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Karl Marx wrote:What is the worldly religion of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his worldly God? Money.…. Money is the jealous god of Israel, in face of which no other god may exist. Money degrades all the gods of man – and turns them into commodities…. The bill of exchange is the real god of the Jew. His god is only an illusory bill of exchange…. The chimerical nationality of the Jew is the nationality of the merchant, of the man of money in general.
Alvin Toffler wrote:The illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
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Remæus wrote:Marx's critique is based almost exclusively (if not entirely) on his racism, centered around anti-semitism:Karl Marx wrote:What is the worldly religion of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his worldly God? Money.…. Money is the jealous god of Israel, in face of which no other god may exist. Money degrades all the gods of man – and turns them into commodities…. The bill of exchange is the real god of the Jew. His god is only an illusory bill of exchange…. The chimerical nationality of the Jew is the nationality of the merchant, of the man of money in general.
He was a sad, broken man, angry at the world (mostly the Jews) for his own inability to provide for himself. If you think the above quotation is bad, just read some of his letters to Engels!
Remæus wrote:Aside from the racism, his arguments bear further weakness in that they only recognize monetary capital, with severe neglect for the (arguably) more important forms; human capital, intellectual capital, natural capital, social capital, etc. — all of which have been applied to great effect in lifting millions out of poverty, improving quality of life, etc.
Remæus wrote:Most of the critiques of "capitalism" are complaints about monetary capital, rather than the monopoly on money that the Government maintains through violence. The "violence of capitalism" is indeed a red herring, a complaint better bandied towards those who would restrict your right to produce goods & services for the market.
Remæus wrote:Communism, on the other hand, has been attempted numerous times, with each and every attempt resulting in death, despair, and suffering. Equality of opportunity is the natural order; equality of outcome (dividing up resources and dividing them equally) is unnatural and therefore inevitably results in negative effects.
Remæus wrote:Equality of opportunity is the natural order
Remæus wrote:I yearn for a day when capitalism can be realized; a world free from the tyranny imposed upon us by the State, running rich in the expression of our freedom through the abundance of choice offered in a robust, competitive market, and absent the dregs seeking nothing but to extract value from those who produce it.
Derrida wrote:1. Employment has undergone a change of kind, i.e. underemployment, and requires "another concept".
2. Deportation of immigrants. Reinforcement of territories in a world of supposed freedom of movement. As in, Fortress Europe and in the number of new walls and barriers being erected around the world, in effect multiplying the "fallen" Berlin Wall manifold.
3. Economic war. Both between countries and between international trade blocs: United States - Japan - Europe.
4. Contradictions of the free market. The undecidable conflicts between protectionism and free trade. The unstoppable flow of illegal drugs, arms, etc.
5. Foreign debt. In effect the basis for mass starvation and demoralisation for developing countries. Often the loans benefiting only a small elite, for luxury items, e.g., cars, air conditioning etc. but being paid back by poorer workers.
6. The arms trade. The inability to control to any meaningful extent trade within the biggest ‘black market’
7. Spread of nuclear weapons. The restriction of nuclear capacity can no longer be maintained by leading states since it is only knowledge and cannot be contained.
8. Inter-ethnic wars. The phantom of mythic national identities fueling tension in semi-developed countries.
9. Phantom-states within organised crime. In particular the non-democratic power gained by drug cartels.
10. International law and its institutions. The hypocrisy of such statutes in the face of unilateral aggression on the part of the economically dominant states. International law is mainly exercised against the weaker nations.
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Derrida wrote:1. Employment has undergone a change of kind, i.e. underemployment, and requires "another concept".
Derrida wrote:2. Deportation of immigrants. Reinforcement of territories in a world of supposed freedom of movement. As in, Fortress Europe and in the number of new walls and barriers being erected around the world, in effect multiplying the "fallen" Berlin Wall manifold.
Derrida wrote:3. Economic war. Both between countries and between international trade blocs: United States - Japan - Europe.
Derrida wrote:4. Contradictions of the free market. The undecidable conflicts between protectionism and free trade. The unstoppable flow of illegal drugs, arms, etc.
Derrida wrote:5. Foreign debt. In effect the basis for mass starvation and demoralisation for developing countries. Often the loans benefiting only a small elite, for luxury items, e.g., cars, air conditioning etc. but being paid back by poorer workers.
Derrida wrote:6. The arms trade. The inability to control to any meaningful extent trade within the biggest ‘black market’
Derrida wrote:7. Spread of nuclear weapons. The restriction of nuclear capacity can no longer be maintained by leading states since it is only knowledge and cannot be contained.
Derrida wrote:8. Inter-ethnic wars. The phantom of mythic national identities fueling tension in semi-developed countries.
Derrida wrote:9. Phantom-states within organised crime. In particular the non-democratic power gained by drug cartels.
Derrida wrote:10. International law and its institutions. The hypocrisy of such statutes in the face of unilateral aggression on the part of the economically dominant states. International law is mainly exercised against the weaker nations.
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