How to Save America

[The Anti-Wisemon]

Correlation does not equal causation. Enough said on that.

There's nothing else to suggest the sudden rise. These things just don't happen. The Fair Standards Of Labour Act (it's callecd something of that nature) correlates perfectly with sudden drastic turn. These things just don't go for nothing.

Look, your whole system of crap doesn't work, even IN a market economy. The simple truth is that markets are not even things of their own. People in them tend towards greed and tend towards taking advantage of one another. That must end, we must have a system that encourages cooperation and giving for the sake of the greater good.

"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away" - Sen. Barry Goldwater

Greed and power hunger are part of natural condition. Capitalism didn't encourage this. How long has capitalism existed? A few hundred years, with some historical exceptions (like Rome)? Greed and power hunger has existed before then, much longer, into fuedalism, traditionalist semi-communal society. Any hierarchy will naturally lead to power hunger, and any deviation in luxury will lead to greed. And no government has yet gotten to the point where both of those are wiped out. You could even say one creates the other. Here's another quote, and this time, it's from the horse's mouth.

"In order for the social contract may not be a mere empty forumla, everyone must nderstand that any individual who refuses to obey the general will must be forced by his fellows to do so. This is a way of saying that it may be necassary to force a man to be free; freedom in this case being obedience to the will of all" -Rousseau, The Social Contract

That system is one in which everyone is supplied with their basic needs by nonprofit organizations, and are free to manufacture extra goods as they like as long as the people who make the goods own the goods they make and the means of making them.

So they'll have less stuff, and with shittier workmanship? Why cant they just sell, say chairs, which they specialize in (therefore they have better workmanship), and buy say beds, who are also specialized, and have better workmanship?