The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread...

[Wes Mantooth]

It's not capitalism that is our problem right now, it's our corrupt elected officials completely selling out to private interests, using their office and our government for personal gain.

AKA Modern Capitalism

The idea of profit and the individual above all else are ideals that Friedman/Chicago School (the ideal economic model for many republicans and democrats alike) capitalism teach, that you just look out for you and only you and the markets will do the rest. "Oh our companies are polluting the planet, exploiting people and reaping all the benefit? We could change that but it would dip in to the profits."

Businesses do charity to make more money, it's not out of the good of their hearts, it's marketing.

Capitalism only really works in a vacuum where everyone has the same opportunities (which definitely is not the case in the US) and people aren't giant greedy fucks (also a ton of those in the US). It's still a more 'efficient' model on aggregate and promotes quicker technological development, just at the cost of giant income and wealth disparities.

[neonblack]

My secret Santa just warned me (anonymously) that I should stop buying stuff, that I may end up buying what im getting for my gift. I didn't expect him/her to do such a good job stalking me.

[D.o.S.]

It's not capitalism that is our problem right now, it's our corrupt elected officials completely selling out to private interests, using their office and our government for personal gain.

AKA Modern Capitalism

The idea of profit and the individual above all else are ideals that Friedman/Chicago School (the ideal economic model for many republicans and democrats alike) capitalism teach, that you just look out for you and only you and the markets will do the rest. "Oh our companies are polluting the planet, exploiting people and reaping all the benefit? We could change that but it would dip in to the profits."

Businesses do charity to make more money, it's not out of the good of their hearts, it's marketing.

Capitalism only really works in a vacuum where everyone has the same opportunities (which definitely is not the case in the US) and people aren't giant greedy fucks (also a ton of those in the US). It's still a more 'efficient' model on aggregate and promotes quicker technological development, just at the cost of giant income and wealth disparities.

And it would be even more efficient if there weren't the token laws and preventative measures we still have in place. Cheerful stuff, really.

[kbit]

Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, and Pete Swanson all played a show together a week ago in LA. Not that I had any chance of actually being there, but fuck that line up ugh my soul why

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

everytime u mention tim hecker, i always picture tim heidecker. i bet he gets that alot.

[Eivind August]

Was stupid enough to read through the comments section of an article my newspaper posted on facebook. This Norwegian city has a programme that helps people who rent appartments to be able to buy a house. The example family that were interviewed were immigrants. 80% of the commenters hadn't read the article, and were solely criticizing that immigrants get all the benefits. The programme was for anybody renting in the city, regardless of etnicity. It was mentioned several times by people who had actually read the article, but the commenters kept disregarding it.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Are you implying that being a xenophobe d-bag is inherent to being an illiterate troglodyte?

[Wes Mantooth]

Was stupid enough to read through the comments section of an article my newspaper posted on facebook. This Norwegian city has a programme that helps people who rent appartments to be able to buy a house. The example family that were interviewed were immigrants. 80% of the commenters hadn't read the article, and were solely criticizing that immigrants get all the benefits. The programme was for anybody renting in the city, regardless of etnicity. It was mentioned several times by people who had actually read the article, but the commenters kept disregarding it.

That's the internet for you. The people with all of the privilege also do most of the complaining.

[UglyCasanova]

Was stupid enough to read through the comments section of an article my newspaper posted on facebook. This Norwegian city has a programme that helps people who rent appartments to be able to buy a house. The example family that were interviewed were immigrants. 80% of the commenters hadn't read the article, and were solely criticizing that immigrants get all the benefits. The programme was for anybody renting in the city, regardless of etnicity. It was mentioned several times by people who had actually read the article, but the commenters kept disregarding it.

You'd think Norwegians would have learned by now. They did the same damn thing when nobody knew who was behind the terror attack three years ago. "LET'S GO FUCK UP SOME MUSLIMS! Oh, he wasn't muslim? And he's white as snow? NM then..."

[Eivind August]

Are you implying that being a xenophobe d-bag is inherent to being an illiterate troglodyte?

I think you might be on to something there.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Once, I was having a very nice conversation with someone I had recently met. We were a bunch having a drink and all and it was nice. A couple people came in and he dropped the atomic bomb on us: "I hate Roms, you know they blatantly ignore our customs and our way of life, they're thieves, they break into places and steal...". That's kinda the equivalency of an American saying "I hate niggers, they are loud an thuggy and they drive crime up".

[wafl]

That sounds like my family in venezia. Nice conversation nice conversation fucking gypsies nice conversation

[kbit]

everytime u mention tim hecker, i always picture tim heidecker. i bet he gets that alot.

Agreed.

Anytime I posted a Tim Hecker song on facebook my friend would post a picture of Tim Heidecker. I stopped because it was annoying the shit out of me haha.

[GardenoftheDead]

Well that election was a fucking disaster.

Yeah shits about to get worse but dems and republicans are both fucking evil crooks. I doubt that will ever change without an extremely violent revolution or some massive world war that sets the US back, otherwise the machine of unfettered capitalism will continue to churn on.

Look sign me up for communism any day of the week but until "never gonna happen" becomes "maybe gonna happen" there are people suffering in America and the Republicans make it worse than the Democrats do.

[morange]