Communism means never having to say you're sorry, but so does unfettered capitalism, and so at least part of the solution is political and economic.
Structurally, they are the same: a ruling oligarchy with the population that's enslaved either by force or by guile.
And there's certainly no lack of $$$ for war-waging, corporate bailouts, etc., so the "we can't afford it" argument is bogus on its face.
Yep. Sooner or later the Chinese will want back all the money they loaned the Bushleagers for the Iraq debacle.
... tiny isolated anarchist communes (which is the logical outcome of the entire Earth First!/Small is Beautiful/Inconvenient Truth movement).
But getting there will require a great deal of bloodletting, either by wars or famine or both. I seriously doubt the Earth Firsters have thought about that much. If they have, and are willing to accept the bloodshed as a necessary way to an end, then they are no better than the Dominionist rapture freaks.
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Date: 2007-08-02 07:33 pm (UTC)Structurally, they are the same: a ruling oligarchy with the population that's enslaved either by force or by guile.
And there's certainly no lack of $$$ for war-waging, corporate bailouts, etc., so the "we can't afford it" argument is bogus on its face.
Yep. Sooner or later the Chinese will want back all the money they loaned the Bushleagers for the Iraq debacle.
... tiny isolated anarchist communes (which is the logical outcome of the entire Earth First!/Small is Beautiful/Inconvenient Truth movement).
But getting there will require a great deal of bloodletting, either by wars or famine or both. I seriously doubt the Earth Firsters have thought about that much. If they have, and are willing to accept the bloodshed as a necessary way to an end, then they are no better than the Dominionist rapture freaks.