Greetings good citizen, 'cause and effect' relationships form the basis of our understanding of the world around us...except when they don't.
This morning's NY Times tells us the Venezulian economy is crashing and burning as (big surprise) corrupt capitalists retake control.
One of the 'most disturbing' aspects of the Second World War is it was funded by capitalists that desired 'favorable conditions' for raping the planet (and exploiting the workforces of the world.)
The Nazis lost and the capitalist's role in that multi-million fatality genocidal act was 'reversed' by touting how capitalism 'defeated' fascism...Hitler would have been a footnote in world history if not for his capitalist benefactors.
Now the whole world is capitalist (despite the Chinese clinging to their (in name only) 'socialist' [fascist] government model)
Here in the West we are experiencing the worst of '*unbridled capitalism' that is having freakish results in our presidential race.
[*unbridled capitalism is when capitalists subvert the justice system to further their own aims, like firing unions wholesale...then legislating against retalitory action.]
The Nazis were 'hawks' in the extreme...how curious that both frontrunners (according to the corporate-owned media) are unabashed warmongers as well as shameless capitalist cheerleaders?
Are we truly doomed to relive the lessons of history because we failed to learn from them?
The Nazis lost WWII but the capitalists...they're still here, doing better than ever (especially since 'Morning in America'!)
I also encountered another news item that you won't find here in the corporate owned media echo-chamber...one that says Europe [probably not all but some of it] has a six hour workday.
This is what we call 'mother's hours' here in the US and it is sort of common. Back to today's 'cause and effect' theme, the greatest obstacle to a reduced workday is how our 'expense profile' is keyed to a forty-hour paycheck.
In order to reduce the workday we would need to also reduce the expense profile of the average worker...and it would be vastly superior if we were to put the people who make the whole operation function on a daily basis [people in the front office are 'overhead' and don't contribute directly to the bottom line...] worth their while by paying them a 'livable' salary.
In order to 'live' in today's society the worker needs to make in excess of three-hundred thousand dollars annually. IF you are making this amount today you are, by default, a member of the one percent! [Because the 50% point of the average worker is still hovering around the $25K mark.
We could easily readjust the debtload of the average family by making housing a 'gimme'. We could also create hundreds of thousands of new jobs by making maintainance on those homes 'free'.
The second significant cost savings could be realized from public transportation, again, free.
Reducing the workday means doubling the number of shifts, and we don't utilize efficient 'people movers' it's gonna be a mess and a half.
Rail, bus and [free] motor vehicle pools (on the idea of Zipcar) will satisfy the need to get around for most people. Travel for work? Company vehicles are the answer.
Although it is unlikely the 'more for me' capitalist would go along with any of these expense saving ideas.
See, the capitalist doesn't care about 'expense!' Spend it like water because 'expense' is built into the price, consumer be damned!
Yet some of you have your heads reeling...what would happen to that summer home that's been in your family for generations? What about that block of income property that keeps your cousin in the chips?
Poof...all 'trumped' by the 'greater good'.
If you think that's just 'wrong' then there's something wrong with YOU...starting with your upbringing!
[Some of you may not like what Gegner has to say but I don't believe in lying to you.]
Shelter is EVERYBODY'S right! No one should be allowed to exploit that necessity, especially the [for profit] banks.
So it is I marvel at the kind of society that's perfectly cool with the idea of paying twenty times what a stack of lumber is worth just so the investors make money.
Worse, the 'bidding wars' desirable Real Estate spark only prove the reality of 'the greater fool'...
This whole 'game' is proof of what a virulent 'disease' this thing we call capitalism really is.
Is there a 'better way'? Hell yeah! [But the capitalist doesn't want YOU to know about it!]
Let's see if this 'takes hold'...because its as plain as the nose on your face although you won't find a single history book pointing at this fact. The capitalists, after crashing the global economy in 1929, turned around and funded Hitler's war machine and walked away unmolested after not only those two incidents but also after the most recent bout of financial hubris [2007]
And they're still walking free today!
Just thought I'd share that with my 'oddly opinionless' readers. [That said, I can appreciate not wanting to draw attention to yourself in these perilous times...so keep your thoughts to yourself if that's what makes you comfortable. I honestly don't mind, I just find it odd...but I'm sure that label fits both ways.]
Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
This morning's NY Times tells us the Venezulian economy is crashing and burning as (big surprise) corrupt capitalists retake control.
One of the 'most disturbing' aspects of the Second World War is it was funded by capitalists that desired 'favorable conditions' for raping the planet (and exploiting the workforces of the world.)
The Nazis lost and the capitalist's role in that multi-million fatality genocidal act was 'reversed' by touting how capitalism 'defeated' fascism...Hitler would have been a footnote in world history if not for his capitalist benefactors.
Now the whole world is capitalist (despite the Chinese clinging to their (in name only) 'socialist' [fascist] government model)
Here in the West we are experiencing the worst of '*unbridled capitalism' that is having freakish results in our presidential race.
[*unbridled capitalism is when capitalists subvert the justice system to further their own aims, like firing unions wholesale...then legislating against retalitory action.]
The Nazis were 'hawks' in the extreme...how curious that both frontrunners (according to the corporate-owned media) are unabashed warmongers as well as shameless capitalist cheerleaders?
Are we truly doomed to relive the lessons of history because we failed to learn from them?
The Nazis lost WWII but the capitalists...they're still here, doing better than ever (especially since 'Morning in America'!)
I also encountered another news item that you won't find here in the corporate owned media echo-chamber...one that says Europe [probably not all but some of it] has a six hour workday.
This is what we call 'mother's hours' here in the US and it is sort of common. Back to today's 'cause and effect' theme, the greatest obstacle to a reduced workday is how our 'expense profile' is keyed to a forty-hour paycheck.
In order to reduce the workday we would need to also reduce the expense profile of the average worker...and it would be vastly superior if we were to put the people who make the whole operation function on a daily basis [people in the front office are 'overhead' and don't contribute directly to the bottom line...] worth their while by paying them a 'livable' salary.
In order to 'live' in today's society the worker needs to make in excess of three-hundred thousand dollars annually. IF you are making this amount today you are, by default, a member of the one percent! [Because the 50% point of the average worker is still hovering around the $25K mark.
We could easily readjust the debtload of the average family by making housing a 'gimme'. We could also create hundreds of thousands of new jobs by making maintainance on those homes 'free'.
The second significant cost savings could be realized from public transportation, again, free.
Reducing the workday means doubling the number of shifts, and we don't utilize efficient 'people movers' it's gonna be a mess and a half.
Rail, bus and [free] motor vehicle pools (on the idea of Zipcar) will satisfy the need to get around for most people. Travel for work? Company vehicles are the answer.
Although it is unlikely the 'more for me' capitalist would go along with any of these expense saving ideas.
See, the capitalist doesn't care about 'expense!' Spend it like water because 'expense' is built into the price, consumer be damned!
Yet some of you have your heads reeling...what would happen to that summer home that's been in your family for generations? What about that block of income property that keeps your cousin in the chips?
Poof...all 'trumped' by the 'greater good'.
If you think that's just 'wrong' then there's something wrong with YOU...starting with your upbringing!
[Some of you may not like what Gegner has to say but I don't believe in lying to you.]
Shelter is EVERYBODY'S right! No one should be allowed to exploit that necessity, especially the [for profit] banks.
So it is I marvel at the kind of society that's perfectly cool with the idea of paying twenty times what a stack of lumber is worth just so the investors make money.
Worse, the 'bidding wars' desirable Real Estate spark only prove the reality of 'the greater fool'...
This whole 'game' is proof of what a virulent 'disease' this thing we call capitalism really is.
Is there a 'better way'? Hell yeah! [But the capitalist doesn't want YOU to know about it!]
Let's see if this 'takes hold'...because its as plain as the nose on your face although you won't find a single history book pointing at this fact. The capitalists, after crashing the global economy in 1929, turned around and funded Hitler's war machine and walked away unmolested after not only those two incidents but also after the most recent bout of financial hubris [2007]
And they're still walking free today!
Just thought I'd share that with my 'oddly opinionless' readers. [That said, I can appreciate not wanting to draw attention to yourself in these perilous times...so keep your thoughts to yourself if that's what makes you comfortable. I honestly don't mind, I just find it odd...but I'm sure that label fits both ways.]
Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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