A few Leftists on YouTube were upset that I destroyed Noam Chomsky in a recent video. Consequently, they sent me a video of Michael Parenti attacking the basic premise of capitalism. Parenti is an enormous anti-capitalist demagogue, and I think I wiped floor with his arguments.
Michael Parenti Critique
By Steve Foley - Posted on August 8th, 2008
Submitted by chokingvictim on Sun, 2008-10-05 17:52.
You are trying to discredit a political scientist that has decades of teaching experience and over 14 books (with sources i might add). Some books are even used as textbooks in universities and colleges. Your own statistics have no backing and are very selective
Just look at your own inflation rate in your country (1,929% Inflation rate, to make it easy for ya). Tell me, have you been getting richer or poorer through time? That means everything costs 20 times more than it did in 1913, and your wages cannot keep up. So now you work harder, for less. The US is in massive debt, your population is in shackles.
http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/Long_Term_Inflation.asp
"Child labor is only used in countries when the alternative for the children is simply worse"
You make it seem like the companies are there to help the poor children, forgetting that any companies motive is PROFIT, PROFIT, and more PROFIT. And their goal is never to uplift the poor children, but to exploit cheap labor. Once the profit motive is gone (for one of many reasons) then the companies pack up and leave. You dont work for 15cents an hour because you have a minimum wage, you have some job security, and job safety regulations, vacation pay, a pension plan, all coming from democracy, not capitalism.
I can go on for a while, but i have not the will. Just watch some more michael parenti...
Submitted by David Hinz on Sun, 2008-10-05 18:01.
I might add that William Ayers is also a "respected Academian" with a sh**load of books -- and a handful of bombings -- to his credit.
Sorry if some of us do not bow at the alter of our Socialist masters...
I could go on for a while, but I hardly find you worth it.
Submitted by Brian Simpson on Sun, 2008-10-05 18:49.
They rarely understand what they mean. The number 1,929 is how much prices have inflated since 1913. That is not a rate of inflation. Try looking at other countries inflation compared to ours, I’m certain you will find simillar numbers. Anyone who has had a rate of inflation higher than 3.4% will have had higher inflation. Most of Europe had higher inflation for much of the 1900s. Statistics should not be interpreted by idiots.
You also should really look into who you are getting your data from. The person who runs this site has zero economics back ground. He’s just a guy who has happened to make money on stocks. He uses his website as a tool to make himself feel smart. High inflation rates scare people into buying the crap that he is peddling.
I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world. ~ Mark Twain
Submitted by DocJ on Mon, 2008-10-06 03:43.
We don't have time to traffic in abject stupidity here at TMR - we all have jobs.
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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Submitted by Knight_of_the_Mind on Mon, 2008-10-06 07:18.
My flow model has crashed at work. My little boy hates his daycare. Now YOU went and nuked a troll that I wanted to fry like a bug. At least the Deadskins keep winning! Monday....Yeesh!
How about them COWBOYS!!!
Submitted by DocJ on Mon, 2008-10-06 08:15.
As soon as I hear "your country" I set the BoomStick to "Atomize" hesitate not.
Foretold is forewarned.
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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Submitted by Jack Serious on Mon, 2008-10-06 07:44.
Although I was looking forward to his next posting: Why Mom Won't Give Me A Cookie.
From an '06 Bill Ayers interview: "How can we as socialists or as communists or as leftists, how can we leave him [Ward Churchill] in the cold and say, well I’m a good leftist because I don’t talk the way Ward talks. I find that appalling. And I would hope that when they come to get Ward, we all link arms and don’t allow it."
I'm thinking that WE includes his candidate.
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Media Bias Destroys Informed Electorates & Healthy Democracies
Submitted by Knight_of_the_Mind on Mon, 2008-10-06 08:43.
We could have changed his screenname to "Cookie Monster '08" and proceeded to play handball with his face.
How about them COWBOYS!!!
Submitted by 66chevelle on Mon, 2008-10-06 04:50.
to have wrung your pencil neck, chokingvictim? Whoever it was obviously managed to cut off the oxygen supply to your (I'm guessing Canadian, since you "have not the will") brain. At least you didn't write "labour", eh?
Why is it that Socialists maintain such a stranglehold on our educational systems in this country.
These clowns use divisive populist anti-capitalism rhetoric to promote their agenda of equality of outcome. From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.
These people would starve if they were paid based on what they actually produce...