Tag Archives: socialism
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
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
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
Which came first, the “socialism” or the iPhone?
The “socialism,” of course. Check out a recent, great article at US Uncut about how taxpayers funded, through the Defense Department, the National Science Foundation, and other government programs, innovations that made smartphones possible. Indeed, the “horrors” of “socialist”-esque cooperation … Continue reading
Bailout vs. Bernie: Which is more “socialist?”
Oh, the smugness that doth flow from those who fancy themselves to be cold realists, allegedly harboring nary a scintilla of fantasy about the way the world doth “really work”—a way which these smug folk unfailingly describe with a single, … Continue reading
“Welfare State for the Banking System,” Not You and Me
Stacy Herbert nails what is wrong with the current order of things: “(approx. 7:38) This is the class war that Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, has talked about–that his class is winning. And part of … Continue reading