I'm just spit-balling here but maybe we've been fighting capitalism wrong. I admit my ignorance on the class war and counter culture history, I'm only 26. But it seems to me there isn't enough vinegar in our movement.
Conservatism today is the most viscous it has been in the history of it's movement. I don't know of a time in history prior to this that conservatism held that anything that liberals do is wrong. Which makes full conflict all the more certain. I'm looking ahead here. How I would love for a rational change through the normal tools of democracy to work, but I just don't see it happening. Again this is a matter for research.
The point of what I am saying today is: let's build an offensive. We know there is an enemy. We know it's size, it's shape and what it wants. The possession of our country's precious resources by a few, and largely by control of massive machines intent on accumulation. Now our enemy is not flesh and blood, it is powers and organizations (yes, that's a biblical reference). They have momentum on their side, but here is the catch: That's it! They do not have majority on their side, only 1% of the people in the United states control more than 50% of the assets.
I'm going to go weapon by weapon and discuss how they can be disarmed:
First let's look at the people. I personally advocate a completely bloodless battle. Which means we need to rip apart the massive piles of wealth created around people and families without hurting them (physically). Taxes are the common answer, but the problem with taxing on a federal level is that they control the federal level. Every dollar you tax from them puts several dollars back in their pocket. Now I'm not against personal wealth! However there need to be limits, and those limits need to be enforced. My current idea is a decentralized attack. First we need border security for resources. Taking that money overseas needs to become painful to the point of becoming unthinkable. Second we need to slowly work down the massive personal fortunes. Finally, when they pass on we get away from the percentage estate tax. All estates need to be worked down to a reasonable amount (maybe 50 million would be a reasonable cap for families, 25 for individuals.) That may seem like a high amount, but within a generation that would rid us of billionaires. Most of the billionaires today are over 40, that's not that long for us to have to wait. As part of this public education needs to happen. People need to let go of the belief that someday they will be rich and appreciate rich favoring policies. That's their weapon. It uses the big lie strategy. Simply put by repeating the lie over and over until people accept it those in favor of the current system perpetuate it. Then we take that money and reinvest it in the public good. I'm not an economist, but I'd say use 50% to pay down the debt, the other %50 goes towards balancing the budget. To make the reforms happen we need control of the government, which I guess we'll deal with next.
I'm going to be getting progressively more radical as I go along, so stick with me. I propose that money in politics should be completely illegal. I'm saying simple reform isn't enough, even the poor shouldn't be allowed to contribute. Politicians should be like monks, they should take a vow of honor and be held to principles. If they don't do what they said we're gonna have to oust them! We're gonna have to stop letting them act like they are doing us a "favor" by representing us in Washington. That's their fucking job. It will take time to push out the plutocrats and place humanity focused government in effect, but the founders are on our side as to our right to do so.
Finally, the big battle which is dismantling the monopolies that control our economy and hold it hostage if we ever do things that displease them. We need to become the new establishment. People focused on dismantling systems of domination need to become "corporate spies". Get hired into the influential part of these large companies. Then take them public(if they aren't already). Then at all costs we use hostile take-over strategy and build anti corporations. These organizations would act as machines, similar to how a large company works. We program them with one goal: Dismantle large things. We break these companies into smaller ones. No company has any excuse to dominate more than 25% of the market for a given good. It's not healthy economic practice, and it's bad for people. I said this would take patience! It may take a few hundred years to completely exterminate companies large enough to ruin the economy. Eventually anti trust legislation can automate the process even more. Teddy Roosevelt broke up corporations in the first part of the last century. Surely we can as well.
Vigilance and venom! We need to see the evil where there is evil, and stop engaging in partisan distraction. Complaining won't get us anywhere! I intend to spend the next decade or two figuring out how to put this into action. I can think of nothing more worthy of honor than freeing our country of oppression from within.
Conservatism today is the most viscous it has been in the history of it's movement. I don't know of a time in history prior to this that conservatism held that anything that liberals do is wrong. Which makes full conflict all the more certain. I'm looking ahead here. How I would love for a rational change through the normal tools of democracy to work, but I just don't see it happening. Again this is a matter for research.
The point of what I am saying today is: let's build an offensive. We know there is an enemy. We know it's size, it's shape and what it wants. The possession of our country's precious resources by a few, and largely by control of massive machines intent on accumulation. Now our enemy is not flesh and blood, it is powers and organizations (yes, that's a biblical reference). They have momentum on their side, but here is the catch: That's it! They do not have majority on their side, only 1% of the people in the United states control more than 50% of the assets.
I'm going to go weapon by weapon and discuss how they can be disarmed:
First let's look at the people. I personally advocate a completely bloodless battle. Which means we need to rip apart the massive piles of wealth created around people and families without hurting them (physically). Taxes are the common answer, but the problem with taxing on a federal level is that they control the federal level. Every dollar you tax from them puts several dollars back in their pocket. Now I'm not against personal wealth! However there need to be limits, and those limits need to be enforced. My current idea is a decentralized attack. First we need border security for resources. Taking that money overseas needs to become painful to the point of becoming unthinkable. Second we need to slowly work down the massive personal fortunes. Finally, when they pass on we get away from the percentage estate tax. All estates need to be worked down to a reasonable amount (maybe 50 million would be a reasonable cap for families, 25 for individuals.) That may seem like a high amount, but within a generation that would rid us of billionaires. Most of the billionaires today are over 40, that's not that long for us to have to wait. As part of this public education needs to happen. People need to let go of the belief that someday they will be rich and appreciate rich favoring policies. That's their weapon. It uses the big lie strategy. Simply put by repeating the lie over and over until people accept it those in favor of the current system perpetuate it. Then we take that money and reinvest it in the public good. I'm not an economist, but I'd say use 50% to pay down the debt, the other %50 goes towards balancing the budget. To make the reforms happen we need control of the government, which I guess we'll deal with next.
I'm going to be getting progressively more radical as I go along, so stick with me. I propose that money in politics should be completely illegal. I'm saying simple reform isn't enough, even the poor shouldn't be allowed to contribute. Politicians should be like monks, they should take a vow of honor and be held to principles. If they don't do what they said we're gonna have to oust them! We're gonna have to stop letting them act like they are doing us a "favor" by representing us in Washington. That's their fucking job. It will take time to push out the plutocrats and place humanity focused government in effect, but the founders are on our side as to our right to do so.
Finally, the big battle which is dismantling the monopolies that control our economy and hold it hostage if we ever do things that displease them. We need to become the new establishment. People focused on dismantling systems of domination need to become "corporate spies". Get hired into the influential part of these large companies. Then take them public(if they aren't already). Then at all costs we use hostile take-over strategy and build anti corporations. These organizations would act as machines, similar to how a large company works. We program them with one goal: Dismantle large things. We break these companies into smaller ones. No company has any excuse to dominate more than 25% of the market for a given good. It's not healthy economic practice, and it's bad for people. I said this would take patience! It may take a few hundred years to completely exterminate companies large enough to ruin the economy. Eventually anti trust legislation can automate the process even more. Teddy Roosevelt broke up corporations in the first part of the last century. Surely we can as well.
Vigilance and venom! We need to see the evil where there is evil, and stop engaging in partisan distraction. Complaining won't get us anywhere! I intend to spend the next decade or two figuring out how to put this into action. I can think of nothing more worthy of honor than freeing our country of oppression from within.
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