Re: [microsound] points, dots etc.

[Jason Hollis <contact@xxxxxxxxx>]

"to be brutally honest here: it doesn't sound like you have any
background whatsoever in Marxist theory or anti-capitalist philosophy..."


Why?  Because I didn't swallow it whole?
To be brutally honest, most of it is bullshit-
Marxist theory is to Capitalism as Satanism is to Christianity.
Two sides of the same disfunctional coin.
Neither has the whole answer, both have some valid lessons to teach.

As I do with any ideology (or idea) I run across that sparks my curiosity I 
read/research until I've decided I've learned enough about it, I take the 
parts that speak the most truth - and there were some - and discard the 
rest.   And with Marxist theory there was plenty to discard - ironically 
enough, as much as there was to discard in the corporate libertarianist faux 
free market crap you seem to think I have embraced. Go figure. See above.


"especially, since you ask me to draw the (obvious) connections
between how capitalist superpowers foster compulsive consumer
behaviors via advertising..."

I asked you to state your point instead of name-drop philosophers and 
sniping like an offended alpha-dog.
Glad you finally did, even if I had to pull it out of you like fingernails 
from a detainee.

If you prefer another analogy, one was provided quite some time ago - 
biological evolution.
Those that find a niche and successfully exploit it reproduce.
Perhaps you missed that?
Too busy being a frothy Bolshevik, perhaps?
Or do you reject that too?

So yes, while we must agree to disagree with on whether (properly regulated) 
capitalism is beneficial or detrimental, or whether free markets can exist 
at all, I fully support your right to your opinion.

~ !J!
http://www.endif.org
http://www.crunchpod.com
http://www.thirdwavecollective.com




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