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Secrecy of labor unions and capitalist bankers
Secrecy of Labor unions and capitalist bankers The two main controllers of all economic activity are too secretive. Both labor and capital are too important to be left just to their own structures. They are both, naturally, focused on self interest but they have such strong influences over everyone else that these self interests need some form of accountability to the rest of the population. If we are to have democratic government, then surly we need open democracy within the two main levers of economy. We are all so interdependent in the the modern time, that the economy affects and to a degree, controls us all. Having elected government without any form of democratic control over these twin pillars of economic activity, is detrimental to democracy itself.
By Peter Rose6 years ago in The Swamp
The State Withdraws: The volunteers move in.
We're often told by the left that we require the overwhelming state to provide nearly every public service in society on these fair shores. We simply can not live without the Government - it is impossible and every retreat of that state, in all its mighty glory, will automatically equal yet another child in poverty.
By Tom Guyton-Day6 years ago in The Swamp
Can you be a Christian and a Liberal?
Being a christian liberal is like being a conservative atheist. It's almost an oxymoron... Liberals get the stigma from conservatives that they're dangerous because they don't have a higher power to look up to. In fact, some conservatives even view fellow conservatives who are atheist as an attack from the left.
By Gareth Seagull6 years ago in The Swamp
Crumbling Walls
I have come across a recurring theme in cinema and music over the past few years that has really changed the way that I view authoritarian systems. The most recent viewing that drew this thought process from the back of my skull is the anime adaptation of the manga 'Attack on Titan'.
By Michael Grube6 years ago in The Swamp
I am anti-Socialist/Communist
I have been asked many times, (More times than I care to count) given my current financial circumstances, why I am so Anti-Socialist/Communist. Well the answer is simple, because I love freedom. I want the freedom to choose for myself what I will do, if I want to become rich I can. If I want to stay the way I am, that is my choice as well. If I choose to believe there is a God, or if I choose to believe there isn't, I am free to do that. If I choose to speak on anything, I may do so without the fear of being attacked. You see under a Constitutional Free Market/Capitalist system, I have that freedom. I have the freedom to fail or succeed, if I have the skills and determination to succeed. But if don't have them, then I will fail. In a Free Market/Capitalist system it's all on me, fail or succeed, it's all on me.
By Charles Goodson6 years ago in The Swamp
My Thoughts on Canada's Banning of Assault Rifles
On May 1, 2020, the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau had announced the banning of 1500 different types of assault rifles. This was the reaction of the gruesome mass killing in Nova Scotia on April 18, 2020. The shooter of this atrocious act had used an assault rifle to carry out his heinous act.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in The Swamp
The future- will political ideals matter?
The future- Will political ideals matter? This current – April 2020- pandemic is throwing up interesting questions about the future. It also shows how interconnected we all are on this overcrowded planet. Not just interconnected one nation to another, which enabled the virus to spread world wide in such a short time but also how our individual lives have become so dependent on so many other people. Interconnection is different from interdependent. It is not good for any group, or nation, to depend entirely on another, for its basics of food, shelter or defense. Dependency can become slavery so very easily. The mantras of the 1970's about small is beautiful and how to strive for self sufficiency, have been buried under the commercial needs of gigantic global companies. We have personal access to mass world wide communication but the question has to be; has this empowered us or made us reliant on advertising funded platforms? The greater part of the funding for social media comes from global commercial enterprises.
By Peter Rose6 years ago in The Swamp
The (dis)United States of Europe
A fast paced entrance of a huge number of immigrants is not something to take lightly or appeal to tolerance as the only way to cope. Yes, tolerance is good. But the issue here is why have so many people decided suddenly to come to Europe? To me, there's something there that we don't know about. And it is dangerous for both the immigrants and the countries that they come to.
By Maritsa Solares6 years ago in The Swamp
What’s This All About
Let me first introduce myself, Tamara Robinson, I’m a single parent, writer, truck driver, mechanic, computer and cellphone geek, entrepreneur, African American, bisexual, spiritual, crazy ass, democratic, liberal, amongst other things. In my writings, this being my first here on Vocal, I will cover many topics and we will have many discussions on pressing topics and as well as touch on things of a more relaxed nature. I am both a poet and storyteller. I can entertain and inform you. Please visit often and even if you don’t read my work, read someone’s. Everyone has a story that relates to the life of someone else’s. We as a people must revisit the teachings, places, and things that made us who we are today, as we can’t always revisit the people.
By Tamara Robinson6 years ago in The Swamp
