i'm not referring to our economy per se, i'm referrering to the fact capitalism is our government. if you believe our econonmy is egalitarian then you are sadly mistaken. there might be the false pretense of egalitarinism, but that's not the way it is.

america is controlled by the large corporations. the large corporations are the ones the make the laws of our contry. lobbying is legal vote buying.

the supreme court already decided that people have the right to bear arms. (there was an argument that this was meant for state militias as opposed to everyday citizens.) so harrassing people over rights which they have, that are "inalienable" is purely capitalistic. it might only be an underlying tone here, but it's there. where do you think the money comes from to pay the mayor of shreveport? why else would this be an issue?

in what country do you live in where we have a choice how money is spent? i didn't vote to give GM money, but the governemnt did it anyway. now they own 60% of GM.

is the federal reserve bank a public institution? no it's private. the whole backbone of our economy is held in check by the private sector.

i do agree that people have the ability to use the economy to make statements, but most people in this country are too lazy, too stupid or just don't care.

does our government care about us? HELL NO! they want us to be sheep. to pay our taxes and be good little soldiers. to not question the system. it's the same reason that the government is scared of art. art has the ability to cross boundries and unify people. putting labels on people, no matter how honest they may be, only creates rifts, which leads to seperation, which, in turn leads to keeping people under the boot of "the man".

our country does use every chance they get to take our rights away. usually with kneejerk reactions. they don't think long term. they don't care. hell, they knew social security would fail when they started it.

it's only human nature to consolidate what power?

i'm not trying to get in a pissing match with you. the bottom line is that everything that happens in this country happens over money. so the very problem with the system is capitalism. that's the reason our founding fathers wrote in such an open ended way. they knew something would go awry. they just never dreamed in a thousand years that it would be our economy, or capitalism, that would be our downfall.


-shake