Well, that’s why I love this message board; jerks like Chumpsky can come in here and lecture us on their personal mindset until our eyes bleed, but we still have the right to ask questions and call ‘bullshit’ when bullshit has been spoken.
Chump, for some reason you don’t seem to get that most of the people you talk down to here, to varying degrees work successfully within, and benefit directly from, the system you want to bring down. With that as a given, you’d better be prepared to come up with some pretty good explanations as to what, specifically, must be done to change it and why; more importantly, you’d better be able to clearly explain what’s in it for us. Slogans and vaque handwaving about greater democracy (through socialism? Since when is socialism synonymous with democracy?) are not specifics; dodging questions that you find uncomfortable (you ever going to answer those Venezuelans?) does not build credibility.
Furthermore, I submit that haranguing people endlessly about what shits they are for supporting the capitalist state is unlikely to make most people here warm to your views. By the same token, refusing to reveal anything at all about yourself is not an effective strategy for building trust and credibility. Put yourself in our position: who the bloody hell ARE you, anyway? Why should put any stock in the statements of someone who, when asked what he does for a living, sneers “fluffer”? Well, fuck you too, chief. Why should anyone listen to you, especially when you show little or no sign of listening to us?
Thus, finally, you’d better be willing to at least listen to opposing views, and to try harder to restrain your instinct to spew contempt for every little thing you disagree with. You aren’t an expert on everything; hell, since we know nothing about you at all (and that is your choice, remember), as far as we know you are not an expert on anything. When I read what you have to say about the status of corporations, then read a response from an attorney such Dewey, Cheatem Undhow, who am I more likely to believe?
As I and others have stated in previous threads, you have some interesting and sometimes provocative things to say. Unfortunately, your clear contempt for your audience, and your persistent inability to admit that some of the ‘facts’ on which you base your views might be wrong, completely destroy any credibility you might have built up during your time here.