When Capitalism comes to America

[kalm]

How many of these weirdos who control the world earned their success via capitalism? How many actually understand how it works?

[GOD]

Soros, Hoffman, Bloomberg, Moskovich and Pritzker cant hide in the shadows anymore? Seems like a good thing

[BDKJMU]

Soros, Hoffman, Bloomberg, Moskovich and Pritzker cant hide in the shadows anymore? Seems like a good thing

For Pritzer that would have had to have been an awfully big shadow..

[UNI88]

Soros, Hoffman, Bloomberg, Moskovich and Pritzker cant hide in the shadows anymore? Seems like a good thing

For Pritzer that would have had to have been an awfully big shadow..

Behind trump's YUGE ass might work.

When will thiel, the kochs, etc. be forced out of the shadows or will they flee to Argentina first?


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[kalm]

Soros, Hoffman, Bloomberg, Moskovich and Pritzker cant hide in the shadows anymore? Seems like a good thing

They might have a little less of a dominator complex. And less outwardly weird. But who can be certain? Only you know what’s in a man’s heart. Amirite?

[BDKJMU]

For Pritzer that would have had to have been an awfully big shadow..

Behind trump's YUGE ass might work.

When will thiel, the kochs, etc. be forced out of the shadows or will they flee to Argentina first?


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lol Trump is rail thin compared to Pritzer.

[kalm]

What a pathetically vapid was to define success.

Among pro-capitalist pundits, Musk’s ascension to trillionaire status has been the occasion for a round of sycophantic applause, as they all rush to tell us why it’s good for one individual to control this much of the world’s resources. At Fox News, we’re told that Musk “earned every penny,” and is living proof that “capitalism continues to reward individuals who create extraordinary value.” Similarly, an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times tells us that his SpaceX fortune is “a testament to human ingenuity, immigrant success and American greatness.” The National Review offers “Three Cheers For Elon Musk,” calling criticism of his hyper-wealth “revolting. Repulsive. Grotesque. Un-American.”

Now, there are all kinds of political and economic reasons why these claims are wrong, and we’ve discussed them at some length elsewhere. Two of the most important are that by hoarding wealth, billionaires and now trillionaires are actively keeping other people in poverty, making the whole thing monstrously unethical, and that their vast fortunes allow them to buy political power and make a mockery of the word “democracy.” Both of these things are true of Musk, who has bragged about using his wealth to get Donald Trump elected and likely killed hundreds of thousands of people across Africa with his “DOGE” aid cuts. (If you start to count the lives Musk could save if he put his money to good use, the numbers get even more staggering.)

But another, morbidly fascinating aspect of this whole moment is that, despite possessing wealth that rivals the emperors of the ancient world, Musk’s existence is a bizarre and cursed one in many important ways. His personal relationships with the people closest to him, by all appearances, are dysfunctional and abusive to varying degrees. He desperately wants to be adored by the public, but with every attempt, their approval slips further from his grasp. Instead of enjoying his money and leisure, he spends his waking hours obsessing over racist conspiracy theories and paranoid fantasies about the end of the world. And to add the final insult, he doesn’t even have a trillion dollars in any real sense; he just has to spend a lot of time and energy keeping up an elaborate fiction that he does.

In a way, Musk’s fans are right: he’s a perfect example of capitalism at work, with its relentless drive for growth and acquisition at the expense of everything else. It’s just that those are terrible principles to base a human life

[UNI88]

Behind trump's YUGE ass might work.

When will thiel, the kochs, etc. be forced out of the shadows or will they flee to Argentina first?


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lol Trump is rail thin compared to Pritzer.

They're both YUGE enough to have their own gravity.


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[Caribbean Hen]

They are fleeing oppression and once Cubans were allowed to prosper again in Florida ….. Miami boomed

On Friday, August 5, 1994, thousands of Cubans gathered along Havana’s Malecón after rumors raged through the city that a fleet of boats was coming from Miami to pick up any Cuban who wanted to leave the island. When police attempted to disperse the crowds, protests erupted with chants of “Freedom!” and “Down with Fidel!” Demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at shop windows and tourist-only hotels. After police arrested hundreds of people and broke up the protests, Fidel Castro toured the Malecón.

[kalm]

They are fleeing oppression and once Cubans were allowed to prosper again in Florida ….. Miami boomed

On Friday, August 5, 1994, thousands of Cubans gathered along Havana’s Malecón after rumors raged through the city that a fleet of boats was coming from Miami to pick up any Cuban who wanted to leave the island. When police attempted to disperse the crowds, protests erupted with chants of “Freedom!” and “Down with Fidel!” Demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at shop windows and tourist-only hotels. After police arrested hundreds of people and broke up the protests, Fidel Castro toured the Malecón.

Yes. Authoritarianism is mostly driven by economics. And it afflicts both communism and unregulated or “free” market capitalism.

[Caribbean Hen]

They are fleeing oppression and once Cubans were allowed to prosper again in Florida ….. Miami boomed

On Friday, August 5, 1994, thousands of Cubans gathered along Havana’s Malecón after rumors raged through the city that a fleet of boats was coming from Miami to pick up any Cuban who wanted to leave the island. When police attempted to disperse the crowds, protests erupted with chants of “Freedom!” and “Down with Fidel!” Demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at shop windows and tourist-only hotels. After police arrested hundreds of people and broke up the protests, Fidel Castro toured the Malecón.

Yes. Authoritarianism is mostly driven by economics. And it afflicts both communism and unregulated or “free” market capitalism.

Huh?

Walk the streets of Havana and then walk the streets of Miami and you tell me where Cuban Americans or Cubans have prospered

Cubans in Cuba live in misery and their brothers and sisters in Miami are doing very well!

The results of this study should be presented to every American kid in school. Yes?

[Baldy]

They are fleeing oppression and once Cubans were allowed to prosper again in Florida ….. Miami boomed

On Friday, August 5, 1994, thousands of Cubans gathered along Havana’s Malecón after rumors raged through the city that a fleet of boats was coming from Miami to pick up any Cuban who wanted to leave the island. When police attempted to disperse the crowds, protests erupted with chants of “Freedom!” and “Down with Fidel!” Demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at shop windows and tourist-only hotels. After police arrested hundreds of people and broke up the protests, Fidel Castro toured the Malecón.

Yes. Authoritarianism is mostly driven by economics. And it afflicts both communism and unregulated or “free” market capitalism.

Authoritarianism is ultimately driven by power. Economics is just a tool used to control wealth and resources to keep the subjects in compliance.

[Caribbean Hen]

It was better to leave Cuba and go to Guantánamo, or die at sea, rather than continue dying little by little.”
– Jorge, Cuban rafter age 30

Prior to the rafter crisis of 1994, the United States automatically granted political asylum to Cuban refugees arriving at its shores, usually releasing them into the custody of relatives or other sponsors immediately after being processed by immigration officials. To avert another major exodus from Cuba, the Clinton administration reversed this 35-year-old open-door policy. On August 19, the White House announced that all Cubans intercepted at sea would be taken to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and all Cuban refugees who reached American soil would be detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service while their cases were reviewed. The U.S. Coast Guard launched Operation Able Vigil to enact the Clinton administration’s new directive. This change in American policy indicated that the United States would no longer consider Cubans as refugees escaping a repressive regime but instead as immigrants seeking economic opportunities, a distinction that is still hotly debated.

[kalm]

Yes. Authoritarianism is mostly driven by economics. And it afflicts both communism and unregulated or “free” market capitalism.

Authoritarianism is ultimately driven by power. Economics is just a tool used to control wealth and resources to keep the subjects in compliance.

Perhaps but it’s hard to come up with many poor autocrats.

[kalm]

Yes. Authoritarianism is mostly driven by economics. And it afflicts both communism and unregulated or “free” market capitalism.

Huh?

Walk the streets of Havana and then walk the streets of Miami and you tell me where Cuban Americans or Cubans have prospered

Cubans in Cuba live in misery and their brothers and sisters in Miami are doing very well!

The results of this study should be presented to every American kid in school. Yes?

Right along with the American quality of life compared to other OECD countries. And the failing American dream.

Your constant references to Cuba are anecdotal.

[Caribbean Hen]

Huh?

Walk the streets of Havana and then walk the streets of Miami and you tell me where Cuban Americans or Cubans have prospered

Cubans in Cuba live in misery and their brothers and sisters in Miami are doing very well!

The results of this study should be presented to every American kid in school. Yes?

Right along with the American quality of life compared to other OECD countries. And the failing American dream.

Your constant references to Cuba are anecdotal.

Speaking of a failed dream…. There is no Utopia …no matter how much money your selfish hero’s want to steal

[UNI88]

Right along with the American quality of life compared to other OECD countries. And the failing American dream.

Your constant references to Cuba are anecdotal.

Speaking of a failed dream…. There is no Utopia …no matter how much money your selfish hero’s want to steal

The irony of a MAQA yahoo talking about selfish heroes stealing money ...

[Caribbean Hen]

Speaking of a failed dream…. There is no Utopia …no matter how much money your selfish hero’s want to steal

The irony of a MAQA yahoo talking about selfish heroes stealing money ...

The irony of someone being so offended by Trump, but changed Joey Rottens diapers every day

So fighting to keep the Dems hands out of working people’s pockets is stealing money ?

Remember who wants to raise taxes and just not on millionaires

[UNI88]

The irony of a MAQA yahoo talking about selfish heroes stealing money ...

The irony of someone being so offended by Trump, but changed Joey Rottens diapers every day

So fighting to keep the Dems hands out of working people’s pockets is stealing money ?

Remember who wants to raise taxes and just not on millionaires

The irony of MAQA yahoos who bitched and moaned that trump was no longer POTUS after January 2021 and anyone that criticized him had tDS now frequently bringing up biden ...

Who is fighting to "keep the Dems hands out of working people’s pockets"? Maybe Massie, Paul, etc. It's certainly not MAQA Republicans. they're hanging working people out to dry.

There are lots of examples of trump, his family and friends unethically profiting from his presidency - cryptocurrency "bribes", selling pardons, no-bid sweetheart deals, frivolous lawsuits, etc.

[Caribbean Hen]

The irony of someone being so offended by Trump, but changed Joey Rottens diapers every day

So fighting to keep the Dems hands out of working people’s pockets is stealing money ?

Remember who wants to raise taxes and just not on millionaires

The irony of MAQA yahoos who bitched and moaned that trump was no longer POTUS after January 2021 and anyone that criticized him had tDS now frequently bringing up biden ...

Who is fighting to "keep the Dems hands out of working people’s pockets"? Maybe Massie, Paul, etc. It's certainly not MAQA Republicans. they're hanging working people out to dry.

There are lots of examples of trump, his family and friends unethically profiting from his presidency - cryptocurrency "bribes", selling pardons, no-bid sweetheart deals, frivolous lawsuits, etc.

The irony of someone so obsessed with Trump, They can’t even begin to realize how their but Trump narrative insured that Trump got elected in 2024

nice job TDS 88.

Please keep your boring and unimaginative no idea drivel continue

[UNI88]

The irony of MAQA yahoos who bitched and moaned that trump was no longer POTUS after January 2021 and anyone that criticized him had tDS now frequently bringing up biden ...

Who is fighting to "keep the Dems hands out of working people’s pockets"? Maybe Massie, Paul, etc. It's certainly not MAQA Republicans. they're hanging working people out to dry.

There are lots of examples of trump, his family and friends unethically profiting from his presidency - cryptocurrency "bribes", selling pardons, no-bid sweetheart deals, frivolous lawsuits, etc.

The irony of someone so obsessed with Trump, They can’t even begin to realize how their but Trump narrative insured that Trump got elected in 2024

nice job TDS 88.

Please keep your boring and unimaginative no idea drivel continue

The irony of someone so obsessed with biden, They can’t even begin to realize how trump's horrific first term insured that biden got elected in 2024

nice job bDS CH, you are what you profess to despise.

Please keep your boring and unimaginative no idea drivel continue

[Caribbean Hen]

The irony of someone so obsessed with Trump, They can’t even begin to realize how their but Trump narrative insured that Trump got elected in 2024

nice job TDS 88.

Please keep your boring and unimaginative no idea drivel continue

The irony of someone so obsessed with biden, They can’t even begin to realize how trump's horrific first term insured that biden got elected in 2024

nice job bDS CH, you are what you profess to despise.

Please keep your boring and unimaginative no idea drivel continue

Imagine the irony of Commy TDS 88 who indulges in intellectual theft on here every day of CHs creativity to try and hide his totally uninspiring and boring message but claimed his crime victims are the guilty ones

And of course can’t begin to imagine why anyone would do what the media wouldn’t do….. but continues the trendy but Trump narrative and is whimpering that someone stood up and told the truth about Joey I don’t give to charity Biden

[UNI88]

The irony of someone so obsessed with biden, They can’t even begin to realize how trump's horrific first term insured that biden got elected in 2024

nice job bDS CH, you are what you profess to despise.

Please keep your boring and unimaginative no idea drivel continue

Imagine the irony of Commy TDS 88 who indulges in intellectual theft on here every day of CHs creativity to try and hide his totally uninspiring and boring message but claimed his crime victims are the guilty ones

And of course can’t begin to imagine why anyone would do what the media wouldn’t do….. but continues the trendy but Trump narrative and is whimpering that someone stood up and told the truth about Joey I don’t give to charity Biden

And look at you incessantly whimpering whenever someone stands up and tells the truth about trump.

[Caribbean Hen]

Imagine the irony of Commy TDS 88 who indulges in intellectual theft on here every day of CHs creativity to try and hide his totally uninspiring and boring message but claimed his crime victims are the guilty ones

And of course can’t begin to imagine why anyone would do what the media wouldn’t do….. but continues the trendy but Trump narrative and is whimpering that someone stood up and told the truth about Joey I don’t give to charity Biden

And look at you incessantly whimpering whenever the boy who cries wolf stands up and tells the truth about trump.

Ok

[UNI88]

And look at you incessantly whimpering whenever the boy who cries wolf stands up and tells the truth about trump.

Ok

Speaking of hypocrisy - look at you stealing my schtick after accusing me of "intellectual theft"