tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941902683820508892.post1629369288253291938..comments2024-03-17T03:19:31.143-04:00Comments on If You Can Keep It: Michael Moore on CapitalismSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12927975629589361506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941902683820508892.post-79870983107294185452009-10-09T21:29:27.437-04:002009-10-09T21:29:27.437-04:00This is an old post that discusses county official...This is an old post that discusses county officials and small businesses.<br />http://seaneboy44.blogspot.com/2007/05/no-thanks.htmlSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927975629589361506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941902683820508892.post-12930337825760593472009-10-09T21:08:25.412-04:002009-10-09T21:08:25.412-04:00Rich,
Thank you for the feedback and I agree with ...Rich,<br />Thank you for the feedback and I agree with everything you've written. I get annoyed when I hear people get pissed and say, "my representative isn't voting the the way <i>I</i> want, or even voting with the majority of his district. Other factors may sway (such as the constitution). That's when I trot out the republicanism v democratic line. But Moore's major objection to legislators falls along this line, the republicanism part--even if the legislators are picked democratically.<br />Basically his beef seems to be with Corporatism and republicanism--the scary part because those are the exact same things I seem to be having a problem with. When the student presses him on the Corporatist theme Moore trots out, "I don't want to get bogged down in labels." This line is usually employed by people who like to frame issues a particular way to evoke emotive response. It lacks concision, clarity and accuracy and is done purposely either to conflate disparate issues or to pander to your audience.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927975629589361506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941902683820508892.post-52565068196187386352009-10-09T13:34:03.971-04:002009-10-09T13:34:03.971-04:00Let me also add, that not only has the access to h...Let me also add, that not only has the access to higher education led to the skyrocketing costs -the Stafford Loan program is directly to blame.<br /><br />And not just for tuition, but the jacked up real estate market in Manhattan (the largest landlords are not Trump or Ratner but NYU and Columbia).<br /><br />These loan regulations -written by the banks -amount to a wholesale transfer of wealth from the public trust to private banks.roconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933040935053560675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941902683820508892.post-65786147785728341982009-10-09T13:28:24.900-04:002009-10-09T13:28:24.900-04:00Sean, you're too smart to throw out the "...Sean, you're too smart to throw out the "we're not a democracy, we're a republic" line.<br /><br />They're not mutually exclusive. And, frankly, its a foolhardy semantic argument anyway.<br /><br />The issue, to me, when people talk about Capitalism (and this is where you, Michael Moore, and me converge) is that they're really talking about Corporatism or something else.<br /><br />They equate money with capital, and that's simply not the case. Capital is the stuff used to add value -the equipment that turns copper into pipes, the spare parts into a Model T.<br /><br />Money is a signifier of value, not value in itself. When money itself becomes the stock-in-trade you are no longer talking about Capitalism.roconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933040935053560675noreply@blogger.com