Critique of the book: "Economics In One Lesson", debunking Capitalism - Pt. 6

Friend and fellow advocate of The Venus Project, Neil Kiernan Stephenson, recently wrote a long post on the Zeitgeist Movement forums refuting the logic of a couple of guys on YouTube. They suggested reading this book to try and debunk the theory that technology creates unemployment in a monetary system. This is the radio show outlining that post.

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[joesub007]

I'm sure you learned this in school, but I'm not so sure about it now since they (Capitalist fundamentalists) are destroying public education:

scientific method:

observation -> hypothesis -> experimentation -> theory

or

back to observation if the experiment doesn't confirm your hypothesis

magical thinking and mysticism:

I walked under a ladder one day and got hit by a falling hammer -> walking under ladders = bad luck.

A poor black guy mugged me -> black people = criminals.

[gunsandbullhorns]

I don't know what you mean by "scientific". I wonder if YOU know what you mean by "scientific".

[joesub007]

Any monetary system simply isn't scientific when money can be exchanged for perishable goods and services while money ends up back to the proprietor of the product or service. Humans being the political animals that they are simply seek to be the master handing out the money and not the slave dependent on the master's good will and "promise" that he won't send in the police goons if he behaves and grovels nicely. In this way communism = capitalism = fascism, commissar = boss = gestapo.

[gunsandbullhorns]

I already replied to your previous comment with this point, but I'm going to repeat myself, just because I can't believe it.

YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN ZERO-SUM VALUE EXCHANGE?!! YOU ARE CRAZY!!!

-Jeff

[gunsandbullhorns]

Wow. You actually believe in zero-sum value exchanges? Have you ever heard of the Marginal Revolution? It happened back in the 1800's. Do you have any idea how "outdated" your understanding is?

-Jeff

[joesub007]

To technology to do this type of mind scanning is already in development.

watch?v=57jsJZjnpqo

[joesub007]

It can even be more sophisticated than that. Before you have access to dangerous items like weapons and poisons and before you can socialize with your family and children, your mind can be scanned for incorrect and dangerous thoughts. If you do have incorrect and dangerous thoughts then you will be directed to either a relaxation center, a social worker, a psychologist or a neural surgeon according to your level or psychopathology.

[joesub007]

"Inhumane, certainly, but not inhuman..."

True. But, I'm not very particular on distinctions when deciding whether or not to eliminate incurable cases of "humans" whose behavior and motivations are detrimental to the long term survival of the human tribe. If however they are curable then there may be hope for them to be accepted. It's really a simple case of whether or not I want to live with a potential killer or thief if it's avoidable altogether through physical elimination of the threat.

[joesub007]

Nope. It's akin to stepping on the accelerator and the brakes of a car at the same time. This "will" that people speak of all the time is the struggle between the emotional animal and the rational animal. The reason why people "snap" or go into insanity is the same reason why people go into temper tantrums when rational brakes fail to rein in their emotional drives. You want to accentuate the greed emotional drive of people while expecting them at the same time to be rational? Perfect sociopath.

[danberkeley]

In a resource-based economy, Tom Cruise from the Minority Report will come to my house and stop me from committing a crime I am destined to commit.