A Skwirl's Eye View - (H)occupy Wall Street

Is it possible that a professional sport can help solve the financial crisis?

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[TheSwantastic]

All participants in the NHL "system" do so voluntarily out of their own self-interest. They agree to do certain things and share the result in certain ways. Each participant is free to leave at any time. This is very similar to how corporations and other voluntary partnerships are formed.

The same cannot be said of ANY form of "socialism" or "communism", which require government force or coercion for all citizens to participate, regardless of their level of agreement.

Dumb analogy.

[skwirl77]

@TheSwantastic

I’m not suggesting one or the other outright. I’m saying a mix of both could work.

Maybe you missed the point.

[MrJohnnyfivestar]

@TheSwantastic You seem to think that coercion doesn't exist in a capitalist society..? From what I've seen over the past few months (years, etc..), attempting to "opt out" of our current capitalistic framework is often met with a blow to the head from a truncheon, a shot of pepper spray to the face- or worse!

When any form of economics is designed and forced onto the public by those in positions of power, coercion is the only way to sustain the system for any length of time.

[myzaroth]

I see the things in a similar, yet different manners. I personally think that BOTH Capitalism and Communism ARE disease; because they all work on one thing: MONEY. A great solution? A resource based economy! This worlds problems aren't a political and/or monetary one; they are technical problems.Stop saying; "how much will it cost to do that" but rather: do we have the resources and knowledge to do so? YES so let's GO! Research about Jacque Fresco & Peter Joseph to see what i'm talking about.

[Andowen]

My brother sent this to me over Facebook. This is the most interesting solution I've heard. I'm glad I watched this video. Time to share!

[Quinntonia]

@skwirl77 Except that the only "mix" in the NHl is from public bail-outs and subsidies that build giant arenas for billionaires to use and millionaires to play in, and people on both sides of this argument are against.

I am pretty sad that people suggest socialism will work without seeming to know what it is.

[TheSwantastic]

@B11211 they can, and do-- voluntarily. No problem with that at all. Where it gets tricky is when the "common good" is defined by 50.1% and enforced through a government gun or jail cell.

[TheSwantastic]

@skwirl77 I didn't miss the point. It was a clever presentation. Unfortunately, what the NHL does is not in any way analogous to the Federal Government, because participation in one is voluntary and the other is not.

[B11211]

@TheSwantastic If self-interest = common good. Why can't citizens come together for the common good as well? I thought it was a good analogy myself.