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John Ludemann's avatar

Well, no matter what, a market place of ideas is only as good as the fear by the platform that it’s suppression, will cause it’s demise.

That’s how you control the controllers.

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lucrezia's avatar

General rule: You can't control the controllers. You kill as many of them as you can while minimizing your losses and casualties.

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John Ludemann's avatar

Ok, that’s not how democracy works. We let our money do the talking.

Don’t like a venue? We move the venue.

Murder only brings more murder.

That’s not a marketplace of ideas, that’s a killing field.

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lucrezia's avatar

What does democracy have to do with it?

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Melanie's avatar

I think you are referring to capitalism, not democracy.

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John Ludemann's avatar

From my experience capitalism is the driver of democracy.

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lucrezia's avatar

That's some experience.

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John Ludemann's avatar

That’s the experience of a person that understands a free market makes democracy flow. I’ve seen communism, up close. Even when the leaders of a communist block, use graft, and self-aggrandizement to give them power and control.

Capitalism is like gravity - you can fight it all you want, but it’s a force you cannot free yourself from, because it makes all things run.

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lucrezia's avatar

Thanks for explaining gravity for me. Was previously confused.

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Melanie's avatar

They are not one and the same. You could have democracy and not necessarily capitalism, right?

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Bruce Brown's avatar

No doubt that Taibbi's work is in the crosshairs of the powerful and I suspect there are paid trolls doing their best to derail the comments section.

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lucrezia's avatar

Wading into the TK comments gives you goose bumps and makes you feel like a shadowy character in a John Lecarre, no doubt.

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publius_x's avatar

Hitler killed more with a pen than a gun. That's the effing truth.

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Stxbuck's avatar

Were you in the Ukrainian partisans during WWII?

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lucrezia's avatar

Yes, but I don't like to talk about it.

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