[ExI] OWS Rolling in the Mud

[Kevin G Haskell]

My heart goes out to everyone who have lost jobs, houses, gone bankrupt,
and have seen a lot of other horrible things happen to them economically.
But attacking Capitalism as the problem, when no Western nation presently
practices Capitalism, but an awful Socialist/Capitalist hybrid of one sort
of the other, is very misguided.

The problem is thousands upon thousands of pages of new regulations placed
on people trying to make an independent living, every year, by federal,
state,and local governments, are crushing the inventive and productive
class.  We have to take the burden off from the producers, and out of the
hands of the lawyers in government who know nothing other than how to make
more laws that oppress those who strive, who want to take care of
themselves and their families, not be a burden on the community, not be
dependent, and who actually provide jobs and benefits for others.  These
are the people we should be looking to for leadership, not the people who
have put us in this predicament.

But if that majority of people in the OWS movement in Western nations will
continue to blame to the wrong parties for this growing mess, then perhaps
they should at least stop using the all of the products that were produced
by Capitalism, such as their tents, clothes, most foods, cameras, phones,
computers, bathrooms, toilet paper, feminine hygiene products, soap,
shampoo, ink for their signs, the paper they write their messages on,
private and public transportation, etc.,etc.

If the want to really hate Capitalism, let them show it, and have them give
up these the products and services, and let them freely roll in the mud in
the outdoors (without the benefit of indoor heat and hot water of course,
in the winter, to clean up afterwards, or air conditioning when the weather
gets sweltering hot, again.)  Let them prove it all, and stay outside. They
can make their homemade clothes and grow their vegetables.  They also
should have no ambitions to go to soup kitchens, which are provided by
indirect donations derived by Capitalism.

Let those who advocate it here, or anywhere, feel free to either be
anti-Capitalist, or support the same sick Socialist/Capitalist mix we've
seen that has caused this corrosion and disease we've seen and see. Go
ahead to those in here (unnamed, of course,) too, and give up all of those
things.

Please do show us the way,  through your actions, and not just your words.
Go out and live among the OWS and see if they can provide for your needs
with their anti-Capitalist ideology. Let them provide for your security
(since most of you are defiant about not protecting yourselves with
firearms.) Go ahead and trust 'them," whoever they are. If we don't hear
from you, we'll assume you found it satisfactory. If we do hear from you,
then we'll assume you failed and decided to get real about ending this
Progressivism/Socialism disease that's been tearing us all down, and help
us fix this situation.

So, go ahead and roll in the mud and your own filth. The rest of us would
like to work toward furthering human development and evolution, but we'll
keep a close eye on your efforts. We promise.

Kevin
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