tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post111455262626874022..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Vast Prosperity Begat "The Mystery" - RepostCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-39707945652605411262009-06-11T03:40:49.669-07:002009-06-11T03:40:49.669-07:00Why does anyone ever believe Yassir Arafat (or any...Why does anyone ever believe Yassir Arafat (or any other Palestinian "leader") would actually work for peace? If he got it, what would he do? Open a shwarma store, sell souvenirs to visiting Israelis?<br /><br />I think you've answered the question here.Comrade_Tovarichhttp://www.thepeoplescube.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-47632805394762579882009-06-09T03:00:54.821-07:002009-06-09T03:00:54.821-07:00Another description of moochers & looters.
Ba...Another description of moochers & looters.<br /><br />Basically the same as Ayn Rand's definition in Atlas Shrugged.<br /><br />They exist to take what others produce by force of government, defining their need as paramount.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-69778560373481416232009-04-05T11:39:00.000-07:002009-04-05T11:39:00.000-07:00So he's a blogger claming journalism is a useless ...<I>So he's a blogger claming journalism is a useless pursuit? Hmmmm... </I><BR/><BR/>Bloggers work for free. Newspapers are going bankrupt because they don't provide a service anyone really wants.<BR/><BR/><I>so we have blogs to voice our opinion and practice free speech - on of the benefits of democracy and an ESSENTIAL check and balance system so we all aren't put on the skids by the guy the gets the most money the quickest.</I><BR/><BR/>Free speech is necessary because it puts a check on government, not because it keeps people from getting rich.Fearsome Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171985273546955313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-77559257346065388812009-04-05T11:36:00.000-07:002009-04-05T11:36:00.000-07:00I think your analysis that American "Mysterions" a...I think your analysis that American "Mysterions" are produced by being spoiled is true. I call this "the other side of the Invisible Hand" and have been planning to write on it for some time. However, there is one side not adequately explained by being spoiled:<BR/><BR/>The Mystery is alive and well in Latin America.<BR/><BR/>Now, they don't really have their version of Hyphenated-American studies, but they <I>do</I> believe that socialism can cure their ills. And it's not for a lack of working hard, either. I think they don't realize the degree to which their government's actions have kept them down, they look at how much richer Americans and Euros are and how much their governments provide for them, and see the latter as causing the former.<BR/><BR/>It is easy to stoke the ire of the poor against the rich. And since the power of socialists is founded on class warfare, they tend to do a much more effective job of propagandizing the poor.Fearsome Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171985273546955313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-16479388456901179102009-04-05T00:58:00.000-07:002009-04-05T00:58:00.000-07:00Fun to read and worth thinking about; but as state...Fun to read and worth thinking about; but as stated by a previous poster, there are problems with this concept. <BR/><BR/>Still liked it though.Teddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-70228756686501623092009-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:002009-04-02T15:11:00.000-07:00He should sue his parents for raising him so stupi...He should sue his parents for raising him so stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-48387151979335793052008-09-16T07:36:00.000-07:002008-09-16T07:36:00.000-07:00So he's a blogger claming journalism is a useless ...So he's a blogger claming journalism is a useless pursuit? Hmmmm... <BR/><BR/>I see his point - and as a card carrying conservative agree with it - but how well would his version of capitalism survive without free-speech and the medium and personnel to voice it? <BR/><BR/>The mainstream media, we all know, is a crock of sh*t, so we have blogs to voice our opinion and practice free speech - on of the benefits of democracy and an ESSENTIAL check and balance system so we all aren't put on the skids by the guy the gets the most money the quickest... because in an uncontrolled capitalist environment the guy with the most money will control everyone unless someone is there to say something.<BR/><BR/>So what he claims as useless jobs and useless members of a capitalist society are actually what MAKE his capitalist society run. <BR/><BR/>a great concept - poorly delivered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-66720377061024319312008-09-15T16:40:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:40:00.000-07:00Pure.Uncut.Win.Pure.<BR/>Uncut.<BR/>Win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-198388088283931912008-09-15T13:51:00.000-07:002008-09-15T13:51:00.000-07:00Related: It is because the 'adults' have worried ...Related: It is because the 'adults' have worried about all the hard details, the infrastructure, the wealth creation, the nuts and bolts of society, and it is all done behind the scenes. The lazy liberals don't even know that those things exist, let alone know how to accomplish them. "What do you mean, prospect for iron ore? Don't you just order it from the steel mill?" So much so are they beyond reality that they take all in our society for granted - their little minds wander down a path for something to do. Something easy. "Let's make music, or have a parade, or sit around protesting." Because the wealth of our society has allowed these parasites a luxurious existence, they've never had to think about the nuts and bolts, the reasons why society's rules are the way they are. So their little minds question everything, like spoiled children. "Why can't I behave like this? What rules says I can't? That's an old fashioned rule, and I'm progressive. I'm going to go against society's norms to show you what a free thinker I am." <BR/><BR/>Wrong. Completely wrong. It shows instead that you've not thought at all.Auntie Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12618198082732132279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-30170025582133590022008-09-14T20:46:00.000-07:002008-09-14T20:46:00.000-07:00Bravo Cappy ... I see it too every day and everywh...Bravo Cappy ... I see it too every day and everywhere.<BR/><BR/>Again, bravo for stating so clearly and so well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1159231234659231442006-09-25T17:40:00.000-07:002006-09-25T17:40:00.000-07:00A song in response:"Forward away.Click away.Make m...A song in response:<BR/><BR/>"Forward away.<BR/><BR/>Click away.<BR/><BR/>Make me money.<BR/><BR/>So that some daaaaaaaaayyyy!<BR/><BR/>I can retire.<BR/><BR/>My boss I can fire.<BR/><BR/>And take a girl named Bambi<BR/><BR/>Down ole the Cayman Island waaaaaaaayyyy!<BR/><BR/>So click away, <BR/>forward away,<BR/>Please make my day.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1159230922957132762006-09-25T17:35:00.000-07:002006-09-25T17:35:00.000-07:00Whoa, that is so frickin right on! I am so forwar...Whoa, that is so frickin right on! I am so forwarding this on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1152215508007059882006-07-06T12:51:00.000-07:002006-07-06T12:51:00.000-07:00Hard work and creativity are no match for wealth a...Hard work and creativity are no match for wealth and political connections. That's reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1152199120565204702006-07-06T08:18:00.000-07:002006-07-06T08:18:00.000-07:00Hell, I've sent it to Joe like 3 times now. That'...Hell, I've sent it to Joe like 3 times now. That's why I broadcasted it, not necessarily to get it any air time, but just because it more or less solves The Mystery.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1152194619036944372006-07-06T07:03:00.000-07:002006-07-06T07:03:00.000-07:00Good questions raised.Exactly what would the Rever...Good questions raised.<BR/><BR/>Exactly what would the Reverend(s) Jesse J. and Al S. have to do if we actually had racial harmony?<BR/><BR/>And, isn't it interesting that the people protesting the world bank and the IMF are (for the most part) young and without real world responsibilities. Funny how 'globalization' and strife in 3rd world countries fall of the "things that are important" plate when you have a family to feed and a mortgage to pay.<BR/><BR/>I remember a year or two ago, there was a woman's rights march on the Capitol Mall, and the world bank protests the same weekend. The woman (and men) on the mall varied in age, race, creed, sexual orientation, and econimic status across the board. The average person protesting the world bank was about 21, white, and looked like the product of middle class suburbia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1152191680605892072006-07-06T06:14:00.000-07:002006-07-06T06:14:00.000-07:00I hope Joe picks up on this. IF he ever gets back...I hope Joe picks up on this. IF he ever gets back from vacation.<BR/><BR/>Excellent.jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350827465309183286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1152164215964972332006-07-05T22:36:00.000-07:002006-07-05T22:36:00.000-07:00Having just broken free of grad school, and having...Having just broken free of grad school, and having had to put up with more than a reasonable dosage of such people, I agree with your assessment completely. From the leftist professors on down to their brain dead spawn, every "argument" I've ever heard from them, ultimately, had to do with how things ought to be of advantage to their little select group, devoid of all real-world reason or purpose (using some sort of "social justice" excuse, naturally). <BR/><BR/>In other words, those of us who create wealth should hand it over to them so they can sit in air conditioned offices and "save the world."Paul E. Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04480215501034566588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1152157367315576122006-07-05T20:42:00.000-07:002006-07-05T20:42:00.000-07:00Dude, seriously, write a book.Pure awesome, i put ...Dude, seriously, write a book.<BR/><BR/>Pure awesome, i put a link on my <A HREF="http://franksemails.com" REL="nofollow">site</A>.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563974188078700562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1118214852183716552005-06-08T00:14:00.000-07:002005-06-08T00:14:00.000-07:00Many thanks! Glad you thought it so insightful!Many thanks! Glad you thought it so insightful!Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1117045795199395082005-05-25T11:29:00.000-07:002005-05-25T11:29:00.000-07:00Indeed, this is the most insightful thing I've rea...Indeed, this is the most insightful thing I've read in a long time. I sent it to all my friends!Arcanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775187664607401162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1115334594138393812005-05-05T16:09:00.000-07:002005-05-05T16:09:00.000-07:00I calls zem as I seez sem.I calls zem as I seez sem.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.com