Comments on: Like Mike http://www.lytrules.com/blog/2009/09/17/like-mike/ The official website of Luke Y. Thompson Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:20:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lawrence Kramer http://www.lytrules.com/blog/2009/09/17/like-mike/comment-page-1/#comment-19309 Lawrence Kramer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:45 +0000 http://www.lytrules.com/blog/?p=3369#comment-19309 Sorry, but the Dead Peasants thing is hooey, too. All of the gains came from taxes, and the longer the employees lived, the more the company made. Do you really think there's an insurance company in the world that would have written all these policies with any real likelihood of the "house" losing? More at my blog. http://tinyurl.com/yld2sfc Sorry, but the Dead Peasants thing is hooey, too. All of the gains came from taxes, and the longer the employees lived, the more the company made. Do you really think there’s an insurance company in the world that would have written all these policies with any real likelihood of the “house” losing? More at my blog. http://tinyurl.com/yld2sfc

]]> By: offpat http://www.lytrules.com/blog/2009/09/17/like-mike/comment-page-1/#comment-19243 offpat Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:18:24 +0000 http://www.lytrules.com/blog/?p=3369#comment-19243 I agree that his idea of democracy as the replacement for capitalism is a misreading of the real world - if he were to redefine capitalism as "the failed and free market capitalism championed by short sighted idiots who forget how we got to where we are", then that would be closer to a way to go. The systemic moderations of governments, local, national and international cooperative agreements may be flawed but they have been the tools that solved the worst disasters created by the laissez faire capitalists. Like I said on my USA chat space, you might like to knock political correctness, but if you are a wheelchair user enjoying the accessible features of a modern city like Boston, remember how it would have turned out without people championing social justice - no drop kerbs for a very small starting example. Socially democratic countries are perhaps where MM is headed... he daren't show the reality of those too much in his films I guess, the US public would rip up their cinema seats.. I agree that his idea of democracy as the replacement for capitalism is a misreading of the real world – if he were to redefine capitalism as “the failed and free market capitalism championed by short sighted idiots who forget how we got to where we are”, then that would be closer to a way to go.

The systemic moderations of governments, local, national and international cooperative agreements may be flawed but they have been the tools that solved the worst disasters created by the laissez faire capitalists.

Like I said on my USA chat space, you might like to knock political correctness, but if you are a wheelchair user enjoying the accessible features of a modern city like Boston, remember how it would have turned out without people championing social justice – no drop kerbs for a very small starting example.

Socially democratic countries are perhaps where MM is headed… he daren’t show the reality of those too much in his films I guess, the US public would rip up their cinema seats..

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