Capitalism is the middle ground between fascism and libertarianism.


We must see people simply as people. an enemy is simply whom reconciliation with is impossible or too taxing. we have a lot less enemies than we think.


government propaganda = bad. advertising that reduces autonomy in consumers = perfectly fine


The most selfish people are the ones who argue that everyone is selfish. they've already forgiven themselves for being immoral and apathetic.

Split humanity into owners and workers, and you will quickly see how very weak the owners are.

Unless you're living on the shore, the only nice view you'll have is of our profusely corporate culture


Everything is a waste of money when you're broke.

White privilege: optimist as logic, not fear.

To be jaded in this redundant society is to be consistently observant.

this society slaughters the souls of young men and forces all of their anger to be withheld and forced upon its own ostensibly perceived creator; instead of rightfully attacking the system that produces this repression, they attack the most easiest of foes: women, friends, relatives, or they resolve to game and rituals to express their angst.

Isaac Brock laid the roots that grew and became socialism; ''do you need a lot of what you got to survive?''

Surely the best we can do would yield better results.

it arrives upon me as I make a smoothie

People that consume fast food, me included, often take a preference and then that becomes what believe is a choice, yet they aren't composing the burgers or frying the fries, so how could they really have choice?

Thus, true liberty and freedom (especially of choice) is the ability to utilize internal components to achieve a desired outcome. A person must be the ultimate decider of how they live and they must use internal reasoning to decide who to be. Now with a community, this means absolute democracy must be upheld. The people must work together to achieve a desired out come and the power must be centralized in the people who compose the society, not people who privatize and own the resources and means of production. Thats like believing in God to help you digest food.

My anti-capitalism rant

For capitalism to perpetuate itself and to remain as significant a force in all of our destinies, it must manufacture pleasantries and innovations that impress us. It must also one up the past. Commercials get racier, tv shows get more explicit in language, music also gets more explicit and racier. Cell phones have to become even more intelligent ‘smart’ phones, computers need to be capable of doing what was just moments ago considered impossible, televisions have to show you a better picture, video games have to be more realistic, graphic, and make the person playing the game feel as if they are in the game, not just playing it.

It is only so long before we’re alone in every way. Before we leave our homes only to make money or get food. We’ll interact so few times because everything we need can be delivered to our homes, or we have the toys the satiate ourselves. And we’ll be well enough alone because what we’ll have in our home -sex toys, massage chairs, modules that entertain us like TVs, online social networking sites- will ensure us chemical reactions that keep a frown saved for the next moment none of these devices turn on. Its fucking depressing. As introverted as I am, I fret the inevitable future we seem to be gravitating towards at the speed of leisure. The number of cynics will grow as people face regular odds (arguably increasing odds) of disappointment, heartbreak, physical threat, and so on.

Not to fucking mention the self-esteem and self-efficacy that’ll motivate this change. Children already envy pop stars and figures in our pop culture, and because of that they’ll never fathom a value in their own lives. You’re not as beautiful as Rhianna, lil girl, so why love yourself? You’re not the man Gerald Butler or whoever is on the cover of Sports illustrated is, so you’re merely a coward, young man.

Bullshit. I don’t know what the fuck I’m gonna do, but I’ll figure out something to offset or slow down this progression, if only slightly. A hopeless fight, but a fight worth fighting none the less. It’ll take confidence I don’t have as of right now, but I’ll get there. And though this is a call for arms made on a fucking website, I’d be glad to not know I was going in alone. I suppose the most that can be done from this a a reblog, or some shit. I just hope the words resonate, we’re too important to lose each other.

Peace

Whether individual, communal, societal, or on any scale, is the product of determining how to feel. Deciding what you need and what you don’t need, deciding what to make of the past’s disappointments and shame, deciding if the worst that can happen is tolerable or not.

Otherwise we’re just animals with the wind for a puppeteer, chaotically woven into the earth’s soil before long. Also, we’ll always be subject to authoritative rule and instructions/discipline if we can’t even settle disturbances within.

“In a world that makes you feel alienated, capitalism gives you drugs to make you feel better.” - Spoonboy, David Combs

Religion and capitalism

Both are only given strength with the willful suspension of logic within followers. It is a pool of delusions that make both alluring. Capitalism promises prosperity and gold if you work hard and abide by the laws of business. Religion just tells you to restrain your nature for a lifetime and you’ll get into heaven. What a mess.