I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[1989]

michael hudson says because we dont have a debt write off of student debt, mortgage debt, etc, that we are spending more and more disposable income on debt. our economy has been taken over by a creditor class. our future is the greeks; neofeudalism.

Its really simple....if it costs too much....don’t buy it.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Its really simple....if it costs too much....don’t buy it.

How unamerican of you.

 

[BrownFlush]

He can’t answer anything.

Not unless he can copy and paste it.

 

[rickyb]

Its really simple....if it costs too much....don’t buy it.

they also talk about the german economic miracle when they wiped the debts post wwII.

obama promised to wipe the mortgage debts for homeowners but didnt do it.

 

[rickyb]

Not unless he can copy and paste it.

me so stupid, save me baby jesus!

 

[rickyb]

You typed all that and didn’t answer my question.

I have my reasons for reading the Post. Trust me, I read many other newspapers.

tabloids arent news.

 

[rickyb]

He couldn't answer it.

There weren't any tweets about it from his usual sources.

GOOGON NOT SORRY.

 

[rickyb]

so last night i theorized that theres a correlation between any economic system which centralizes power (slavery, capitalism, state socialism) and which concentrates wealth

 

[BrownFlush]

me so stupid, save me baby jesus!

Yet another cry for your own thread.

 

[vantexan]

Yet another cry for your own thread.

Or for help.

 

[1989]

they also talk about the german economic miracle when they wiped the debts post wwII.

obama promised to wipe the mortgage debts for homeowners but didnt do it.

I cannot see a scenario where I would need to have my debts wiped out. Thanks to the Fed, I am highly leveraged.

 

[rickyb]

I cannot see a scenario where I would need to have my debts wiped out. Thanks to the Fed, I am highly leveraged.

so im assuming youre upper 20% US income scale.

maybe not you but your country is in dire need.

 

[rickyb]

michael hudson says we have to worry about debt deflation

 

[rickyb]

people seem to pretend like they always choose in their best interest and therefore we have capitalism. and yet some countries have traditional dictatorships and people like it, even though its not actually in their best interest.

heres a prison camp in china where they sells goods made by slaves to the world.

Chinese internment camp factory sends sportswear to US

 

[rickyb]

capitalist inefficiency:

i use maybe 20% of the space in my car, and drive it for 1/24th of the day. the rest of the time its sitting, rotting away.

capitalists want us to buy as much of their product as possible because then we pay them more.

an efficient system would have us not consuming so much to begin with, and efficient asset utilization. i think basically everything i own is only used less than 5% of the time.

 

[vantexan]

capitalist inefficiency:

i use maybe 20% of the space in my car, and drive it for 1/24th of the day. the rest of the time its sitting, rotting away.

capitalists want us to buy as much of their product as possible because then we pay them more.

an efficient system would have us not consuming so much to begin with, and efficient asset utilization. i think basically everything i own is only used less than 5% of the time.

Would another economic system make better use of space in your car? Most likely yes because you'd have only one car in your family so everyone would be hauled around in that space. P.S. No one forced you to buy the car. If you cared about the climate you'd get rid of that car and walk.

 

[rickyb]

Would another economic system make better use of space in your car? Most likely yes because you'd have only one car in your family so everyone would be hauled around in that space. P.S. No one forced you to buy the car. If you cared about the climate you'd get rid of that car and walk.

its not practical. the transit system is too mediocre, probably in part due to capitalist conspiracies. in america the car companies conspired with the govt to rip up the national trolley system.

however if they got rid of transit fees id consider it, which they should.

a more efficient example of car usage would be car rentals or uber or public transit, although im opposed to both models as is.

 

[rickyb]

tony montana says first you get the power, then you get the money.

but with capitalism the capitalists have the power, and then the money.

 

[vantexan]

its not practical. the transit system is too mediocre, probably in part due to capitalist conspiracies. in america the car companies conspired with the govt to rip up the national trolley system.

however if they got rid of transit fees id consider it, which they should.

a more efficient example of car usage would be car rentals or uber or public transit, although im opposed to both models as is.

We haven't always had cars. Get a horse. You care about saving the climate, right?

 

[1989]

capitalist inefficiency:

i use maybe 20% of the space in my car, and drive it for 1/24th of the day. the rest of the time its sitting, rotting away.

capitalists want us to buy as much of their product as possible because then we pay them more.

an efficient system would have us not consuming so much to begin with, and efficient asset utilization. i think basically everything i own is only used less than 5% of the time.

Durable goods have a life span. The least you use and abuse them, the longer they will last.

Maybe you just need a bicycle or a motorcycle. If you need a car, get a smart car. But you might have trouble getting you head inside.