Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "More Perfect Union" channel.

  1. Do people not understand yet that if we put basic social needs ahead of corporate profit, there would be no poverty? That the only reason poverty and worldwide instability exists is because we live in a mega-corporate dictatorship?? All material needs are easily satisfied when human value is considered intrinsically worthwhile and basic needs are considered more important than extreme private corporate profit. But not when we live in a robber baron society, where the robber barons get to make the rules and do anything they please.
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  2. Imagine if the people demanded more than crumbs
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  3. This is disgusting. Nobody should have to pay a high fee just to access fishing grounds!!!
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  4. NOBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PATENT LIFE, PERIOD. This shit has gotten WAY TOO FAR out of control and the gaslighting is DEEP. There was even an episode on a popular legal show from years back where it framed this issue as perfectly legitimate and the "nice" asshole who was suing his friend for "stealing" his "patented" seeds as perfectly normal. Un-fucking-believable. We need to bring back the Commons NOW.
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  5. I say that the entire Wal ton family fortune should be confiscated save 2% and redistributed in equal shares to everyone under a certain income threshold in this country. They are nothing but robber barons and I just think it's disgusting that we allow single families and single individuals and single companies to amass the kind of wealth that we do. It's it's literally beyond insane. It's a madness that seems to have no end.
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  6. Corporate landlordship should be hugely aggressively controlled and limited in this country in every way. To do otherwise only brings us to where we are now.
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  7. Until workers aren't seen as easily expendable poker chip pieces to be discarded as necessary - and it will take better labor laws to get that- yeah it will keep happening. Until this shit is regulated away, these guys will help themselves to every cookie in the jar. No one else matters.
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  8. I've been saying for years there should be market share limits, maybe 20% tops. Seriously I feel that absolutely needs to be a law.
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  9. Yeah he did. I remember reading some bogus business success book a long ways back where he very openly defended it. Even at the age I was when I read it, long before I ever had any awareness of labor issues or had political views, I knew something didn't sound right about it. All we need is a few laws on the books intended to prevent mass layoffs in all but the most severe conditions- which recognize the dignity and rights of all workers, and that reiterate that workers are in fact human beings, not simply smart drones, and their stability and income matters at least as much if not more so than CEO and shareholder profit, especially when profits are already well beyond projections.
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  10. Layoffs can cause a lot of harm. I've had friends that have had their lives turned upside down by them. They came out okay eventually, but took 1-4 years to completely get back on track on average. I'm willing to bet the large majority of layoffs in the US are not really necessary, that a workable alternative could be found if the ownership or management really wished to.
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  11. I mean our politicians are jokes. It's obvious who they work for and take money from.
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  12. The developing world is suffering now from the last 50 years of corporate expansion from the so-called corporate-driven Green Revolution. It's incredibly gratifying and inspiring to see how some regions have made the decision to start moving away from all corporate seeds and chemical farming. They're returning to their old ways, their ancient foodstuffs and their ancient wisdom; and by doing so are regenerating the land, bringing money back to their communities and are regaining dignity as food producers. It's really amazing.
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  13. It's legalized slavery and it's disgusting.
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  14. I'm also extremely worried for cage fighters and UFC fighters. They use no cranial protection and they routinely beat the hell out of each other's heads. What could possibly go wrong? I'm afraid of seeing a glut of CTE in a few years as the first gen of MMA fighters starts getting older.
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  15. I've been following this tragedy since it started and it's just so sad to watch this unfold. When you realize the big corporations are in charge in the US, that they own every single politician easily and both bogus parties (or the red-blue uniparty as I call them), therefore they completely control the laws and the courts, it's quite discouraging when you see things like this happen and you know the perpetrators are going to walk free as a bird and fear absolutely no consequences. And it's not like this is the first time; industrial accidents have been occurring since the industrial revolution. Heavy industry and big business have NEVER been controlled in the US, quite the contrary; then as now they had complete run of the place. They haven't even been mandated to put scrubbers on their stacks which are a nominal expense. It's quite stunning that these organizations are truly allowed to be the dictators in this country and have been for a long time. I hope and pray this changes in my lifetime. The political class should be a dictatorship of the People, not the upper corporate class.
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  16. Asking big companies to promise to be good boys is ridiculous. We need hard-and-fast iron fist style laws on these bastards. Believe me nothing else will control them. All they care about is greed they will always find a way to to weasel out of every promise or weak regulation. But real laws with zero loopholes and serious penalties including jail time for violations will work. Just elect me I know what tf to do
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  17. And people say Communists are the threat
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  18. Fed: can afford 1T a year on the war businesses and many billions in Wall Street handouts Claims: can't do anything to relieve extreme poverty or do green energy MAKES SENSE Edit: "This is fine"
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  19. God tell me about it. Will the feudalism never end???? Good god... Can't even escape the landlords by jumping into the ocean now
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  20. Yep. Debt is big business. Extreme profiteering aka Big Capitalism means debt slavery. No debt means no profits for banks and student loan profiteers. Loan sharks, basically. Thanks for profiling this, MPU.
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  21.  @grmpEqweer  he didn't kill himself. He was already retired. He was planning on doing this for a long time. He just wanted to see justice done. Don't be over naive that doesn't help you.
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  22. What a great line. Kinda sums everything up right there
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  23. 100%
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  24. Making clothes out of plastic is so pathetic and should be illegal. Only natural fibers should be used. They last longer, won't go up in flames from a hot day, and feel better on the skin. If consumers' rights mattered and companies weren't able to get away with putting junk on the shelves, we could do this..
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  25. Yep. Only the people on the very top make livable wages anymore. Sad times.
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  26. Tragic. We've got to do better than this.
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  27. That's all it ever is. The sociopathy continues. Psychopathy is the enemy we fight on all fronts.
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  28.  @whazzat8015  I don't understand this comment. The veterans administration is a federal department. The VA IS the government. Did I miss something???
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  29. Wow that's appalling. What was their excuse??? Are you being paid now??
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  30. Interesting. Maybe he developed a better sense of ethics in his later years. Too late unfortunately. Damage he did was already done.
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  31. Blocking fire exits is a serious crime and she should include that when she sues them.
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  32. Talk to some vets. Nothing is perfect, but all the vets I've ever talked to rave about their VA healthcare. They know it can be improved in some ways, mainly in wait times for appointments, but by the same token, in most places it's pretty great care. The older vets I've talked to are happy that they have this as an option over standard Medicare.
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  33. We work too long without our dignity and rights protected in the workplace in many cases. And the cost of living far outstrips most wages today. Something's gotta give.
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  34.  @garret6464  he's not saying that business shouldn't exist he's saying that the excessive form of hyper-corporatized gangster-style business is the problem.
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  35. The thing is, the vast majority of able-bodied people already do work or want to work. They don't need to be coerced. On Medicaid or not, it's a stupid myth that people would rather be passive and lazy then productive. That's virtually never true. The problem is AL refused to implement proper exemptions. Illness, conditions, homelessness and caregiving should all be permanent exemptions. Sounds like AL intentionally refused to qualify them as necessary exemptions. Clearly this was deliberate. Shame on them.
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  36. Damn that's absolutely nuts. If it was his own money, and not the company's, they had no right to say anything. It's his money he has the right to do with it what he wants! And that was incredibly decent of him to do that. We need more people like that. I hope he told his superiors that it's actually none of their business what he does with his own money. Also- fucking hell, snitch much??? God people have no character at all. The snitch should get into a bad non-serious car accident for real. Totally unnecessary. You'd think he would respect that kind of empathy. Geez some people have their values all screwed up.
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  37.  @garret6464  stop spamming
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  38. It was never really great but it was better for some white people during some periods in history, yes.
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  39. Try to report it.
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  40. That's super fair. Sadly here, criminal mega corps control all.
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  41. Thank you for having some honor and refusing to do harm to decent people just for a paycheck. Apparently today that makes you pretty rare.
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  42. Yeah they do. It's out of control.
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  43. ALL LABOR MUST STAND UP TOGETHER- WHITE COLOR BLUE COLLAR PINK COLLAR IT DOESN'T MATTER WE NEED TO STAND UP AMD WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO! NO MORE BAD DEALS!!!! THE CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CLASS DOESN'T GIVE AN F ABOUT US THEY'RE ALLIED AGAINST US EVEN THOUGH THEY NEED US, SO THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS STAND TOGETHER! LABOR TODAY, LABOR TOGETHER 👊 Good for auto workers, come on #railworkers you need to do the same!!
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  44.  @spartan662501  yep . Without more regulation to protect tenant rights and interests and serious rent control on at least 50% of the private sector housing supply, basically we all seriously screwed.
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  45.  @sanniepstein4835    except they're not. What is your objection? I'm pretty reasonable, I support a managed private market, with key universal material guarantees, otherwise called a public sector. I am a commie, and I do oppose most big business, I believe we need limits on business size and private wealth, but I don't oppose all business. I wish to encourage small and regional businesses. I certainly support Labor power and full Labor rights for all, that's pretty key. I think that's very rational.
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  46. I'm not surprised. You knew that was the next on the chopping block. I don't know if it's related but there's been this massive bizarre organized attack on menthol cigarettes and vapes and vaping businesses in California for the past, I would say, eight years or so. The commercials are utterly ridiculous, all various form of reefer madness and apparently the voters fell for them hook, line and sinker.
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  47. @DensLight I just think they need to ban all additives. I don't understand why it should be legal to put basically poisons and toxins in a cigarette that is orally inhaled. I like American Spirit brand. No additives. If you're gonna smoke, try to do so limitedly and use AS cigarettes. (Confession: I use American Spirit cigarettes 😃) But you probably guessed that
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  48. We just need more laws and that's a fact. I think personal wealth should not be allowed to exceed 150M no exceptions.
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  49. I would change that last one to very rich, but yes. Those who run for office in this country, and probably most others, for the most part have always been for sale to the highest bidder. If you aren't the highest bidder, it's a pretty good chance your interests aren't represented at any level of government here. (As always minor exceptions, but overall.)
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  50. A little separate, but I wonder if their agency takes a cut of their pay and if so how much. Contracted workers can often get cheated.
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