the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

hmmm, yea
I tend to agree, with US pictured as a world policeman from II W.W. untill Berlin wall felt down,
but now
-we have even more pretenders for playing such role , what is bringing even more shit on this police station named Earth.
-Military/industrial complex never was interested in world peace
-Putin is dreaming
-`and so on...
simply III W.W. in progress, just everybody afraid to name it openly.

"proxy wars"

everything wrote:"proxy wars"

Except the we're the proxies. Capitalism is about making a profit; it's not about a country, but a corporation. People become proxies for corporate competitions. Then the suckers fight among themselves to make sure the owner makes a profit. And, if it's necessary to pay for food, shelter, care, and taxes, it's necessary to work for someone.

Capitalism turns people into commodities. I.e., they are used to produce income. They don't just buy merch; they are merch. Social media outlets are the clearest examples. Even the "news" suffers the same problem. What's 'important' is only what will get people to watch commercials. Success isn't judged by accuracy, only by viewership.

Meh, capitalism always places profit above morality. The only difference is who can legally be a capitalist. More Americans have died from legal opioids than from illegal opioids for most of the past 30 years. All produced as legally as cigarettes, alcohol, and firearms. What's the difference between the Sacklers or some other family making billions from their product and the Guzmans when it comes to capitalism? But, ya can't really blame them either. It's like a bank dispossessing an elderly person's home. Grapes of Wrath stuff.

pooling money together to reduce risk, increase investment, increase return will always make sense. should the capital be mostly state-directed? probably mostly no. but what are "the people" supposed to do about the excesses and abuses? not sure. there is a supreme con artist convincing "the people" to de facto support this pyramid scheme, somehow thinking it's better for them when it's worse. that's the most insane aspect of it all.

so
what average Joe can do?
just more practising, like Buddhist say can save the word?
or do the Earth little beat better place, at least.