1.1 Freedom, ownership and relational legislation n'stuff Re:Gratex (can't remember the title)

[deidzoeb]

...When I say "not paid appropriately for their labor", I mean the workers deserve the surplus value they create. Any amount of money going to people who don't contribute labor in some way = "return on investment", in other words workers getting shorted.

[deidzoeb]

spikebravo: Capital is the seed money that a person invests in something, hoping to gain more money than the initial investment. That extra money usually comes from "surplus value" created by workers who are not paid appropriately for their labor. So capitalism is a lot more than the few phrases you used to define it, and usually prevents workers from keeping the products of their labor. It's usually owners and investors keeping the products and profits of the labor of others.

[SlaytonsStaves]

I grew up on a farm too, in a rural part of Missouri. I also know how it feels to not have enough personal space. In fact, I never had my own room until I was 38!

If you hate your job, you should look into self-employment. Yeah, I know that it is a proto-capitalist position, but it allows great flexibility in scheduling. And we all know how tough it can be balancing work, play, and religious duties in the hustle and bustle of this modern world.

[losplatosdemaria]

7:40 a response about how we can't know how things will be in 100 yrs. That IS pretty powerful in that with all of the technological and industrial advances that have come to pass in this last 100 yrs, our US Constitution written so very long ago was still open enough that we can apply the basic principles. Albeit, with certain misinterpretations, but... WOW!

[yeahwotevaman]

Oh no! You got a job. I offer my condolences.

[cehbeach]

Hey good to see you making vids, again. congrats on the job in so far as it lets you take care of 'bidness'. Okay here's my stupid comment on the Judeo-Christian origins of law. Actually a lot of the legal foundation of the USC and judicial precedence comes from 'Common Law (much like England). The majority of the concepts stem from custom and tradition that predate Christian Europe. Hence why it's sometimes referred to as 'Saxon Law'.

[Brandt761]

Regarding the importance of the US to human rights, you're assuming things will stay they are. But before the US, Britain was at the forefront of human rights. And before that, the Middle East. And before that, Byzanthium. And before that Rome and before that Greece. And Before that was Babylon...

[roentgen571]

interesting thoughts. glad to see you back!