Category Archives: Wealth transfer

Socialism scare more accurately aimed at capitalism

It’s hilarious when the capitalists try to fearmonger over trying something that might actually help people. Socialism leads to “complete economic calamity?” Isn’t that what capitalism did in 2008? And 1987? And 1971? And 1929? And is about to do … Continue reading

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Capitalism–or “Bank-ism?”

The problem with capitalism is the same thing that is touted as its virtue. Namely, one of capitalism’s animating doctrines is that a worker can work hard and make more money as time goes on, and this is how the … Continue reading

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Goldman Sachs admits: Capitalism is not the cure, it is the disease

  Whenever you get grief for criticizing capitalism, point those giving you said grief to this story, because it perfectly describes capitalism’s grave shortcomings with just the question asked in the headline: “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” The story … Continue reading

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‘Booked: Minimum Wage, Chomsky, The Evils of Stock Buybacks

A collection of today’s Facebook posts from the Liberty Road Media page (give it a like/share!)… Seattle Minimum Wage Issue: UofW Study flawed Turns out the study critical of the Seattle minimum wage increase suffers from two major flaws: 1) … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Fix The Economy For The Better: Richard Wolff Interview

This interview is instantly my favorite thing Lionel has ever done.  He interviews the brilliant economist Richard Wolff, and from the get-go, it’s a tour de force of common sense obliterating tired, hackneyed, jingoistic propaganda that somehow just won’t die … Continue reading

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First Look: New Linda Tirelli Suit Against Bank of America

Attorney Linda Tirelli, a rockstar in the arena of foreclosure defense, has just filed an adversarial bankruptcy suit in the Southern District of New York naming the following as defendants: Bank of America, Nationstar, U.S. Bank, and Recontrust. As many … Continue reading

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Metallica on the bankster economy?

On their killer new tune “Hardwired,” Metallica probably didn’t intend to comment on the rigged, doomed-to-crash bankster economy, but that’s how I hear these lyrics in the song’s chorus: “We’re so fucked/shit outta luck/hardwired to self-destruct…” It’s the end of … Continue reading

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“Capitalism”=Oligarchy/Feudalism on Steroids

Great post at More Crows Than Eagles called “Unnecessariat”–heavy stuff, all about the effects of supposed “capitalism” which is actually an oligarchy (feudalism?) on steroids which is by, of, and for the rentier class:  “If there’s no economic plan for … Continue reading

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Conspiracy fact: Actual proof that banks create money out of nothing (Part 1)

Here at LRM, I have written a great deal about the fact that banks create money out of nothing, ex nihilo, out of thin air.  This assertion was made after extensive research into the money-creation process, and I found that … Continue reading

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Bernie Holds His Own Against the Billionaire Class

Today has been a day of the Matrix railing against Bernie Sanders.  You know the drill—he just wants to give away free stuff that we all really have to pay for, it’s unrealistic, pie-in-the-sky claptrap, neither he nor his supporters … Continue reading

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