
| Why are they trying to destroy social security, for example? Theres no serious economic problem, its all fraud. Its in as good fiscal health as its ever been, but it is a system that benefits the general population. It is of no use at all to the wealthy. But a very large part of the population, maybe 60 percent or something like that, actually survive on it. So its a system that contributes nothing to profit. It has other bad features, like its based on the principle that you should care about somebody else. And thats hopelessly immoral by the moral principles of power and privilege, so youve got to knock that idea out of peoples heads and get rid of the social security system. A lot of whats called - ridiculously - "conservatism" is just pathological fanaticism based on maximization of power and wealth in accord with principles that do now have a legal basis.
On Capitalism, Europe, and the World Bank Z Magazine Jan. 2007 |