Don’t Feed the Beasts!

[AntiFascist]

Maybe it is best to consider President Bush, Pope Benedict XVI, and even Osama bin Ladin as equivalent to being Dark Lords of the Sith. Like the evil emperor in Star Wars, they are empowered by your anger. Demonstrate to them that you are willing to carry out your anger to the extent of becoming violent, and you will end up fighting for their cause. Whether it is God-fearing radical right-wing Christians willing to go to war so that we can “fight them over there,” radical Islamists who wish to violently defend their prophet, or even radical Democrats who are so fed up that they have had it with peaceful activism and want to take it to the next stage – understand this: you would only be serving one singular purpose, that of impending worldwide fascism.

What is it that the neocon-controlled government, extreme right-wing Catholics and the remnants of the right-wing Muslim brotherhood have in common? Are they fighting for a holy cause, or they fighting something more insidious and destructive to their way of life: the threat of Marxism and the deconcentration of wealth? Are the western powers really interested in fighting against a violent jihad, or would they welcome it with open arms as a means for letting loose the destructive bombing power of American fighter jets, not (really) seen since the first Gulf War? Could it be that the Sith Lords are more afraid of an economic jihad, one that might turn the world they know and love inside out? Are bin Ladin and Ahmadinejad truly interested in defending their faith, or have they become deceptive icons leading their people toward violence and self-destruction?

I happen to be pro-capitalism myself, but I would never fight for the cause of the concentration of wealth and power to the extent that the current monsters in power are willing to take it.

[rodeodance]

1. There is noting wrong with capitalism ----its the greed that goes along

with it that has given it a bad name.

[AntiFascist]

2. Not all capitalists are greedy....

some are insanely greedy, and some will do virtually anything it takes to hang on to the uber-wealth that they've got.

[Cobalt-60]

3. Capitalism needs regulations

The road in front of your house is handy if the speed limit there is 30 miles per hour.
If there is no limit, no regulation of its use, the road becomes a slaughter house.
Capitalism is the same.
If it's regulated you get the invincible American economy of the 1960s
If it is unregulated, eventually most citizens end up reduced to wage slavery.

[AntiFascist]

4. I can't argue with this, but be aware that....

there is a point where Libertarians will begin to call you the oppressive fascist if regulation becomes too restrictive. No doubt the Bush-Saud dynasty is feeling this right now, quite unjustifiably.

The real solution will depend on a complete change in the energy-basis for the economy, from one that is centralized to one that is decentralized (no matter how much oil is really left in the world). They will cry about this and try to wage their wars, but this can and MUST happen. Bring in that guy who invented the internets, LOL.