Communism for the Rich

[searcher]

Charlie goes on a bit of a rant here but it's a good read.

Communism for the Rich​

My critics sometimes accuse me of being a communist, of all things.

I must say, the irony of being accused of being a communist by many of these people is incredibly rich.

That’s because the policies I advocate in my writings are far, far more “free market” than any of theirs.

I find my critics hide behind the slogan of free market capitalism, while practicing something entirely different — crony capitalism.

What does it mean to be a crony capitalist?

Read the rest here:

Communism for the Rich - Daily Reckoning

Charles Hugh Smith is a fierce critic of the crony capitalism that passes for free market capitalism. Because he criticizes “capitalism,” some of his critics label Charles a communist. Today, Charles sets the record straight.

dailyreckoning.com

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[Goldhedge]

Everyone thinks "Crony capitalism" is 'Capitalism'. That's why they believe 'Capitalism' is evil. They've never experienced true Capitalism.

 

[CiscoKid]

These idiot kids who are being brainwashed by the communist teachers are in for a rude awakening if they ever get what they are screaming for.

 

[nickndfl]

YES!!!!!

Everybody will be EQUAL!!!!

Equally poor that is....

Plus I will lose both of my discounts.

 

[Casey Jones]

...equal in misery.

Just as the New Age Skeuls dumb down the performers to the level of Special-Ed stoodints...implementing Communism will make everyone equal in misery.

Except for the inner Party Leaders...who will own what no one else is allowed to own.

Don't sweat it. Know it, but don't sweat it. The party leaders will live as well as Brezhniv, who traveled in a poorly-designed limo that looked like a stretched 1940s Citroen, or a 1950s Lincoln. They will live in bland, crumbling castles, eat borscht or stew, and drink rotgut whiskey.

They will not fly. Because 30 party leaders cannot support an aerospace industry, parts infrastructure, aircraft design...distribution...training for aviation mechanics...airports in major cities.

Brezhniv was not well. He drank too much, and was impotent; and the quack remedies his Party physician gave him that were to enable the sex act with what young (expletives) the major-domos were able to procure...made his health much worse.

That does not sound like a happy life. And remember: Only the USA enabled the USSR to last as long as it did. By bailing it out, twice...food and industrial equipment during WWII, and grain and technology - some stolen - in the 1970s. Soviet passenger jets of the time were reverse-engineered Boeing 707s.

Where will the Amerikan Communists get their grain and technology? They won't. Which means they start out in a doom spiral.

 

[searcher]

Interesting read.

There is a growing movement and a rising chorus of voices who believe “capitalism” is the root of our social and economic problems in the United States. This idea is being used to promote socialism as the better path for our nation to take.

Educating Capitalists – The Daily Diatribe

www.dailydiatribe.net

 

[nickndfl]

Socialism will make most people equal. Equally poor. The USA was not founded as a socialist country.