It's a revolting spectacle where hundreds of these incompetents converge on whatever innocent city is hosting the G20, G8 or World Bank, this year it's the G20 in Pittsburgh, and generally cause all sorts of hell, bringing out the riot police and tear gas.
I sometimes wonder what these glittering jewels of stupidity think as they prep for these events. As they pull on their Levi's or Wranglers, maybe a Hanes T-shirt, some Timberland boots and Oakley Sunglasses. Or as they load their piss filled balloons into their JanSport backpacks or as they make their clever signs using a vast array of Sharpies and computer printouts to get the desired message as loud as possible. I certainly hope their hypocrisy is known to them as they get on the plane or bus to take them to these events.
Oh yes, protesting capitalism indeed. Tomorrow I'll be protesting factory farming, better hit a Mickey D's for some Sausage biscuits before I go. When I see one of these fake yuppies wearing hand stitched hemp clothes and holding signs painted in their own blood I will listen, then and only then.
Another thing that convinces me these people are in the padded helmet brigade is their choice of target. Have they seen the G 20 lately? What does it have to do with capitalism or freedom? Lets examine.
Argentina - socialist democracy with authoritarian leanings. Peronist.
Australia - Labor in power (leftists)
Brazil - Worker's Party in power
Canada - socialist democracy
China - Communist
France - socialist democracy
Germany - socialist democracy
India - free market democracy
Indonesia - quasi socialist democracy. military instability
Italy - democracy, questionable stability
Japan - Generally free market democracy
Mexico - corrupt democracy
Russia - sham, authoritarian democracy
Saudi Arabia - authoritarian monarchy
South Africa - socialist democracy, legitimacy & stability issues
South Korea - market friendly democracy
Turkey - authoritarian democracy, stability issues
United Kingdom - socialist democracy
United States - free market democracy (for now)
Gee, where is all the evil capitalism in this group? You have four solid capitalistic societies (US, India, S. Korea, Japan) and two social democracies that have been leaning more free market lately (France, Germany) and one mystery (Indonesia). That's being generous. If you add that up you get seven out of the 20 that actually has a robust free market economy. I suspect that's too generous though as France, Germany and maybe the US are all in a leftward slant, limiting future free market applications.
Do you see what I'm getting at pseudo-anarchists? You complain that a group of people is hoarding the world's wealth at the expense of the people? You may have correctly identified the symptoms but you've misdiagnosed the disease. You're devil isn't Capitalism. Free market capitalism is the greatest wealth generating system the world has ever known creating higher standards of living for all classes. Your devil is the one entity that seeks to regulate and control capitalism for its own personal gain; Leftist Governments.
You've got all the right targets but you're sending them the wrong messages. Go get yourself some Starbucks, recharge and refocus on the real enemy.
also - retard olympics is the more aggresive cousin of burning man, see previous posts for more info.
(silver medalist - 2009 AP photo)
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AND NOT ONCE WAS THIS DESTRUCTIVE GROUP OF POLITICALLY ENGAGED NE'ER-DO-WELLS EVER REFERRED TO BY THE MSM AS A LIBERAL OR LEFTIST GROUP. JUST "ANTI-CAPITALISTS".
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