The Ten Commandments of 21st Century American Capitalism

whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
edited November 2011 in A Moving Train
The Capitalist Commandments

1. Do unto others before they do it unto you. Beggar thy neighbor and trade their employments without offset, tariff, or compensation to secure a bountiful profit from the greater slave. Engage the most authoritarian of regimes and let no morality, nor powers of the vast majority, interfere with the greater profits to be had from preserving disparities and all the powers of predation enjoyed by the rich.

2. In all things, see that your capital-defined Efficiency shall remain the only god, and let no morality, freedom nor ecological concern interfere with your divine right to profit and enclose and privatize for your benefit.

3. Thou shalt make money and power thy only god and pursuit, and not suffer any foolish idleness opening one to other occupations or dangerous revelations.

4. To secure thy power, thou shalt not let the people own or control their central banks – despite constitutional purse powers to the contrary – for debt money is the central power and motive force before which all others pale and remain impotent.

5. Thou shalt own and control all media and news dissemination agencies. Let not any editor be elected lest the people influence what they see, hear and read. Let all books, media, and education grow our values exclusively. Let not any fairness doctrine nor any notion of labor-capital “factor” balance interfere with this, our grand design.

6. In all things, thou shalt make Growth and per-capita ruin thy only gods, and defeat Balance at every turn. Thou shalt see that humanity endlessly multiplies. Let no balance of population arise which might serve to pass on the same quantum of freedom, earthly space, natural right and pleasure even to thine own children – as this would destroy our precious and profitable Growth.

7. In all things, thou shalt resist Balance, and both factor and gender equity for I, your male Sky God, have told you so.

8. Let no free commune or cooperative emerge, nor any non-profit venture succeed – for such competition is to be feared and prohibited. Privatize everything as it is your right . Control the reigns of power so the vast majority own no debt-free estate, nor access any means with which they might secure their domestic freedom, independence, and democracy.

9. Let Nature’s realm be conquered and set to your profit purposes. Patent and own all of nature’s pharmacopeia. Change the nature of animals and humans alike to serve your ends. Render off limits those fertile lands and plants by which the masses might enjoy leisure, acquire natural freedom, secure refuge from our Free Market, or stumble upon any revelations of a non-egoic, cooperative, and spiritual nature.

10. Let enclosure reign, for the landless and dependent are fodder for thy greater objectives. Let our Interdependency forever be mediated by the rich and powerful, and secured in the name of an Efficiency serving our ends alone. Seek to destroy any remnants of natural freedom, commonwealth, and domestic independence. Let our Free Market of neo-slavery prevail and thy will profit beyond one’s wildest dreams.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    whygohome wrote:
    5. Thou shalt own and control all media and news dissemination agencies. Let not any editor be elected lest the people influence what they see, hear and read. Let all books, media, and education grow our values exclusively. Let not any fairness doctrine nor any notion of labor-capital “factor” balance interfere with this, our grand design.


    the press is free..... if you own one. 8-)
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,431
    whygohome wrote:
    6. In all things, thou shalt make Growth and per-capita ruin thy only gods
    "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." Edward Abbey
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  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    brianlux wrote:
    whygohome wrote:
    6. In all things, thou shalt make Growth and per-capita ruin thy only gods
    "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." Edward Abbey

    Wish he was still around....John Lennon, too.
  • JT214511JT214511 Los Angeles Posts: 36
    No such thing as 21st century capitalism. Capitalism has been dead and gone since 1913 when the Fed was established and it began controlling the money supply and manipulating interest rates. Since then all there has been is crony-capitalism/corporatism/fascism.
  • Ya'll just aren't seeing the BIG picture.

    This is just a passing phase.

    When the New World Order is fully implemented, you will all be happy with the results.

    Consolidation of power through "crony" capitalism was needed to funnel money in to the right hands to "get the job done". The wars were needed to eliminate opposition from sovereign dictators. Ownership of the media was necessary to help shape public opinion and keep descent to a minimum. Central bank ownership was necessary as a stepping stone to a global bank. And if you could see that the end goal is a big lovey-dovey One World System, maybe you'd be okay with it all.
    :D
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    If I opened it now would you not understand?
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