Michael Parenti on Capitalism's Self-Inflicted Apocalypse-1/2

Michael Parenti: Economic Crisis the Inevitable Result of "Capitalism's Self-Inflicted Apocalypse"

Michael Parenti is a longtime political analyst and author of twenty books, including Democracy for the Few and Superpatriotism. Parenti writes, Free-market corporate capitalism is by its nature a disaster waiting to happen. [includes rush transcript]

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• michael
• parenti
• capitalism
• democracy
• now

[00RoninSamurai00]

@devourerofbabies My argument is that Parenti is wrong. Neither the US nor Indonesia represent free markets. And, in spite of your pompous ignorance, I have effectively supported my argument with facts. You, on the other hand, have put forth zero facts to refute this argument, and have resorted instead to abusive ad hominems. It is all right here where everyone can see. Now, good riddance. I have better things to do than argue with a complete imbecile.

[devourerofbabies]

@00RoninSamurai00 Also for your future reference, an ad hominem is different from an insult. If I say "you're a fuckwit", that's an insult. If I say "your argument is wrong because you're a fuckwit", that's an ad hominem. Even if I had said "You're a fuckwit because you're ignorant" it wouldn't have been an ad hom. Tautology maybe, but not ad hom.

Accusing someone of using an ad hominem when they haven't makes you look dumber than if you hadn't used the term at all.

[devourerofbabies]

@00RoninSamurai00 I said you don't know shit and you haven't displayed any argument. That's not an argument, that's an observation. Just for your future reference, pointing out bits of common knowledge is not a display of knowledge or understanding. Neither do unsupported assertions or bits of dogma or dragging Keynes through the mud. I can't argue with you because you don't know what argumentation is.

[00RoninSamurai00]

@devourerofbabies And, yes, your argument was ad hominem. You are just too stupid to know it. Now, stop wasting my time, dimwit.

[00RoninSamurai00]

@devourerofbabies I clearly pointed out the facts that the US market is REGULATED by the Fed, and the Indonesian market is REGULATED by the WTO through ASEAN, so obviously you have the reading comprehension problem. Furthermore, the US and Indonesian economic systems are both defined in economic terms as MIXED ECONOMIES, not capitalist free markets, because they combine elements of both planned and market economies. Try taking your head out of Parenti's ass and looking it up for yourself.

[devourerofbabies]

@00RoninSamurai00 ??? Do you have a fucking reading comprehension problem? I merely pointed out the fact that YOU have no argument or evidence. My evidence for the fact that you don't know what you're talking about is the lack of any display of knowledge on your part.

And I didn't commit an ad hom. You should learn what that means instead of just saying it because you think it makes you look smart.

[00RoninSamurai00]

@devourerofbabies Your immature ad hominem attacks and your inability to support your argument with facts shows your own ignorance.

[devourerofbabies]

@00RoninSamurai00 You don't really know what you're talking about. I'm so sick of hearing these self professed economic experts spewing out nonsense and pretending it's knowledge.

Using Austrian so called "economics" to disprove keynesianism. I lol. I bet you don't even know what keynesianism is. In fact, I know you don't, becaue you conflate it with corporatism. That's just stupid and reveals your ignorance. You should be embarrassed.

[fringeailments]

@COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY if only

[blearyeyed09]

WoW....how many right wing shills can one excellent clip bring out from under the rug?

The intelligent whole people who see this..... understand and feel solidarity!

Shake your fists as you may...we know who you are and why you're here.