Thread: F**k the Troops

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Have we taken over Canada or Mexico? No.

Well considering American corporations dominate our economy, they have taken us over in a sense. They support our political campaigns, fund our media, control the products we are sold...

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Why do we consume so much of the world's resources? Because we can afford to. Our economic system is extremely effective.

Well this is really an A+ attitude. This is the reason rainforests will continue to be clear-cut, ecosystems destroyed, cheap labour in third worlds exploited, the air and water polluted, the oceans over-fished, and the land raped for its ores and oils. All because we can, and I quote, "afford" to live like this.

Our well-being and the reason we can live like this in the West is based on the exploitation of poor people around the world. Don't believe me? Look at all your clothes, shoes, appliances, etc. Look at the tags; any money it says "Made in Indonesia", or something a long those lines. Millions of people slaving away for a dollar a day so that people like you, sitting comfortably at your computer, can preach about how our system "works", and others don't. The Oil you burn in your car has been reaped from third worlds by fat rich white businessmen, oil that's been inherited equally by every human on this planet, then sold back to our fat-asses.

Is this your idea of sustainable behaviour? We CANNOT afford to live like this contrary to what you say. Not much longer, anyway.

The American empire will crash and burn like every other empire preceding it, and there is one good reason for it: It's not built to last.