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the drones don’t give a fuck

4/29/13 — 8:05pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZgmFdxjsVTN7 Filed under: #drones  #war  #afghanistan  #yemen  #iraq  #usa  #middle east 
Is Capitalism Dying? - Forbes Magazine

socialismartnature:

the crazy leftist rag known as forbes magazine asks…

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Capitalism has been the dominant economic system in the Western world for, give or take, 400 years. And in that virtual eye blink in the grander scheme of things it has produced more wealth than all the prior economic systems put together.

It’s also lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, educated billions and may—heck, let’s just stipulate will—one day cure cancer.

But nothing—not even the bestest thing ever—lasts forever. Stuff happens. Things change. Systems work until they don’t.

How close is capitalism to the end of its useful life? What comes next? And can we even have an intelligent discussion about any of it without getting bogged down in mutually hostile definitions?

Notes: 17 1/11/13 — 3:00am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZgmFdxbUzt6E Filed under: #forbes  #capitalism  #socialism  #revolution  #inequality  #hunger  #unemployment  #war  #disease  #oppression 
socialismartnature: What We Can Learn from Pakistani Children ” … Amid the tributes and vigils [to the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting] across the country and beyond was one in Karachi, Pakistan. One picture shows a group of Pakistani children lighting candles to pay tribute to the Sandy Hook victims, with a sign reading, “Connecticut school killing—[We] feel [your] pain as [you] would feel our pain.” Last year, according to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, some 168 children in Pakistan were killed by U.S. drone strikes. That basic sense of humanity and solidarity—the compassion for fellow human beings who are suffering—shows the real way forward.”

socialismartnature:

What We Can Learn from Pakistani Children

” … Amid the tributes and vigils [to the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting] across the country and beyond was one in Karachi, Pakistan. One picture shows a group of Pakistani children lighting candles to pay tribute to the Sandy Hook victims, with a sign reading, “Connecticut school killing—[We] feel [your] pain as [you] would feel our pain.”

Last year, according to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, some 168 children in Pakistan were killed by U.S. drone strikes.

That basic sense of humanity and solidarity—the compassion for fellow human beings who are suffering—shows the real way forward.”

Source: socialistworker.org
High-res Notes: 202 12/17/12 — 4:37pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZgmFdxZa3klL Filed under: #pakistan  #sandy hook  #connecticut  #violence  #children  #drones  #war  #military  #obama