Recent content by Blooper

I wouldn't say they're corrupt. Capitalists are just playing the role they have in society. Workers produce goods, capitalists control this process, no? Then, if fewer restrictions are placed on capitalists (as the "supply-siders" base their economic policy on), then they will extenuate...

Do you need to know what that line represents? Here's a good definition: Productivity Definition | Investopedia So when it's said productivity has increased, it means that every unit of work results in higher revenues, or good production. To explain this, because consumers haven't (on...

I'm posting from the United States. Though your remark about the lack of freedom in my dear country wasn't wasted. Also, when I talk about social class, I use the very basic Marxian definition: a group within a society that preforms a specific function. Income mobility will make these...

Once again, while I do appreciate the insults, actually addressing what I wrote would serve you better. :razz:

Is that to say you reject the existence of basic social roles? There's a lot I disagree with when it comes to the Marxists, but Capital's explanation of wages and property was among the best.

:lol: Nobody's saying that. Improving the condition of the workers can be done through workplace restructuring - and by decreasing the rate of profit and leisure class compensation, in favor of benefits to the producers.

What does the number of workers on minimum wage have to do with his post? Kimura merely asserted that, in a competitive economy with a manifestly powerful capitalist class, the supply-side will dictate public affairs. Not that most people were paid minimum wage, or that the state should be the...

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were actually touching upon the problem of Walmart's customer base, not just raving against the poor. If you can corroborate those wild assertions with statistics, a foundation in the structure of our economy... heck, anything, I'll take your post seriously. If...

Working class people within our capitalist economy have a tendency to act in their immediate self-interest. We could fairly easily say its because of need; which is only made harder to meet due to what Veblen called "the leisure class". But either way, its not a matter of intelligence. Its...

And I think this is where liberals have to make concessions. Within a global market utilizing wages and profit, corporations will exercise too much control over government and civil society. You can't raise wages to that appropriate level which would improve both living conditions and the...

Historically, we've seen that contradiction a lot - the break-aways who maintain their the perks of "high society", while using their wealth for measures against their own class. That, perhaps to a less hyperbolic extent, is where you get most of the world's democratic intelligentsia. Occupy...

Not to take away from what amounted to a fairly strong argument - wages often not keeping up with inflation, while prices do, savings being eaten away, and all that stuff -, but inflation isn't the only reason for that fact.

Yes, but that's not exactly the most sound argument for austerity. This issue, at its core, is pretty simple; flow through both stages as they occur, and hopefully you'll get the opportunity to. Even if the government fails to pay off debts during an expansion, it still needs to work its way to...

That just shows who within the US government controls the economy. You're missing a whole lot of folks within the private sector, other countries, unions, lobbying, so on.

Well, if you look at our country's elections, most people tend to vote against their own interests.