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I love how people try to blame Capitalism for the problems caused by Statism and Cronyism.

• king_jester 14y ago
  OK, I'll bite. How exactly is the state in fault here? Private businesses and farms in the agriculture and livestock industry cheap out on labor and labor practices on purposes to make extra profit. I am aware of federal and state subsidies for such businesses, but even without such subsidies you will see this kind of skimping on labor costs and facilities that encourage this kind of cruelty.
  • mseebach 14y ago
    Businesses pay for legislation, the state, represented by politicians, sell it. Repeat. Two sides, two villains. With no state to offer anti-terrorism protection to the industry, they'd have to sort their stuff out on the same terms as everyone else.
• VLM 14y ago
  Its a byproduct of the completed merger of corporation and state. If overall policy is to mix them together inseparably like coffee and creamer, you can't blame people for getting confused about the source of the bitter taste. (edited to add, and if they're perfectly merged, does it matter, after all, attacking one is by definition attacking the other?)