Declaration of Romantic Intentions

On September 05 2008 00:39 Track wrote:
It's amazing to me that you wrote so much, yet said so precious little.

"deplorable capitalist monopoly"? I find it rather curious that you used this choice of words, and that you write(if country status on TL.net can be believed) from a country such as Australia. You state that the U.S. is forcing governments on people that they do not wish, and yet it is, as always, a statement made from a rather uninformed and naive person living in a relatively prosperous country.

I'm quite certain that the Kurds are damning America and wishing our immediate destruction, now that they have no Saddam Hussein to gas them and torture them.

It is the height of idiocy for you to defend these nation-states which make war upon the United States, an act which speaks of an incredible amount of stupidity and naivete on your part. Do you believe that these aforementioned nation-states would do anything else but impose their own will upon these people? If what the United States is doing, imposing its will upon a group of people, is wrong, then how is what these nation-states doing right? You cannot have it both ways.


Do not mistake my defense of US intentions abroad as zealotry, or as blind patriotism. Blind patriotism is nothing but an affront to liberty, and I of course do not sanction every action my country has done. We as a country have made mistakes in the past, and injustices have been incurred. However, it is the epitome of foolishness for you to come here blasting America and ignoring the faults of these, apparently righteous in your eyes, attackers(or defenders, depending on your viewpoint.)

I appreciate the libertarian concepts conveyed in your post, and agree with your later remarks wholeheartedly. Social and economic change is necessary. We need to enact a revolution of intelligence and intellectualism in the world. Only through intellectual awakening can the proletariat masses of the world be awakened to the various injustices visited upon them. However, I do not sanction your sweeping amounts of bullshit in regard to America. Mistakes and erroneous decision making aside, capitalism is the best economic system in the world. Opportunity cannot be given to everyone to succeed, it is the way of the world that some must be left behind for the greater good. We all close our eyes to this every day. We see homeless, we see children starving to death in third world countries.

But this is the world, ladies and gentlemen. Capitalism gives opportunity to excel, to become greater than your ancestors, to live up to your full potential. I do not deceive myself and state that there are not faults and injustices in the system, or that the system would not benefit from change, but rather do I embrace the capitalistic free market system, regardless of its faults, for it has allowed enormous leaps in discovery, in innovation, in development of industry. Observing other economic systems, and comparing their industrial development over a span of some years, the evidence is clear. Capitalist countries have a higher GNP(gross national product) and per capita income than those of socialism.

Anyhow, tangents aside, reply if you like and this debate can be commenced. Also, feel free to have as much pretentiousness and bullshit as you like, for I'm guilty of both in large quantities. :D

On September 06 2008 13:39 RST wrote:
Alright, here goes some attempt to explain further my intentions at writing the contents of this blog, because you all add interesting argument or debate to it, but I think partially have misinterpreted my statements about capitalism.

First of all, I address Track, and I wholeheartedly agree with his/her statements. I don't dislike America in as much as what it gives to the world through its right to intellectual freedoms and creativity. I do, however, find its government holistically wasteful and farcical due to its over indulgence to begin battles it refuses to win, outside and over the jurisdiction of the United Nations as if it has some "holier than thou" right to undermine a universal authority that it will push to disallow conflict when some other group decides to illegally conflict with another (America's push on Russia to ceasefire with Georgia seems hypocritical to me, although I do not want Georgia to be destroyed).

Regarding capitalism, I dislike the system in itself because I do not believe that we as human beings, despite the chance to grow in creativity and intellectual pursuits within this system, should be treated as mere consumers, or income for large corporations. Its mainly the stranglehold that large corporations have on government entities in a capitalist society that I dislike. I used to support communism, but for the reason that once again, human entities are only treated as one huge worker well in this system, and obviously the massive trust put into officials that inevitably leads to corruption and fascism, I see it as not the best alternative, however applauding its utopian ideals.

I also agree that I live in Australia, a prosperous ally to the US, and for me to make these statements is perhaps due to a certain naivety or blindness on my part, but by the selfsame token, you, a citizen of the US, may not entirely be in a position to see eye to eye with lesser nations. Australia is facing an increasing amount of debt and casualty from American politics and economy; the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US is beginning to cause recession and inflation in the Australian market. Australia is different to the United States. We have in place better health cover and support agencies, and our social rights, I think, are better.

In reading the paper and following the news (on the internet, TV news is bullshit), I, in my own point of view, can see that America has some sort of monopoly on resources and events in foreign countries. I'm only saying that they sometimes don't leave well enough alone.

I just want to remind everyone that I appreciate discussion, and sure, my opinions might be naive or I might be pretentious because I can make these statements living in a free and generally prosperous nation, but this is merely my view on events in the world. I'm definitely not saying their correct, but I feel disheartened and jaded regarding the world due to what I've seen. Most people in my country are blind to realism. They all just go "fuck Bush" without knowing why, or think they know everything that's going on in Tibet because some celebrity tells them. I'm frustrated by people not listening, so that's why I'm writing this thing.

I strongly believe in democracy. Democracy is the only system of Government that keeps stability and equality prevalent in society. I'd like to inform the readers that based on my knowledge capitalism is merely an economic system, whilst I can see the misinterpretation that it is equal in value to communism or fascism, both a dual Government/Economic system. I personally believe that democracy doesn't need to exist with capitalism, and vice versa (evidence is that China, whilst Governmentally Communist, is more and more a capitalist nation economically without giving away certain totalitarian ideals).



When I referred to nation-states, I was referring to more than just nations embroiled in conflict with United States and Coalition forces, but nations whose economies are resultant of changes in the American one. I don't support terrorists, I deplore them, and I don't see their actions as any form of righteousness. They try to make a statement by injuring civilians, many of these belonging to their own country. This is a base, disgusting act of cowardice. However, I find myself sympathising with dissenters to American sovereignty that are legitimate in nature. I'm also saying that personally I believe terrorist activities are only a by-product of American influence in the first place.

Anyways, I came here with the knowledge that my opinions wouldn't be all agreed upon, rather I implore discussion, but I think misinterpretation and mistake was made on my part and others, I hope I cleared this stuff up. They're only personal opinions, and I apologize for any distress or offence they might cause.

Last, but not least, commas are an excellent source of nutrition, and need to be included more in the English language.

On September 06 2008 00:48 fanatacist wrote:

... How old are you, if you don't mind my asking?

EDIT: Just turned 18... I pray there are not that many more of you when you are ready to vote...

On September 05 2008 01:31 Caller wrote:
i have no idea why you're mad at capitalism

capitalism hasn't existed in any form since the articles of confederation

you're talking about corporatism, i.e. facism, i.e. the united states, australia, canada, russia, china, etc.

socialism is simply facism, but the government is on top this time.