Authoritarians believe in "happy slaves"

and that includes capitalists, statists, monarchists, and racists

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Tags:

• racism
• slavery
• capitalism

[buddhagem]

Dude! How were you able to post a 14 minute video? LOL. That's awesome. Do you have a special account? Great response, brother.

[mr1001nights]

Actually I don't know how the hell that happened! the video is only 7 min and a half. I do wish I had one of those accounts!

[jeffbrak]

This only has 1,356 views whilst Jeff Dunham on Leno has 856,688?

I await the system collapse with open arms. Peak oil perhaps?

[keptyeti]

I can't get enough Chomsky. The hoops some people jump through to shield themselves from intellectually honest analysis of facts astounds me. That's neither here nor there, though. I just want to know where I can find that cartoon.

[sicktoaster]

The computerized calculation system will eventually happen, but we won't need the government to do that. That will be a natural development.

I do think local authorities should get to determine the system of property rights. Then communists can live in communist towns and capitalists in capitalist towns and everybody wins. Individual rights like the right to leave should be protected from higher authorities.

What ever system a locality chooses is justified since u chose to live/stay there.

[sicktoaster]

I've actually come around to supporting the free market system for the most part. However, I believe in a safety net.

Think about it, if you were homeless what means are available to you so you can survive day to day and at the same time enter the workforce? Without shelter the individual simply doesn't have the resources. There may be a few exceptions but the circumstances of homeless individuals are not uniform. Providing temporary welfare can sometimes help ppl get back on their feet.

[sicktoaster]

@Nintendomanwill

"freedom for SOCIETY to form itself"

No matter who in society has the power to do that society is forming itself because they are part of society.

Economic calculation could be done by a computer. We have the means. Just quantify every product and service, calculate its utility for the average person, include neuroscans to measure happiness from the product/service to include along with the product/service's contribution to health and environmental security(i.e. housing).

[airforcemax]

At one time I would had supported authoritarians.

[SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

@lakeviewviking

Well thank you for that name. Once in a while someone should be reminded of nock or sontag

[jsymons1985]

@keptyeti that cartoon comes from Bertell Ollman's How 2 Take An Exam... GET IT!

[MarmaladeINFP]

There is one criticism to this view of freedom which Chomsky himself has pointed out in other talks. An anarchist revolution is dangerous becaus those who would seek to take control of it. If the state was eliminated, there are those who would implement their own privatized system of force. Chomsky has argued that the state is temporarily necessary during a slow transition to anarchism.

[FA8T]

@buddhagem

and sexists dude. Sexism and misogyny have been and are one of the most prevalents forms of authoritarianism and domination in human history. Child care is probably the only thing more prevalent and unnoticed.

[KelarIV]

People are happy to be slaves, most will torture and ultimately kill if orderd to by an authoritive figure, an "individual" will follow whatever figure they deem to be most powerfull.

[franzzzle]

sick comik hahaha send me it please