Vuk11 wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 6:31pm:


The top 1% became 30% richer post Global financial Crisis (between 2008 to 2011)

Interesting during a time of global collapse and lack of confidence not seen since the great depression, the top 1% actually became wealthier, whilst almost everybody else became poor, less secure, more indebted, or lost their jobs, their homes etc.,

That's what happens when you socialise risk and privatise profit in a Corporatised capitalist system. The states incur all the debt whilst the top end of town and corporate banking royalty (the very people who trigger these crashes) get bailed out and receive welfare courtesy of the tax payer.

So when you hear AUSTERITY measures or economic terms such as quantitative easing, WATCH OUT - the rich are coming to empty your pockets and funnel your retirement benefits

One must wonder whether these boom bust cycles are manufactured

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 9:19pm:


Don't you know how they become rich?

Look at Royalty - do nothing, lie and cheat, stay on social welfare for centuries

Brilliant scam - its called fascism

And you as a slave to it, cant even see the chains around your limbs you floating weasel dropping

Vuk11 wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 10:35pm:


....well it's often referred to as corporate socialism/welfare.

I recall stumbling on a quote, saying that there were 3 major forms of fascism to emerge from the 20th century. Bolshevism, nazism and corporatism.

Capitalism is often coupled with democracy. A totally fabricated association used for propaganda purposes. Just to give you an example. The USA is a corporately run pseudo capitalist system, whilst china is a state run pseudo capitalist system. Both are totalitarian in essence and anti democratic. Both rely on propaganda, fear and force to protect the Corpocracy and tyranny that enslaves its population.

Democracy is an Ancient Greek concept. It comes from the words demos (citizen) and kratia (state), that is the state is controlled by the citizenry. I can't see that in china or in the USA. Or in Australia or Greece for that matter.

A very good recent book on corporatism is by an American author

Gary Brumback, "the devils marriage: break up the Corpocracy or leave democracy in the lurch"

It highlights that the USA has had 5 major non democratic corpocratic periods since its inception in the 1770s.

He describes the current Corpocracy in the USA as the most pervasive and difficult to over throw.

Fascism always falls over, thankfully, but not before it creates a lot of damage and human carnage.

The ingenious part of these fascist corpocracies is that most of the enslaved citizenry actually believe they are free and live in a democracy. They can't see the chains. They can't see the bars on their windows.

But eventually enough of them wake up, enough of them take back what was taken from them.

That will happen in the USA, most likely in our life times

Emma wrote on Oct 8^th, 2013 at 12:12am:


....sentiment many would have empathy with EP

Innocent bystander wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 2:46pm:


Gee IB you really are desperate to do nothing to come up with an argument like that.  Lets see now, our only reachable home in the universe that is capable of sustaining life is at risk of being trashed and perhaps even rendered unlivable and you you idiot argue that we shouldnt RISK fixing it because it will cost too much.    What about, we should risk fixing it or it will cost too much, perhaps even everything, which is never worth the price.

ImSpartacus2 wrote on Oct 8^th, 2013 at 9:33am:
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You just don't seem to get it, the money will run out before we've even made any practical contribution, its already running out now and we've achieved f#ck all!, the trouble with the left is they think there is no end to free money, thats why obama has almost bankrupted the US. 

Dumbf#ck what are you going to use to buy windmills and solar panels with ... clams?