Forum Post: The Truth about Billionaires.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 14, 2011, 1:46 a.m. EST by pc3
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from Missoula, Mt
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Lets just admit the fact that Billionaires are Billionaires because we spend our money buying a bunch of crap that we dont need. They make Ipad's, clothing, and a ton of other crap made in China. They wouldn't make it if we (the idiots) didnt buy it. This is a crazy idea- If we are upset with Billionaires why do we buy their shit?
Man, stop it, you are getting close to Truth. We buy it because we have been taught that Stuff is important. Once upon a time, we worked to live but capitalists taught us to live to work, they reversed the process. Work was suppose to free us, give us Freedom in Marx's words (yeah, you can call me a communist if it makes you feel better). But the Capitalists have brainwashed the public to put products, commodities, as the Object of our intentions when the absolute reverse should be in practice. That is, we work, to Live and then have free time to do whatever. In capitalist society, too many of spend our time and money buying too much stuff which we then need to guard and take care of. We call that life. Meanwhile, most people are too lonely or too depressed or anxious or too busy or too drugged or ill or isolated and so they seek out entertainment to feel better. Seeing how nearly 75% or more of population is neurotic, mentally ill, lonely or unhappy or drugged, something is out of kilter. This is my critique of capitalism.
Not about being "upset with billionaires." Its not class envy. Its that major corporations and the super wealthy, who can literally buy influence with policy makers have hijacked our government and in doing so corrupted our policies and liquidated the wealth of the nation, while fighting tooth and nail on taxes.
And they don't all "make shit." Most wealthy industrialists who actually produce a product aren't who the OWS movement is looking at. Its billionaire financiers who back shoddy market investment schemes which make them rich at the expense of the entire market. Take a look at derivatives trading schemes and CDOs.
Thats the gripe. And then they corrupt our government further by buying off officials during election season with campaign donations so as to further free up their wiggle room to not only concentrate what wealth there is left to take, but to secure it from being used for anything other than their own bankrolls.
There is a problem in this country with those secretly funded C4's.
Please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX1N3opw5eI
Because standards of living and measures of prosperity and relative and keep up with the times. Sure, we could have all hung on to our 8-tracks, but iPods are so much better. Gotta stay with the times. No going back to horse carriages and buggy whips.
Life with carriages and buggies is actually kind of fun. Lets admit that Americans are lazy and thats why we are in this mess. Kids these days work at the Mall and just make enough to buy an A and F shirt made in some far off country for pennies instead of doing real work. When I open the news paper to find a job the only jobs available are selling crap instead of making crap.