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Populist_Prole

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5. Bingo
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 07:34 PM
Apr 2012

If you are willing have a discussion for long enough to peel away the flowery image they use to sell what they think "freedom" means. Peel back the image of billowing US flags, apple pies, mom, bald eagles and shit; If you shoot their points down one by one, their "Alamo" is the "free market". Even that term needs to be flushed out though until the bastards admit that "free market" means capital has every right to extract the most form labor the the least compensation, and how you should be grateful that they are there to do so, you slothful unambitious prole! Of course by then, they'll be all tense with their veins popping out of their temples at your insolence; but that arrogance is another issue to be discussed later.

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When they say "free market" they mean "freedom for capital" annabanana Apr 2012 #1
In essence we already EC Apr 2012 #2
.. mdmc Apr 2012 #3
well... we did bail them out fascisthunter Apr 2012 #4
Bingo Populist_Prole Apr 2012 #5
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