Global Change

[hatzel]

I was a-browsing around, and ended up watching this video (http://vimeo.com/3946700). For some reason I had a gut feeling that there would be somebody here in OI (Skooma, maybe?) who would agree with the points raised and the solutions offered, and expected the capitalists would also find it (potentially) interesting enough to say something about it. Although it's talking about 2009, it seemed to remain relevant to the present, given the financial problems in Greece, Ireland, Portugal etc., amongst other things. So let's all watch this stuff about the free market and then discuss it! :lol:

[ComradeMan]

I found it naive.

People don't seem to realise that the so-called financial crisis is good for business, well- for some in business that is.....;)

As for that stuff about revolutions? What revolution? Back to capitalism is not a revolution in my opinion.

1) Abolish private property
2) Means of production in the hands of the workers
3) Representative democracy
4) To each according to needs, from each according to ability

Simple.

[hatzel]

I found it naive.To use your kind of lines...who's it aimed at, though? Judging by the cartoony style, I can only assume that it's aimed at people who don't have a particularly in-depth knowledge of economics. I'm sure that if we asked them, they could flesh out the details. It might still seem naive, but hey, at least we'd know what they're talking about! :lol:

At present I'm not sure. I don't know what they're talking about socially. I know the thing is about economic reform, but I don't know anything of what they have to say about property rights, the size of the state, anything like that. Just that they...don't seem to like Marx / communism as a whole, but I don't know anything else about their ideas, or whether Skooma would or wouldn't approve. We should bump this until he watches it and gives us some feedback :thumbup:

(Oh, and was I the only one who just assumed the narrator was Bud when he was talking about 'capitalistic socialism'? Sounds like the kind of thing he'd say...)

[StockholmSyndrome]

Warning: Paying attention to market fundamentalist, anti-finance-libertarian, jellybean-forest-moonbat-ery will induce low brainwave activity. Do so at your own risk.