my paraphrase), it is the overwhelming practice of American business to run up working hours demanded by employers, and to gloat about it in the pages of Harvard Business Review (I vividly remember one 1994 article in particular, in which employers were conjoined to drive their employees, down to the pink-collar level, to frantic levels of "productivity" as if they were proprietors and not hourly hands).
So I asked, how're those Randian principia doing these days in the boardroom?
No great challenge implied, other than to note that the Malefactors of Great Wealth have rejected them in favor of a more Dickensian arrangement.
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