Comments on: Anarchy v. Totalitarian: The new right-left scale? http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/ The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment Tue, 21 May 2013 23:14:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224249 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:46:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224249 no, not at all, but that's not really what i was referring to. i too think people that work hard should get something back for that hard work. that is my key objection to our current economic system, which rewards the ownership of money far more than it rewards the value of work.  what happens in a commodity culture is that every aspect of our lives is converted into a monetary transaction, where something that used to be a social good has been pushed into the marketplace. a classic example is moms leaving the home where they care for their kids, now the moms enter into the workplace, their kids go to daycare and organizations get paid to provide activities while the parents are busy working. there is more economic activity but an aspect of our society has been destroyed.  another example. many working people are so busy trying to make enough money to live that they no longer grow their own food, cook their own meals, and repair their own clothes and homes. Now they buy prepackaged food, buy new things when they break, and hire people to fix things. there is more economic activity but we have all become more dependent and less self-sufficient.  this is all the result of making everything into a commodity. this is a direct consequence of the need to keep growing the economy. but what happens when we can no longer keep growing because we have run out of things to convert to commodities: natural resources, social interactions, etc? no, not at all, but that’s not really what i was referring to. i too think people that work hard should get something back for that hard work. that is my key objection to our current economic system, which rewards the ownership of money far more than it rewards the value of work. 

what happens in a commodity culture is that every aspect of our lives is converted into a monetary transaction, where something that used to be a social good has been pushed into the marketplace. a classic example is moms leaving the home where they care for their kids, now the moms enter into the workplace, their kids go to daycare and organizations get paid to provide activities while the parents are busy working. there is more economic activity but an aspect of our society has been destroyed. 

another example. many working people are so busy trying to make enough money to live that they no longer grow their own food, cook their own meals, and repair their own clothes and homes. Now they buy prepackaged food, buy new things when they break, and hire people to fix things. there is more economic activity but we have all become more dependent and less self-sufficient. 

this is all the result of making everything into a commodity. this is a direct consequence of the need to keep growing the economy. but what happens when we can no longer keep growing because we have run out of things to convert to commodities: natural resources, social interactions, etc?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224040 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:42:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224040 Of course you're correct, But I feel so sorry or is it empathy if you will, for people like him. Either he truly believes what he posts or is paid to do so. In either case, people like him will be first to feel what's coming down. Suffering of any kind, by anyone is disturbing to me. I will try not to feed the trolls though, But I can't promise I won't. Of course you’re correct, But I feel so sorry or is it empathy if you will, for people like him. Either he truly believes what he posts or is paid to do so. In either case, people like him will be first to feel what’s coming down. Suffering of any kind, by anyone is disturbing to me.
I will try not to feed the trolls though, But I can’t promise I won’t.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224035 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:34:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224035 Sabes the word Republic? Sabes the word Republic?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224034 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:33:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224034 Both parties need some splaining to do. Lucy, I'm home! Both parties need some splaining to do. Lucy, I’m home!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224032 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:28:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224032 In order to become a tyrannical government, all the players must be on board. Notice how quiet congress is.....can you hear the crickets? Then there's the media; Sure there are some doing actual reporting, but the majority are not. Fast and Furious/Benghazi immediately come to mind. If the media is more afraid of the government than the other way around, we need to be concerned; Everyone who respects the Constitution and the freedoms it provides needs to pay attention. That's unless you are on board with, call it what ever you want, whether it's communism/socialism/Marxism......if it's an ism that you want, You're in the wrong country! In order to become a tyrannical government, all the players must be on board. Notice how quiet congress is…..can you hear the crickets? Then there’s the media; Sure there are some doing actual reporting, but the majority are not. Fast and Furious/Benghazi immediately come to mind.

If the media is more afraid of the government than the other way around, we need to be concerned; Everyone who respects the Constitution and the freedoms it provides needs to pay attention. That’s unless you are on board with, call it what ever you want, whether it’s communism/socialism/Marxism……if it’s an ism that you want, You’re in the wrong country!

]]> By: jen http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224030 jen Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:23:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224030 Glenn isn't entirely right there.  Rubio is a hardcore establishment insider like McCain.  You've seen Dick Cheney praising and loving of Rubio recently, and calling him a first class asset, while he and estab were fighting Rand in the senate race. Paul Ryan is nothing but a pretty, useful idiot that acts well and has avg intelligence.  You can mold him to be anything.  While he is not an insider, Ryan belongs entirely to them.  So, you can count him out. Left are Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and a few others like Mike Lee - that is about it.  They all need to leave gop and start 3rd party and I tell you much of the repub base will follow them along with dems disillusioned with Obama. Cruz is brilliant in seeing the need for 3rd party - apparently, he can't or hasn't talked to Rand about this. Glenn isn’t entirely right there.  Rubio is a hardcore establishment insider like McCain.  You’ve seen Dick Cheney praising and loving of Rubio recently, and calling him a first class asset, while he and estab were fighting Rand in the senate race.

Paul Ryan is nothing but a pretty, useful idiot that acts well and has avg intelligence.  You can mold him to be anything.  While he is not an insider, Ryan belongs entirely to them.  So, you can count him out.

Left are Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and a few others like Mike Lee – that is about it.  They all need to leave gop and start 3rd party and I tell you much of the repub base will follow them along with dems disillusioned with Obama.

Cruz is brilliant in seeing the need for 3rd party – apparently, he can’t or hasn’t talked to Rand about this.

]]> By: Edie Grant http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-224004 Edie Grant Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:44:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-224004 I think you may have to move Rand over a bit. One of my many concerns with Hagel is his attitude towards Israel combined with the administration's use of the "responsibility to protect" doctrine. As a constituent of Rand Paul, I emailed him about this the day before the vote. Very disappointed and his statements so far don't seem to ring true. We'll see tomorrow what he has to say to justify his vote. I think you may have to move Rand over a bit. One of my many concerns with Hagel is his attitude towards Israel combined with the administration’s use of the “responsibility to protect” doctrine. As a constituent of Rand Paul, I emailed him about this the day before the vote. Very disappointed and his statements so far don’t seem to ring true. We’ll see tomorrow what he has to say to justify his vote.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-223986 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:57:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-223986 I'm throwing out names like fascist and communist? Are you insane? That's all Beck and you guys do. I’m throwing out names like fascist and communist? Are you insane? That’s all Beck and you guys do.

]]> By: Bonnie Somer http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-223965 Bonnie Somer Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:35:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-223965 what i find worse of all is that it is us WE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE GOVT NOT OBAMA OR ANY ONE OF THOSE O/NUTS AND COMMIES.  US WE WE THE PEOPLE AND DO NOT FORGET THAT THE ONES WHO VOTED OBAMA BK IN WANT NO FREEDOM FINE SO MOVE TO CUBA OR N. KOREA OR RUSSIA OR MYANMAR OR CHINA OR ANY ONE OF THOSE NATIONS LEAVE MINE ALONE AND GREECE BY THE WAY OBAMA CAN GO THERE ITS BIG GOVT ENTITLEMENT IS WHAT HE WANTS GOOD BYE what i find worse of all is that it is us WE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE GOVT NOT OBAMA OR ANY ONE OF THOSE O/NUTS AND COMMIES.  US WE WE THE PEOPLE AND DO NOT FORGET THAT THE ONES WHO VOTED OBAMA BK IN WANT NO FREEDOM FINE SO MOVE TO CUBA OR N. KOREA OR RUSSIA OR MYANMAR OR CHINA OR ANY ONE OF THOSE NATIONS LEAVE MINE ALONE AND GREECE BY THE WAY OBAMA CAN GO THERE ITS BIG GOVT ENTITLEMENT IS WHAT HE WANTS GOOD BYE

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/26/anarchy-v-totalitarian-the-new-right-left-scale/#comment-223917 Anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:18:00 +0000 /?p=43826#comment-223917 very well put very well put

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