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Capitalism or Socialism, exploitation is certain.

The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of BENEFITS. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of MISERIES. The terms Capitalism , Communism and Socialism are used frequently by the elites and the media. Yet the average person has only a vague idea what exactly they mean. Majority of Capital (assets that can be used to enhance economic power) was, is, and will always be controlled by a small minority of people in every society.  Called Capitalists this group always decide  how the country and economy will run.  Capitalists belong to no country, society, religion or ism. At heart they all have only one God called 'Wealth and Power' and one religion called 'Profit and Privilege'. For the sake of enhancing their power and wealth capitalists indulge in anything and everything if they can get away with it nothing is taboo. Unrestrained capitalism has led to wars, invasions, holoca usts slavery, colonisation etc. The...

You are the product

My nephew Karan and I recently debated over various economic and political matters one evening. I asked him how he was convinced that what he said was correct. He replied that he read and saw it in the media, and therefore they were 'facts'. Foolishly we believe we are consumers and therefore we are being served with facts. Nothing can be further from the truth. ___________________________________ By whatever affiliation, all the major media players are large companies, owned and interlinked with even larger business groups. Like other companies, they sell a product to a market. The market is advertisers - that is, other businesses. The product is audiences. The elitist media decides the basic agenda who and what must be promoted and which others must adapt. So we have major corporations selling their ideas to other businesses. Not surprisingly the picture of the world presented reflects the narrow and biased interests and values of the sellers, which ...