2007-10-22 22:42:05 · 6 answers · asked by annarkeymagic 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
There is so much emphasis these days on the "free market." This highly touted major accomplishment of neo-liberalism, however, has a hidden agenda. One cannot simply purchase air time to advertise a product or message. If that were the case, then Adbusters magazine’s revealing and provocative uncommercials would make it onto the television screen. Even Ross Perot with his millions could not buy the time that he needed to get his message across to the American people during the 1996 presidential campaign.
The argument used against Adbusters purchasing TV time in the free market is that the uncommercial does not present a message of a sort that the corporate owners want to promulgate.
In the United States, where everything is up for sale, souls are bought and sold in the "free market" system just like cigarettes or prescription drugs. As always, only the sale matters. The hype and the lie of the sale are a means to an end. Give me your soul and along with it I will take your money and your mind. And so, we move toward unparalleled ignorance, a New Dark Age in the 21st century. It is a Dark Age far worse than that of Medieval times. It is far worse because today we have the tools and the mechanisms at our disposal for understanding the machinations of the physical universe, and we reject them. It is far worse because given a choice, we choose to be ignorant. Thousands of years of human development have failed to move us beyond the fairy tale of a hereafter, a so-called kingdom of heaven that does not exist. This fairy tale keeps us from taking responsibility for and making our planet a better place on which to live. Instead, we embrace the egotistical and self-centered notion that we will be with God forever if only we do as the Master commands. It is far worse, however, as the cynical can and do use science to do more violence and assert more control than the Medieval Church and State could have dreamed. The kingdom of god is a ludicrous as the kingdom of George W. Bush. Each, however, is equally dangerous to the well being of humanity. Each demands the same ignorant obedience. Each is quick to punish and condemn to "hell".
2007-10-22 22:46:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
From Marx to the Chicago School 's of economy of the 70's, deffently!!
The actuall system exist only to enpower still more the new young rich from all arround the world.
It protects them from lossing their "Monetary" capital.the only thing they have to move trough life.
It does this by "Neglecting" any protection to the rest of society . Wich become Powerless in front of the system.
The Systeem protects the Kings.
2007-10-22 22:54:24 · answer #2 · answered by thiny72 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer a Republican yet i do no longer think of that utilising the government to shrink monopolies is a good option after all, government itself is the biggest monopoly of all because it forces human beings in any arbitrary countryside to pay taxes so it promises facilities climate you employ them or no longer so it does not make experience to apply a monopoly to shrink different monopolies.
2016-10-04 10:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the "free market" is a lie. Capitalism is a pyramid scheme
2007-10-23 07:27:52 · answer #4 · answered by justgoodfolk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Welcome to America....where our "government" is really a vehicle for business development.
You have to remember that in America, pointing out that it's worse somewhere else is just as good as fixing a problem.
2007-10-22 23:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What does this mean in english?
2007-10-22 22:44:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋