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How to be a Capitalist

Submitted by Michael Williams on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 20:14

How to be a capitalist—are you kidding? Nobody wants to be a capitalist. You want a target on your forehead that says “I’m a greedy bastard who will lie, cheat and steal to get the money”? Want all your friends and family to despise you? Why would you want to destroy the environment, eliminate jobs, hurt the poor, make inferior products and brainwash everyone into watching lowbrow sitcoms and beer commercials?

You say, “No, that’s not what I want. I want to be creative and productive and pursue my own happiness. I want to take care of those I love and be free to enjoy my life and all that it has to offer.”

I have news for you: you already are a capitalist—you were born one...

Avatar…..or Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and Thee

Submitted by Michael Williams on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 20:27

I just watched the Oscars and, thankfully, Avatar did not win Best Picture. It did however win, deservedly so, the Best Visual Effects award. Anyone who has seen it knows the job James Cameron and his crew did in creating a marvelous visual feast. Anyone who understands capitalism and the history of humanity will also know and lament the incredible movie making skills for such tired, old anti-civilization and anti-technology propaganda. The guy who accepted the award said, “Avatar’s a film about learning to see the world in new ways”. But really it’s a film about learning to make old myths about our world more visually interesting. (Plot spoilers follow)

In his song, Pocahontas,...

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