What a nice pop song, and its about the failures of capitalist society.
@matthewsheffield "the failures of capitalist society" socialism = economic chaos, anarchy of production, shortages, waiting lines, hoarding, rationing, aristocratic privilege for leaders, mass misery for masses, tyranny, totalitarian dictatorship, exploitation, forced/slave labor, terrorism, mass murder, mass impoverishment, black markets
@matthewsheffield "the failures of capitalist society" socialism = economic chaos, anarchy of production, shortages, waiting lines, hoarding, rationing, aristocratic privilege for leaders, mass misery for masses, tyranny, totalitarian dictatorship, exploitation, forced/slave labor, terrorism, mass murder, mass impoverishment, black markets
statist central planning + narrow statist political incentives and decisions + statist bureaucratic management + state ownership & state control + statist monopoly = shortages + economic chaos + destruction + inefficiencies + waste + malinvestment + capital decumulation = disaster & catastrophe & misery
statist central planning + narrow statist political incentives and decisions + statist bureaucratic management + state ownership & state control + statist monopoly = shortages + economic chaos + destruction + inefficiencies + waste + malinvestment + capital decumulation = disaster & catastrophe & misery
yep!
Pop anthem for a nation sliding into decadence and economic chaos. The Weimar republic. Spain before the Civil War. Greece right now. Polarization and despair. Bush did it to us. Obama did it worse. They all play dialectic/consensus to keep themselves in power.No hope in leaders from the professional political class. They have altogether become worthless. Laissez-Faire military-industrial fascism.
No hope apart from divine intervention. Ping Pong. Thesis vs. Antithesis = Entropy Good luck and good night...
@NomadMonad You had me at "Entropy"
@NomadMonad You had me at "Entropy"
The great irony is that poor economies all across the globe are the result of socialism, not capitalism.
Take a look at Greece, Spain, etc.
They are all socialist countires.
The capitalist countries are doing much better. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand.
@JamesLove Those countries are struggling at the moment due to the GFC, which is exactly what this songs about- bigger crashes etc. I actually know people who've moved from Singapore because of the relentless and exhausting work hours. The countries that seem to prosper best have careful mixed the two. I'd rather be an ordinary person in Finland or France than Hong Kong. BTW Australia in common with NZ & Switzerland have considerable government intervention and support for the population- what Americans would probably call "socialism".
@JamesLove Those countries are struggling at the moment due to the GFC, which is exactly what this songs about- bigger crashes etc. I actually know people who've moved from Singapore because of the relentless and exhausting work hours. The countries that seem to prosper best have careful mixed the two. I'd rather be an ordinary person in Finland or France than Hong Kong. BTW Australia in common with NZ & Switzerland have considerable government intervention and support for the population- what Americans would probably call "socialism".
@JamesLove The GFC was caused by government intervention. For example, the United States made the politically correct by intellectually incorrect move of forcing banks to deadbeats. The deadbeats predictably defaulted. The idiotic socialist naturally blamed the banks.
@JamesLove The GFC was caused by government intervention. For example, the United States made the politically correct by intellectually incorrect move of forcing banks to deadbeats. The deadbeats predictably defaulted. The idiotic socialist naturally blamed the banks.
Singapore is in much better financial shape than Finland and France which are bankrupt. While Australia, NZ and Switzerland have government intervention, they have less than the US and considerably less problems than the socialist darling countries of Europe such as Greece.
Singapore is in much better financial shape than Finland and France which are bankrupt. While Australia, NZ and Switzerland have government intervention, they have less than the US and considerably less problems than the socialist darling countries of Europe such as Greece.
As for the Scandinavian countries that Bernie Sanders loves: 1) They were better off decades ago before they went socialist. 2) Scandinavians are...
As for the Scandinavian countries that Bernie Sanders loves: 1) They were better off decades ago before they went socialist. 2) Scandinavians are much better off in countries (such as the US) that more are free market orientated than Scandinavia. How many poor people of Scandinavian descent do you see in the US? 3) The demographics in the US are completely different than Scandinavia. Blacks and Spanish suck off the government tit more than people of Scandinavian descent. Blacks and Spanish are nowhere near as common in Scandinavian countries.
So Bernie Sanders Scandinavian fantasy is just that...fantasy. Socialists are nothing more than lazy thieves stealing from hard working productive people. The doers simply leave those countries and go elsewhere.
@JamesLove Fair enough, point made. Now run along like a good capitalist and listen to Justin Bieber, Kanye or some such.
@JamesLove Fair enough, point made. Now run along like a good capitalist and listen to Justin Bieber, Kanye or some such.
I love their lyrics, their existence is a oxymoron: a, essentially, pop band that experimented... A band with critic lyrics that sounds pop.
The Socialist Dream Country of Venezuela:
the breadth and depths of peoples world knowledge continuse to stun me.