Facebook Thread Concerning Capitalism, Socialism, Rugged Individualism & The Common Good

Alan Archibald

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  • Steve Dear And football! You forgot football. I got my Redskins!
    
    And McDonald’s!
    
    And we got a kick ass army!

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      Alan Archibald The following quip is attributed to Dwight Eisenhower: "Football is the perfect American sport - lots of violence puntuated by committee meetings."

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    Zach Zimet Capitalism also gave you those things to begin with.
    
    And xenophobia has increased not decreased over time in broad strokes.

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      Alan Archibald The upshot of capitalism as it relates to uneducated people (a descriptor that is qualitatively different from un-instructed people) has been to condition society to live in a matrix of pervasive consumer-unit stupefaction.
      
      Specifically, consumer-unit stupefaction means that anything resembling responsible citizenship has been replaced by dimwitted grasping after self-centered pleasure with little to no consideration for "The Common Good," "The General Welfare" or a truly social "Social Contract."
      
      Increasingly, we are ruled by the informal motto of The Republlican Party: "We Are All In This.... Alone."
      
      Orwell cuts to the quick.
      
      Orwell: A Brief, Image-Rich Introduction To A Prophetic Genius
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