The more things change, the more they change....
One of my friends on Facebook linked to a very interesting article this morning, to be found hereFor the click-phobic, the gist of the article is that the current economic shifts are not only big and life-changing, but they are inevitable. Not only will they change the way we look at the whole of our life as we know it, but they are the breaking of
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This is just the other side of the democracy coin.
We had Dubya preaching to us for the last eight years about bringing democracy to the world--at the very same time he was single-handedly eroding the tenets of democracy in his own country.
Just as Dubya had no idea of what democracy actually is, so these yahoos in corporate America had no idea of what capitalism really is, because, in each of these examples, the only thing that was happening was that self-serving assholes were waving volatile words at the American people in the hope that they could justify the absolute blasphemy that they were perpetrating against the true meaning of those two words.
The American people stopped buying it where democracy was concerned--let's hope they can do the same thing where capitalism is concerned as well.
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I think we're going to see these changes by the beginning of President Obama's second term.
THAT'S how fast things are changing.
And yeah--I'm ready, too.
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Think again.
If all of these changes are happening outside the level of priority they are being given, what makes you think that something that has been prioritized won't change even faster?
Don't give up yet.
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I am 25 years old and I have waited for this change my whole life, since I was able to understand the fact that because my mum couldn't afford to buy me the 'right' clothes and toys, I was judged as less by my peers, regardless of my personality. Since I understood why mum cried sometimes, or why dinner was sometimes just two-minute noodles because regardless of the government's support, we had nothing else to eat in the house.
I agree with some of the concepts of capitalism that you've set out in the comments below, that people should be able to become as successful as their talents and inclinations allow. But the assumption here is that people start on an equal footing - and that just isn't true at all. The basics need to be shared between everyone - no one should scrounge for food, or a decent education or a roof over their head. After the essentials are taken care of? Sure, let capitalism take over. But a certain amount of ( ... )
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