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cliffelam  ·  4188 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who Won the Recession? Capitalism

Sigh.

I'm surprised the OWS dingalings didn't freeze to death at the first frost.

Capitalism is so hugely restrained from what it was at it's peak I'm amazed that people have the energy to complain about it. I'm much more worried about illegal no-knock raids, illegal police roadblocks, illegal surveillance, illegal restraint of speech, illegal "executive orders," and illegal government sanctioned imprisonments of American citizens than in how PNC is jacking me on ATM fees.

Remember the Heinlein quote: "“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck.".”

-XC