Forum Post: Patriotism
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 2:28 a.m. EST by MIdwestMidclass
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I think that patriotism is supporting and placing your country needs in front of your own. If this never would of happened our country would never exist. In a time of need during the financial crises of 08, the leading financial officers of our country put their own needs in front of their county. Some worrying more about their compensation than the well being of our nation. Still today we see greed over support. I think that some people need to do some soul searching. It is the responsibility of the people to make this country great. Moving corporate offices overseas to escape paying taxes. moving manufacturing jobs overseas to employ foreigners, is just not patriotic. It is time not to be a spectator, but to stand up and be a patriot to rebuild this country. Capitalism is the greatest economic system in the world. I do not think that protest are an attack on capitalism. Capitalism does not have to be sacrificed to employee Americans building a stronger America. This is a value that should be common to conservatives and liberals. There should not be and must not be a divide on this issue. This is the common ground that we must unite upon not just to stay strong as a country, but to survive. A country at odds within will eventually crumble.
we do not have a capitalist system, we have a corporate oligarchy. capitalism is just the game played inside of the rigged corporate oligarchy casino. con scam. Wake up and smell the rot, because capitalism has NEVER existed.
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http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/5390832/some-fascinating-stats-about-our-corporate-oligarchy
http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/category/21st-century-challenges/ethicsandeconomics/
According to a 2008 article by David Rothkopf, the world’s 1,100 richest people have almost twice the assets of the poorest 2.5 billion (Rothkopf, 2008). Aside from the obvious problem – that this global elite has their hands in everything from politics to financial institutions – …
http://theprogressiveplaybook.com/2011/09/occupywallstreet-an-american-tahrir/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ght22PnCXy0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/wisconsin-is-ground-zero_b_825321.html
http://last-lost-empire.com/blog/?tag=global-corporate-oligarchy
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I agree with most of what you've said here. But perhaps we need to think outside the box when it comes to traditional economic management, and maybe capitalism is not the most beneficial thing for any of us, even if we think it works well. This is a very interesting video with a lot of stuff to think about pertaining to these issues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNRVRbpJMP0