Comments on: In praise of class warfare

By: Winfred Mann

Winfred Mann — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:20:59 +0000

Mao, Stalin, Castro, and others (Socialists) who demanded equality, killed millions of people to archive their ends.

Risk-takers (AKA Capitalists) produce wealth and jobs.

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:59:11 +0000

Liberty ensures that people will have equal protection under the rule of law. It ensures that individuals can do for the most part what they want with the fruits of their own labor. As Abraham Lincoln said “With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor.” He called the latter tyranny and the former liberty. If someone has become wealthy by committing some crime then by all means, he or she deserves to pay society back. But when no crime has been committed, how can you all say that it would be fair or desirable for a person to be stripped of his or her wealth. Liberty does not ensure equal outcomes. We are created as equal human beings in our inherent worth, but we are not equal in so many ways—the conditions of our birth, our intelligence, our physical aptitude, health, and so on…Even were we to decree that it is evil for some to be rich while others are poor. Who is so sinless and pure in motive that we can entrust with the enormous task of righting society, of redistributing wealth….that path has been tried and it ends in tyranny.

By: doorworker

doorworker — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:51:42 +0000

Man.

That’s beautiful stuff. Too often golden opportunities are lost for clarifying public discussions about the economy with a reality check on class-privilege issues…opportunities lost because the comeback “because fuck them” is never employed.

It’s like medicine to me to read this…we are not alone, no?

By: Unclear on the concept « The Poor Man Institute

Unclear on the concept « The Poor Man Institute — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:02:50 +0000

[...] Are you on acid? Because they didn’t earn it, maybe? Because if they were working for any other industry where they’d fucked the collective dog to the extent the financial services industry has, they wouldn’t even have a job? Because while 40-odd million Americans have no health care, these folks get $300,000/year plus bennies plus a bonus? Because fuck them? [...]

By: Major Woody

Major Woody — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:01:09 +0000

dude, you cannot tax the really rich – they will just move their money into some foreign trust fund, so you are left with still no taxes and now no investments in the economy.

True enough. That’s why I propose that the rich be kidnapped and put on a deserted island, where they could use their innate rich-person superiority to build an advanced utopian civilization that will come to the rescue of the rest of us. Or they’ll devolve into savages and end up eating each other, either way works for me.

By: Scenes From A Recession « The Poor Man Institute

Scenes From A Recession « The Poor Man Institute — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:17:40 +0000

[...] over, it would appear, though perhaps some have it tougher than others. Who are we to judge? As Christopher said: Somehow it’s always reasonable to hurt the poor as a way to make them shape up. Tougher [...]

By: Robert Green

Robert Green — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:43:39 +0000

i think it is important to make a distinction between people who are arguing against their own interests (e.g. most wealthy leftists/liberals) economically, and those who are just trying to get theirs and fuck everyone else (pretty much all other rich folk).

also, i think there is a useful distinction between those who just have the money handed to them by their parents/families and those who earned it, though there is still the above distinction even here, and it is fair to say that some scions of wealth and power do work hard to become successful on their own merits.

so, having highlighted the “good” rich people out there, let’s talk about the other 98%: fuck them all.

By: curv3ball

curv3ball — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:58:21 +0000

Was watching Mark & Olly last night.

By: Kléber Raposadinho

Kléber Raposadinho — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:28:22 +0000

Respect to the science channel and Travel HD, (Mark & Olly and the Machingenga), Discovery is OK, History Channel sucks. Animal planet, HDT,Food Network, Bravo, and Nat Geo are OK. I like BBC-America.

By: Kléber Raposadinho

Kléber Raposadinho — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:08:53 +0000

Raising taxes 4% on 5% of the wealthiest Americans, is not socialism.

Making sure every citizen enjoys their natural rights to life,liberty, and the pursuit of ____, by making that pursuit, and that liberty, possible with health care that saves us money later, is not socialism. You can’t be free and sick.