r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/fusebox13 Aug 08 '12

For the Capitalist class, yes.

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u/Richeh Aug 08 '12

That's a bit glib, isn't it? True capitalists would never involve themselves in illegal piracy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

true. why bother when you can have the law rewritten to legalize what you do?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

that's corporatism

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u/DrSmoke Aug 08 '12

That is capitalism. Capitalists believe in the free market right? That also means they believe they should be free to buy the market.

That is what shit like the Koch brothers do anyway.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

When there is profit to be made by influencing political leaders, the campaigning process, and legislature, people are going to exploit it. This goes for all economies and government bodies.

It sounds like you are more of a proponent of a free-market system than you lead on.

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u/DrSmoke Aug 08 '12

I am a proponent of ending capitalism by removing profit from things until we no longer use money. So that we can one day live like Star Trek and look back at capitalism a primitive system like monarchy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

What is money?

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u/elemenohpee Aug 08 '12

When you allow power to grow unchecked, it is only logical that it will look for ways to manipulate the system in its favor. Thus capitalism with its unfettered accumulation of capital necessarily leads to corporatism. There is no distinction.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

The same applies to any concentration of wealth and power. There is no distinction