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| Privatization & Globalization (Ayn Rand / Ron Paul) |
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Before you prod on about corporatism...
It doesn't take corporatism for three mom &
pop businesses to form de facto cartels and
control a small town. We must be as protected
from government control as from private,
unelectable control.
I'm a Ron Paul supporter, but I'm no fan of
rampant privatization. Ayn Rand knew nothing
of the globalization that is upon us.
Privatization coupled w/ globalization is
simply dictatorship by foreign, phantom,
unelectable boards of directors.
Privatization + globalization allows for
companies like Bechtel to troll the planet,
prey on poor countries, privatize their
natural resources and pollute the rest while
extolling the virtues of employment for a few
underpaid workers.
Globalization + privatization allows for the
possibility of a UAE national company to
purchase America's ports... from a British
company.
Rampant, Rand privatization allows for
private individuals to 'own' our natural
resources. Unelectable boards of directors,
particularly those w/ foreign interests,
should not be allowed to control our water,
energy and oil. A bunch of nouveau riche
hicks shouldn't have been in such a position
to tinker w/ California's energy as did those
at Enron.
I'm all for doing away with the IRS and the
Fed. I'm all for ditching the war on drugs.
I'm all for giving power to the states.
These, alone, are sufficient reasons to vote
for Ron Paul.
However, I don't agree w/ anyone on
everything. I'm not a follower looking for a
leader. Discernment is key. We need to beware
of those who blindly agree w/ everything
anyone says.. and those who blindly believe
anything that is published.
Okay... I'm done. ;-)
ourearthhome says:
Privatization is the continuation of
colonialism's legacy of land and natural
resources monopoly which is the major cause
of poverty and the disparity of wealth in 3rd
world countries. If you can get people to
agree that you can charge them for access to
their own planet they are your slaves. To the
extent that privatization continues to make
private the earth that belongs to all and the
economic values created by all, i.e. land
values, it is merely the new colonialism. It
started at home.
Tags : ron paul ayn rand obama privatization globalization britney corporate dictatorship |
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| Noami Klein on the Privatization of War |
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Acclaimed author and journalist Naomi Klein
spoke about the 'privatization of the state'
at a recent talk in New York City. Klein is a
widely read columnist for the Nation magazine
and the London Guardian and author of the
international bestseller, "No Logo." Her
forthcoming book is titled "The Shock
Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."
She visited Iraq in 2004 and published an
article later that year for Harper's Magazine
titled "Baghdad Year Zero" in which she
detailed the privatization of Iraq's
state-dominated economy. She has continued to
cover the issue and her forthcoming book on
disaster capitalism is due to be published in
the fall.
This clip is from the April 2 2007 episode of
Democracy Now:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07
/04/02/1345218&mode=thread&tid=25
Tags : naomi klein war peace privatization military iraq economy profiteer corporation bush |
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