Comments by "gerhard7" (@gerhard7323) on "Thomas Fazi: Civil disobedience is coming" video.

  1. Although we're not there yet, Mussolini famously said that the definition of fascism was when you could barely separate corporate interests from those of the state by a cigarette paper.
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  2. 'We've institutionalised speculation'. Great quote.
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  3. Most people don't aspire to being rich, they just don't want to be perpetually struggling to exist in societies that are VERY plainly not poor. A great many of these socioeconomic outcomes have been bought about by very deliberate political choices by the states in which they live not by the harsh but fair free market as some of the self-serving individuals commenting on this thread and elsewhere might like to believe.
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  4. Privatisation drives efficiency and public ownership encourages sloth and waste goes the mantra. Thames Water alone is largely foreign owned, is currently £14bn in debt and water charges in the England are now 40% higher than the rate of inflation since privatisation in the late 80s. 70% of UK water companies are foreign owned. In some cases by somewhat dubious entities. Scottish water, though never perfect, is publicly owned and continually invests in its infrastructure and carries a debt of £80m. Privatisation, certainly in terms of vital utilities, has been a scam and a social crime happening in plain sight.
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  5. Love Fazi's take on things (maybe apart from the rioting) Did a great interview on YouTube with William Clouston, the SDP leader.
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  6. Rhetorical question presumably?
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  7.  @maxgluteus4263  Well, you never know until you listen do you? These are unsettling times and it's never a bad idea to get a handle on them, be it from the left or right.
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  8. He's Italian and English isn't his first language FFS.
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  9. Yeah, he said other stuff in between. A lot more in fact. Go back and listen again perhaps?
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  10.  @nimass7  I definitely agree that he should tone down his inflammatory language, but I think you might be dismissing the validity of his arguments based purely on your own ideological biases.
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  11. Fazi is right. Gas spot prices fell 28% yesterday as speculators unwound their positions after slightly more positive news on gas supplies going into the winter.
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  12. A great interview. Thank you.
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  13.  @MarekzAnglii  I should have written 'quite there', but I take your point.
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