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Tired of capitalism? There could be a better way.
Washington Post ^ | 9-30-15 | Matt Bruenig

Posted on 10/01/2015 2:51:34 PM PDT by dynachrome

"Matt Bruenig is researcher of poverty and welfare systems at the think tank Demos."

By now, it is well established that capitalism is fundamentally built upon threats of force. As libertarian philosophers Robert Nozick and Matt Zwolinski have explained, the only way to turn unowned natural resources (such as land, minerals and other goods) into privately owned property is by violently preventing all others from using them. This one-sided exclusion destroys freedom of movement and cuts many people off from the things that they need to survive.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: basicincome; capitalism; coldwar; demos; forgettingthepast; insanity; liberaldemos; marxism; marxistcrapwriter; miltonfriedman; minimumwage; negativeincometax; obamarecession; obamataxhikes; thinktank; ubi; universalbasicincome; ussr
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To: PGR88
Need proof of the vacuity of the Left? Exhibit one:

Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week we’re talking about universal basic income.

Communism is a "big idea"? I mean its been tried, but by the wrong kinds of people. Funny how communism always attracts the wrong kind of people.

61 posted on 10/01/2015 5:49:22 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: dynachrome

Capitalism is a word that was created by Marxism.

It conflates the idea of a free and fair market with that of exalting the market above all else in all circumstances of human interaction. Which they would do because they are atheists. The God option never appears on their menu, only the “bad villain” option. In such a Hobson’s choice situation one can at least begin to understand why they would rather be the bad villain themselves than be the bad villain’s victim.


62 posted on 10/01/2015 5:52:49 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: DoughtyOne; dynachrome

With all the blood in the water, you cannot expect FReepers to think clearly. They rarely read before posting in clear water.


63 posted on 10/01/2015 5:55:32 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: dynachrome

I thought freedom meant the freedom to fail?

And the universal basic income will come from where? Oh yeah, the same place pixie dust comes from.


64 posted on 10/01/2015 6:09:04 PM PDT by rey
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To: dynachrome

“True freedom requires freedom from destitution and freedom from the demands of the employer.”

What about freedom from insipid morons like you, Mr. Brueing?


65 posted on 10/01/2015 10:22:18 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: dynachrome

Yes, I am. I think I’ll try armed robbery instead.

I’ll start with you, Matt, fork over your wallet and the keys to your Prius.


66 posted on 10/01/2015 11:39:43 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Randite capitalism stipulates that each worker receive a full day’s pay for a full day’s work. How’s that working out for all those grunts working 10-15-25 free hours a week for nonorthocapitalist bosses seeking free “productivity” gains?


67 posted on 10/02/2015 12:01:18 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: dynachrome
Jeff needs to clean out some dead wood.
68 posted on 10/02/2015 12:07:56 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: dynachrome

Maybe he should drop by my House and try to take my stuff.


69 posted on 10/02/2015 12:11:24 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Missing Tagline. Reward for return.)
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To: tumblindice
`Women and children hit hardest by fascist capitalists!'

Actually, the poster doesn't say squat about capitalists.

It simply says, "Warriors of the Red Army, Save Us!"

The fact is, the Russians bore the brunt of WW2 (at least in the European theater).

70 posted on 10/02/2015 12:26:04 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: dynachrome

Sorry about that. My mistake.


71 posted on 10/02/2015 2:37:31 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Trump: As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.)
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To: RoosterRedux

no problem.


72 posted on 10/02/2015 3:11:41 AM PDT by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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To: dynachrome

“Tired of Capitalism?”

I am certainly tired of the capitalism that is crony capitalism, that subverts the marketplace, that taxes beyond the requirements of the Constitution, that claims that social justice must be done, that feeds the friends of those in public office, that insists on controlling the actions of individuals, that silences free speech and restricts freedom of religion, that wishes to confiscate guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens, that honors those who would take on the countenance of some two-bit dictator that so many Americans fought to dethrone...

IMHO


73 posted on 10/02/2015 4:44:39 AM PDT by ripley
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To: RoosterRedux

Don’t feel bad. I suspect we’ve all done that. I know I have.


74 posted on 10/02/2015 11:48:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: Daffynition

It’s a good read. In was intrigued by it. Thanks for the idea.


75 posted on 10/02/2015 11:53:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: lentulusgracchus

I apologize. I don’t understand your premise. Not sure what your point is, and thus not able to form a decent response.


76 posted on 10/03/2015 12:06:01 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: DoughtyOne
I apologize. I don’t understand your premise. Not sure what your point is ...

You posted an image file at § 17, and I attempted to reply to the Rand quote. Of course I am an admirer of Rand's, but I was provoked to counterpost as a comment that, whereas Rand's businessman does not require people to suffer or to live in want (I can't grep and copy, so this is my paraphrase), it is the overwhelming practice of American business to run up working hours demanded by employers, and to gloat about it in the pages of Harvard Business Review (I vividly remember one 1994 article in particular, in which employers were conjoined to drive their employees, down to the pink-collar level, to frantic levels of "productivity" as if they were proprietors and not hourly hands).

So I asked, how're those Randian principia doing these days in the boardroom?

No great challenge implied, other than to note that the Malefactors of Great Wealth have rejected them in favor of a more Dickensian arrangement.

77 posted on 10/03/2015 5:05:03 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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