Too bad he's not a libertarian/anarchist communist. No, looks like he's just another statist commie. The only thing he really gets right is that a revolution is coming.
Perhaps I need to start focusing more on my survivalism/prepping/zombie blog.
As much as I want a more just society.... I don't want it to come at the end of a gun. And this economist talks of a military backing of the dictatorship of the proletariat (see 7:30-8:00 of the video).
His ire may be just - but revolution should not come through force.
He is espousing no more than the dictatorship of the majority (which I guess is the dictatorship of the proletariat).
We have seen time and time again how this turns out in history.
*** He reminds me of Intelligent Design advocates. "Capitalism is wrong, therefore my theory is right."
Yes, Capitalism brings social injustice. But I don't want to replace one form of injustice with another.
Human beings should fundamentally be free. Replacing one dictatorship with another is not progress or liberation - it is merely another transition from tyranny to tyranny, from one form of enslavement to another.
"Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, people's love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph."
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Perhaps I need to start focusing more on my survivalism/prepping/zombie blog.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I want a more just society.... I don't want it to come at the end of a gun. And this economist talks of a military backing of the dictatorship of the proletariat (see 7:30-8:00 of the video).
His ire may be just - but revolution should not come through force.
He is espousing no more than the dictatorship of the majority (which I guess is the dictatorship of the proletariat).
We have seen time and time again how this turns out in history.
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He reminds me of Intelligent Design advocates.
"Capitalism is wrong, therefore my theory is right."
Yes, Capitalism brings social injustice.
But I don't want to replace one form of injustice with another.
Human beings should fundamentally be free. Replacing one dictatorship with another is not progress or liberation - it is merely another transition from tyranny to tyranny, from one form of enslavement to another.
I do not see how this man cannot see it.
"Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, people's love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph."
ReplyDeleteDalai Lama, Freedom in Exile, pg. 263. 1990.