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  • Respectfully, protectionism isn’t that much better. In terms of economic velocity (efficient use of money/value/resources), it would be better if we used the money in other industries.

    • “The Chinese are competitive.” Yup, they are beating the global
    • ”They own the materials.” Yup, good planning on their part
    • ”They have lax safety.” Nope.
    • ”Massive country & workforce.” And a bunch of Chinese manufacturing has reduced humans and/or are dark with no humans.

    “Allowing them to sell superior products is bad.” Sure, for the stakeholders. Not for Americans. I’m already being screwed by capitalists all over the place. Let’s expedite capitalism’s demise, please.





  • Realistically, sue. There’s a lot of violations happening, prima facie. I am not a lawyer, not legal advice.

    In real reality, for these people? Nothing. The building was in disrepair, so feds knew it was low income folks. They don’t have a lawyer on speed dial.

    Fascism is coupled tightly with capitalism, in the sense of hierarchies of money/capital & money’s utility being a foil to the state’s power. If you have enough money, you can evade most issues in a fascist world, especially if you are not part of the out group. If you are in the out group, you’d need a lot of money, even on a clear cut case.

    People like Schindler and Paul Rusesabagina were successful business men. Their connections to the regime and capital accrued allowed them to save people. Most couldn’t save themselves. How do you save a group? Have a bunch of money. How do you get money? Exploit the situation (and perhaps, the people).




  • Alongside your comments, it could also be that our default position is established in capitalism. I volunteer with my town, and I often hear, “We should run this town like a business.”

    …No. It’s not. It has no profit potential. It’s about the service & cost to run it each year.

    However, for my colleagues, there’s often this reckoning. “What do you mean? I run businesses. I know how to do this.” No, you don’t. Because you’re used to cutting corners. You’re used to outsourcing at maybe a more expensive cost. You’re used to racing to the bottom.

    Government is NOT about being a capitalistic business. This country defaults to “That’s the right way to do it.” when they fundamentally don’t understand how the problem and goals are different. It’s very “everything is a nail,” and the hammer is “for profit models.”









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    Read the book so you can tell others “Isn’t this what you believe?” I’m so sick and tired of the Right claiming Jesus. They claim Jesus with no good acts. Loving Jesus & not emulating his teachings is equivalent to no faith (James 2:15-18).

    Matthew 32 calls for Christians to care for the poor, the sick, the immigrant, the unhoused, and the prisoner. “What you did to the least, truly I tell you, you did to me.” Every immigrant sent to a jail is sending Jesus to jail.

    If ever these goons come for my family, I will quote the Bible until it haunts them. This country is corrupted.