Re: RE: CANADA BASHERS DOUBLE STANDARD
Jay said:
the caracal kid said:
However, if you fail to see how the "accumulation of wealth" is in itself entirely self-enslaving then I can not fully share with you the alternatives that provide more freedom than capitalism.
Self-enslaving....that's a good one.
I think I'm going to quit my job on go on welfare.
your thought processes are too narrow, jay,
either that or it is your hobby to mimmic the wing-nuts like coulter.
you see, freedom is an illusion. It is a product of your own experiences and thoughts. Think of the story of the bluejay and the dog. The dog lived happily in his yard. His friend the jay always told him "how can you be happy being cooped up in this yard?", to which the dog always replied "i am free here to do everything i want to, I chase squirrels, I dig holes, I play fetch, all my meals come to me, i have a warm place to sleep. I have no worries and can do anything i desire here in my yard." The jay always replied "but what of the world outside the yard? Don't you want to run in the forest? Don't you want to see what is over the mountains?...." To which the dog always replied "What would be over there that i don't have here? Would I still have a warm bed, all my meals cared for, etc. No thanks, I like my freedom here". As we see, the dog thinks he is free in his confines, for his confines frame his freedom. The bluejay also feels free in the greater confines of the world and could not live with some security in exchange for its loss. Both feel free, but that freedom is self-defined.
Welfare does not give you freedom, jay. Nor does your job. The material never will. It is the cheap trinkets your masters give you to trick you into thinking you are free, so you accept the fence built around you and the rules layed down upon you. Like the dog, you have been lulled into self sujegation. You place a false trust, and a false hope in an illusionary existance.