pardon our dust

Even in its present corrupted and cronyized form, “modern capitalism”—which Deirdre McCloskey defines loosely as “private property and unfettered exchange”—is a goose that lays golden eggs, and not merely for the super-rich. If you disagree, ask yourself how many of those claiming to speak for “the 99%” have smart phones, which Louis XIV couldn’t have bought for all the gold in France

tldr: a lot of occupiers have their hearts in the right place but through clever radicalization and misinformation (even as a supporter I wonder what’s circulating in their cardboard public library) have succumbed to the Democratic echo chamber and believe thinly veiled proto-socialism is the only defense against today’s standard of American capitalism; as though the only alternative to the color black must be its immediate opposite white, giving little attention to the shades of grey between the two. this is the kind of stuff that i agree with “wall street” on when they scoff at protesters. even though i wholly support the protesters. take a deep breath before considering that this is actually possible. 

(Source: awizardharry, via ihavenomouseandimuststream)

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   Ehhh, I’m not so sure that what they’re pushing for, or what they might get is really proto-socialism (which may also be...

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   with all this talk...“radical change”?...system works...

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   ding ding ding we have a winner. the smaller dog barks loudest, so the fringe on both sides is going to sound as though...

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   The problem the US has is that there are people here who don’t believe that human life is worth anything (can’t afford...

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   So, reading the article linked, I wonder: Does anyone here seriously believe that the government should not attempt to...

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