Phil, interesting how our views are so convergent.
> The State has become subservient to business, and has become a tool of Capitalism.
I am afraid so. But it's not the capitalism we know about. This capitalism is the one based on the printing of untold billions of dollars of fiat currency.
> Fortunately we still have freedoms which holds us apart from the closed Communist experiment
Yes, but we must defend them otherwise we will lose them --- if we have not already done so. One can take nothing for granted these days.
> I know I must sound like some kind of left wing nut, but I am not.
Just like me. In fact, in SA, someone who thinks as I/we do, is called a fascist or a right-wing racist by those who support the government --- who are, themselves, black fascists but would never admit it. However, on the internet, in the context of "big money" capitalists, we are "socialists".
Actually, these terms have become meaningless --- merely a means to hit or insult someone one doesn't like.
Reminds me of an incident I once witnessed here in Joburg. Two drivers, both apparently Jewish, were involved in a minor accident at a traffic intersection and were screaming at each other. In his rage, and not being able to find suitable words to use to insult the other, one driver shouted, "You, you, you're worse than a Jew!" |
