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old man 76

(228 posts)
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 03:11 PM Aug 2015

Bic Lighters and People

I have watched, read and listened to the Republican presidential hopefuls for a month or two. The only conclusion I have reached is freewheeling capitalism. Dump all social programs. End all rules and regulations that might inconvenience businesses regardless of the consequences. Wage war anywhere in the world where money is too be made. The common person is no more valuable than a Bic lighter. Get whatever you can out of them then toss them in the garbage.

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Bic Lighters and People (Original Post) old man 76 Aug 2015 OP
That's about the size of it. silverweb Aug 2015 #1
the inevitability of a "throw-away" society handmade34 Aug 2015 #2

handmade34

(22,925 posts)
2. the inevitability of a "throw-away" society
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 03:29 PM
Aug 2015
"Unchecked supercapitalism produces waste as inevitably as it produces inequality, job insecurity, loss of community and so on…."


http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/08/waste-supercapitalism-policy
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