But I know you love me Dan. I have single-handedly generated a ton of hits on this weak site. No need to thank me though.

I consider capitalism to be a failed system, one which fundamentally cannot provide for the needs of humanity and increasingly puts us in danger of the total annihilation of the species- regardless of “desires” or “feelings” of individual capitalists involved. The last period of world history, starting roughly with the end of the Second World War, vindicates much of Marx’s economic analysis. Putting that aside, there are strong ethical objections to be made to the idea that one is entitled to the alienated labor of another. Further, there are strong ethical objections to be made to the notion that one can somehow, magically and metaphysically, “own” natural resources such as land and water which require no labor power to have value. Capitalism rests on the assumption that both of these methods of exploitation- the extraction of surplus value and ownership of natural resources- are natural and ethical.

Like most self-proclaimed “libertarians,” Dan is blissfully unaware that his capitalist utopia represents a near-medieval nightmare barbarian dominance of capital over wage labor. Behold, a vision from the “anarcho-capitalist” (libertarian) utopia of de Soto:

“Today, for instance, most streets and highways are closed to the adoption of innumerable entrepreneurial innovations — the collection of a toll per vehicle and hour, the private management of security and noise pollution, etc.”

Those familiar with the increasing preference of the capitalist state on private security firms to do their bidding both at home and broad will rightly shudder in horror at the picture painted by de Soto.

Many of you still believe in two party politics on a national level. However, the more I study and research what is going on, the more I’ve come to think that it’s all a farce, a huge donkey and elephant circus, with the leashes to both the donkey and elephant held by the same really rich and powerful corporate, fascist hands that extend in all directions globally these days.

Barak Obama is not a Muslim. He is just a SCAPEGOAT (whether he is well-intentioned or not) who is being used to destroy the remnants of the US civil rights movement and US liberalism (reason and freedom based political thought). First lady, Michelle Obama, was an ambitious member the Chicago political machine that is connected to the powerful Council on Foreign Relations that is also connected to the elitist Trilateral Commission and the worldwide Bilderburger billionaire elites…the real, super money elites who really run this nation behind the political scenes.

In my thinking, these guys run an ongoing “Bad Cop/Good Cop/Bad Cop” billion dollar political show for us voters (a cheap price to pay for being able to rule the world with impunity). Bush Co. was the “bad cop”…major outsourcing of jobs (Oh! I know Clinton started it just a little, but Bush Co. opened it completely wide open), and the Federal Reserve and big investment banks and most other banks scammed and vacuuming up US middle class wealth for eight long years, and then also scammed the entire world to gain more power and wealth for themselves, as if they really needed it (but it’s the ultimate game—gaining ever more power over others). Members of both parties are full of outer circle members of these elitist/corporatists and think tanks and organizations mentioned above…as was HW Bush and the Clintons and GW and now Obama.

After the Bush Co. “Bad Cop” show, and Hillary’s failure, they saw a real simple solution. Just put a black man in as the “Good Cop” President and then let him benignly preside over the decline of the US middle class masses into abject poverty. If successful, they would discredit the US civil rights movement and keep blacks from rising very far in politics for the next hundred years.

So they “found” Barak Obama, an ambitious Harvard academic, an articulate talker. The conservative elites then literally “dropped” Obama into the race for the presidency…almost a “shoo in” because much of Middle America hated Bush Co. because of job losses and its terrible corruption and arrogant war making.
So now, everything is now moving along nicely toward a really harsh post Obama rule ( a GOP win in 2012) and bitter economic serfdom for the US populace on a scale we Americans have never experienced in our lifetimes and most can scarcely still imagine.

Worldwide, Western corporatism (fascism) will rule the Western world with massive military force and impunity, a “New American Century.”
Police state rule, as we are already seeing will keep the impoverished masses in line.

Basic human rights will be minimized and compliance to the state rules will be enforced with new electronic devices (tasers and other “non-lethal,” pain-causing weapons).

Rob, That is real world, not your socialistic outlook on life. You have an entitlement attitude that just bleeds “keep me comfortable” as I do nothing to EARN IT!!!

Here’s some food for thought.

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer’s medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn’t think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers’ Home Administration because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans.

The house didn’t have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn’t mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: “We don’t need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I’m a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have.”