About this "compensation act" - The effects of their atomic bomb tests on people nearby. The US alone has exploded no less than 650 atomic bombs within the US, within Indigenous reservations since 1945. One cannot measure nor compensate anyone for such detonations. We can see the figures - what all Ward Churchill has to say about the extent of diseases, caused by radioactive contamination and exposure, just specifically to the North American Indigenous people.
This is s great emancipation of the proven actualized evils of Capitalism from the wider trough of historical determinism they are usually embedded in that then encourages contemporary writers to complete their essay for the future by exploring and proposing how the inevitable ‘revolutionary’ movement should or will occur, and what type of ‘interem’ leadership it requires to get ‘there’. (Apologies for that long Miltonic sentence!)
Scooby Do is the new favorite of my 3 year old grandson who, while watching a recent episode, kept asking his mother “Why did he do that Mommy?” every time the villain took a step towards accomplishing his evil plan. He intuitively understood the plot was about characters abusing their power, but he didn’t understand why anyone would want to do that! He’s just too young and unexposed to that barrage of “public” education that will take him to the next stage where the oppressed identity with their oppressors so they can bypass as much conflict in their daily lives as possible.
It’s amazing to me that the “free press” of mainstream media can’t acknowledge that they can only fulfill the plans of the powerful people and don’t want readers to remember the lessons learned in childhood “that powerful people want you believing fake conspiracies, that the real conspiracy is always the rich and powerful against the poor and powerless.”
you seem to do a good job in this article showing flaws in government and coporate systems.
I think free speech and criticism is part of innovating and checking corruption.
however i wonder about some of your claims about capitalism promises chart.
If capitolism is defined as equality of opportunity how does it fail an unpromised equality of outcome?
i think perhaps your evidence is not even an investigation of capitolism as an economic theory nor do i presume you have the expertise in that area.
I must therefore assume that you are talking about the historical failure points of various actors in regard to liberty and the social contract.
Generally where government exists it is best limited, local, and with checks and balances.
if not liberty tends to be lost and power of money and weapons tend to abuse those less fortunate.
i would say in many cases the effects we see arent inline with principle.
to me capitolism is like a tool or concept.
like gasoline it can be used to power your car but if you hit someone with your car you are still reponsible.
so i believe corporations and governments should be held accountible to the citzenry but i guess im not seeing our current state of affairs of government embracing capitolism. Oftentimes governments meddle and grant special monopolistic priviledges to corporations and disadvantage individuals. This can be done in a commercial, financial, or legal context, but is very hard to continue without government pretext founded mostly on "postive rights" that the governments grant to themselves outside of thier legal charter, and thus outside of the law.
I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Just to pick up on one point you made:
"i think perhaps your evidence is not even an investigation of capitolism as an economic theory nor do i presume you have the expertise in that area."
The article you commented on only looks at one aspect of this subject, but this series I've been writing looks into the definition and history of the concept of Capitalism, and addresses some of your points:
About this "compensation act" - The effects of their atomic bomb tests on people nearby. The US alone has exploded no less than 650 atomic bombs within the US, within Indigenous reservations since 1945. One cannot measure nor compensate anyone for such detonations. We can see the figures - what all Ward Churchill has to say about the extent of diseases, caused by radioactive contamination and exposure, just specifically to the North American Indigenous people.
Nice work.
This is s great emancipation of the proven actualized evils of Capitalism from the wider trough of historical determinism they are usually embedded in that then encourages contemporary writers to complete their essay for the future by exploring and proposing how the inevitable ‘revolutionary’ movement should or will occur, and what type of ‘interem’ leadership it requires to get ‘there’. (Apologies for that long Miltonic sentence!)
Scooby Do is the new favorite of my 3 year old grandson who, while watching a recent episode, kept asking his mother “Why did he do that Mommy?” every time the villain took a step towards accomplishing his evil plan. He intuitively understood the plot was about characters abusing their power, but he didn’t understand why anyone would want to do that! He’s just too young and unexposed to that barrage of “public” education that will take him to the next stage where the oppressed identity with their oppressors so they can bypass as much conflict in their daily lives as possible.
It’s amazing to me that the “free press” of mainstream media can’t acknowledge that they can only fulfill the plans of the powerful people and don’t want readers to remember the lessons learned in childhood “that powerful people want you believing fake conspiracies, that the real conspiracy is always the rich and powerful against the poor and powerless.”
Of COURSE it's Capitalism...........!!!!
you seem to do a good job in this article showing flaws in government and coporate systems.
I think free speech and criticism is part of innovating and checking corruption.
however i wonder about some of your claims about capitalism promises chart.
If capitolism is defined as equality of opportunity how does it fail an unpromised equality of outcome?
i think perhaps your evidence is not even an investigation of capitolism as an economic theory nor do i presume you have the expertise in that area.
I must therefore assume that you are talking about the historical failure points of various actors in regard to liberty and the social contract.
Generally where government exists it is best limited, local, and with checks and balances.
if not liberty tends to be lost and power of money and weapons tend to abuse those less fortunate.
i would say in many cases the effects we see arent inline with principle.
to me capitolism is like a tool or concept.
like gasoline it can be used to power your car but if you hit someone with your car you are still reponsible.
so i believe corporations and governments should be held accountible to the citzenry but i guess im not seeing our current state of affairs of government embracing capitolism. Oftentimes governments meddle and grant special monopolistic priviledges to corporations and disadvantage individuals. This can be done in a commercial, financial, or legal context, but is very hard to continue without government pretext founded mostly on "postive rights" that the governments grant to themselves outside of thier legal charter, and thus outside of the law.
I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Just to pick up on one point you made:
"i think perhaps your evidence is not even an investigation of capitolism as an economic theory nor do i presume you have the expertise in that area."
The article you commented on only looks at one aspect of this subject, but this series I've been writing looks into the definition and history of the concept of Capitalism, and addresses some of your points:
https://peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com/p/what-is-capitalism
& https://peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com/p/adam-smith-father-of-capitalism
Future articles in the series should cover the rest of your points, including what different experts have had to say on the subject too. Cheers!
im not certain of a final answer but i like this article:
https://artofliberty.substack.com/p/please-dont-vote-to-rob-your-neighbors?r=1ihwzv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
also christopher cook on substack is pretty good.