Sparkling Shame: Cash spent on Christmas decor could end US homelessness

The spirit of Christmas isn't just a good feeling, it's a multi-billion dollar industry. Lights, tinsel, decorations all make for a pretty sight, but sometimes, they obscure those less fortunate.

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[firestrings272]

Solidarity???? There was solidarity when Lynch mobs hung blacks. There was solidarity when the Nazis threw the Jews into work camps. There was solidarity when Mao Zedong took hold of China and murdered millions. There was solidarity when Josef Stalin established the gulags. What they call capitalism is actually fascism. The merger between corporate and public interest. Only through fascism can empire and monopoly thrive at the expense of the people.

[stazzou]

the organizers of the fucking illusion we live in aren't that numerous. it 's gotta take something like 5000 terrorists to decide that advertising and companies are more important than human beings, that the outdated shit they call capitalism is more important than solidarity or reaching any kind of human progress. a few thousands terrorists with tuxes and ties ruining billions of lives...

[MEH MIH]

FUCK U

[Redfingers]

Christians are gigantic hypocrites and Christmas is a pagan holiday.

Christ admonishes his followers in the New Testament (Matthew 19:21) "if you want to be perfect, sell your possessions, give the money to the poor, and then come, follow me." Christ did NOT say "buy hundreds of lights, string them up on your house, buy thousands of dollars in useless trinkets and commercialized merchandise and give it to people who don't need it and then celebrate my birthday on December 25th."

[Kinkspace]

You really believe Mussolini invented Fascism? LMAO! You're referring to the linguistic terminology; what escaped your intellect was my reference was obviously referencing Modus Operandi, ie: psychological & physical manifestations of what we know today to be called fascism.

I can assure you this human behavior has been around 1000 of years prior to Mussolini.

What you are stating in a poor attempt to look superior is just because the word did not exist the psychology & behavior didn't! Lol :)

[firestrings272]

Fascism originated in Mussolini's Italy and it was derived from syndicalism and merged with nationalist movements to give rise to the notion of a joint interest between the economic classes for the national interest. And therein was the basis for "Il MANIFESTO DEGLI INTELLETTUALI FASCISTI". Your 7th grade interpretation of fascism is hilarious in its absurdity. But you will do anything to defend that pretty utopian ideal sold to you by those collectivist charlatans won't you?

[Kinkspace]

It always amuses me immensely when am self proclaimed opponent reverts to personal insults; it means they do not have a single rational argument left :)

I have already explained where fascism comes from, it is born out of & incubated in an extreme nationalistic, ie: one-true-wayist mind set. What part of this do you not understand? :)

[firestrings272]

Do you even know where fascism came from? Then again, what can I expect from a flurodated monkey like yourself.

[Kinkspace]

Who the hell are you to presume what I think? Wrong again with your idiotic assumptions; just as you are with everything else you vomit out in the comments section.

Corporatism is a shorting & amalgamation of corporate capitalism! Fascism is extreme authoritarian nationalism resulting in a totalitarian agenda under a supreme leader. Regardless of political system, seriously nationalistic nations are prone to fascism.

Jeez you're a lil challenged on a few levels, common sense not being exempt!

[firestrings272]

That is corporatism. Fascism. Not, in any way, capitalism. But what would you know? You actually think collectivist socialism is some sort of utopian ideal when EVERY TIME it has been attempted it has created more death and poverty than any other economic system.