[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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