[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.

J.A. Henshaw jeff at jhenshaw.com
Thu Mar 28 22:32:14 UTC 2002


Jeme A Brelin wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Craighead, Scot D wrote:
> 
>>>This degenerative cycle continues to this day and all that are not the
>>>wealthy elite (e.g. you and me) suffer.
>>>
>>Welcome to Earth.  That's just how it is and how it has always been.  
>>
> 
> You're right, of course.  That is how it's always been.  But at least you
> recognize it is greed and lust for power that causes a destruction of
> liberty.  It's not a communist plot.
> 
> 
>>The difference is in a communists society, there are no safeguards for
>>us little people.  We have one safeguard.  The constitution of the
>>United States.
>>
> 
> Wow.  Do you know what communism IS?
> 
> Communism is an economic system, not a political one.  The Constitution of
> the United States doesn't reflect favor for one economic system over
> another.
> 
> 
>>It works by limiting what the rich and powerful (who control the
>>government) can do.  The whole purpose of it is to limit the power of
>>government so that you and I can live as we choose.
>>
> 
> The whole purpose of communism is to limit the power of wealth and its
> ability to coerce the public by ensuring public control of the means of
> production of human necessities.
> 
> 
>>In a communists government, the little people are just slaves.  
>>
> 
> I think you're confusing communism with Stalinism.
> 
> 
>>Marxism is just the pretty words that communists use to justify making
>>people slaves.  (We're doing this for YOU!  See how much better off
>>you are?  Those capitalists aren't stealing your labor!)
>>
> 
> I think a person can make a VERY strong argument that working in a modern
> capitalist nation amounts to slavery for an enormous percentage of the
> people.
> 
> While the propaganda on the right talks about the rising tide raising all
> boats and the land of opportunity, real wages have steadily decreased
> while working hours have steadily increased.  More than 40% of the people
> have no wealth of which to speak and that number has also been steadily
> increasing over the past forty years.  That's the recipe for a growing
> slave class... just so you know.
> 
> J.
> --
>    -----------------
>      Jeme A Brelin
>     jeme at brelin.net

Yes,  and Socialism is the answer,  I know.

It couldn't have anything to do with the paper money I talk 
about,  could it.

No,  that wouldn't fit your agenda so you ignore it.






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