I get accused of "hating America" and be "anti-American" repeatedly whenever I post the reality of America today. If you're the one pointing out the short comings of the power of the God of the free market, it's treated as sacrilege to their sacrosanct mantra of "the power of the market is cures what ails it".
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I get that a lot too.Whenever someone points out the many shortcomings of American style capitalism,such as outsourcing,poor wages,decreased benefits and in many cases environmental havoc (such as the the fracking debacle here in N.E. Pa.) people act like you pissed on their sofa..I'm not against people making money,but I believe it can be done without exploiting people and poisoning the air and water..
As I posted in the Germany thread, there is another way to protect jobs, vs. America actively encouraging companies to relocate workers to other countries (which is bloody fucking madness!). There was no need to gut American manufacturing, as the Germans have proved; by maintaining great wages and benefits using efficiencies within the entire German system.
Germany's Economic Engine: Why the German model has held up even as so many other major economies have collapsed.
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=germanys_economic_engine
That was a good article and it just highlights the fundamental differences in the way workers are viewed in Germany and the U.S..In Germany,workers aren't viewed as just a piece of equipment that should never have any say in day to day operations,whereas here in the U.S.workers seem to viewed as some sort of menace that should be replaced with lower paid workers in the third world at the earliest possibilty..
In another post,you mentioned the difference in the amount of hours a German works as compared to a U.S. worker..See,that's another thing that burns my ass.American workers are getting the shitty end of that stick too.We work many hours than our European and Australian counterparts and don't get near the benefits..
For instance, I have a freind from Australia staying with me right now.Each year he gets around FIVE WEEKS PAID VACATION.Full time is considered 38 hours a week,and of course everyone has medical care..Now,why the fuck can't American workers have the same thing? I don't know any Americans who get a month or more paid vacation each year?
Also,as far as productivity goes,American workers certainly hold there own.Productivity has has more than doubled since the end of WWII,yet American workers still get the shitty end of the stick.In other words,we could have worked only two and a half days a week and lost nothing.
I know that would never happen, there is no way production would sit idle for half the week.But, how about some props for the workers? Why are they demonized as ''communists'' for wanting representation int the work place? It's even more offensive ,especially when it comes from people that support the wholesale outsourcing of millions of American to jobs to REAL Communists in China..
For Republicans to stand on the sacred spot MLK stood on to deliver his 1963 "I have a dream" speech and concordantly reject, denounce, and stall progress on gay rights is nothing less than morally reprehensible, and something which I find contemptible to say the least. Now I ask LaikaNYC, is this really the ideology you want to be associated with? Because all you are accomplishing by bragging about the size and popularity of the conservative movement is America is to emphasize how hateful this country really is to people like yourself.
The right wingers hated MLK,then and now..Before his death, he switched gears to economic justice.These people hate the idea of economic justice almost as much as they hate the idea of social justice..
I notice Liekia didn't answer your question.He must have been busy scouring the net for pictures of trash heaps and angry black people yelling at right wing scumbags..
It's pretty face-palming to think that conservatives think we're so dense that we'd forget their very transparent attempt to inflate their own number and think we wouldn't see through their very bad attempts to deflate the numbers from the One Nation rally.
I mean, at this point they're not even trying. Just Trolling.
That's because he is a troll, and probably a paid operative.I post on a few sites,and all the operatives follow the same script,and use the same tired talking points.They even post the same pictures and videos.Don't believe me?? See for yourself..
http://www.dcjunkies.com/showthread.php?t=16091
To the pixie and laitka trolls please post what you specifically have an issue with regarding this rally! Please tell us which part or parts of the speeches or presentations of this rally you disagree with. Again, be specific! If you cannot tell us what you disagree with then you must avoid this thread or admit to not having any idea what you are talking about. So what is it going to be?
They haven't listened to the speeches.Instead the just scanned coverage for ''inflammatory '' rhetoric and dismissed everything else..Had they listened,they would have heard about people that are afraid of losing their jobs,college kids who come out of school $50,000 in debt,or heard ,how while everyone in the country is expected to tighten their belts,CEO'S contnue to earn millions all while gleefuly outsoucing jobs overseas.Or maybe they might have wondered why we continue to spend more on the military than most of the world combined,but every state in the Country is laying off teachers,firefighters ,cops and is being forced to slash or reduce other much needed social programs..
Nah, fuck all that.Post pictures of trash piles,and add in some Russian music to some Socilaist banners far away from the main event..I don't say it often enough.I hate these motherfuckers and hope they all get stomach cancer..
