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Scaring people into sending them money. That is all they are about. oldhippydude Dec 2012 #1

It's all part of the disaster capitalism mindset... RevStPatrick Dec 2012 #2

Everything has been reduced to an avenue for making $ DirkGently Dec 2012 #3

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)

1. Scaring people into sending them money. That is all they are about.

Reply to devilgrrl (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 04:34 PM

Dec 2012

just like the churches... mostly the same crowd

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)

2. It's all part of the disaster capitalism mindset...

Reply to devilgrrl (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:20 PM

Dec 2012

...that has taken over our society.
We really need to do something about it.
And really, the only and simple thing to do is to expose and shun.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)

3. Everything has been reduced to an avenue for making $

Reply to RevStPatrick (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:27 PM

Dec 2012

The culture has been dumbed down by this Ayn Randian idiocy where everything is valued based on its profit potential. That's why they're coming for the schools, the prisons, the military. There's an ideological denial of any value that doesn't translate into corporate profits.

It's a question of what we're actually trying to achieve as a society. The potential for a few to accumulate ludicrous wealth, or a sustainable, improving civilization?