tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post2726399523694602097..comments2023-10-25T08:46:20.242-05:00Comments on The Distributist Review: Hudge and Gudge Watch: Big Business squashes your rightsJohn Médaillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16463267750952578888noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-37979445332759208962010-03-12T00:49:44.802-06:002010-03-12T00:49:44.802-06:00Well really they are so intertwined, one can go on...Well really they are so intertwined, one can go on and say that the big banks rely on the state for instance to create successful outlets for their massively overaccumulated capital and the intervention that created the accumulation to begin with, that they are almost inseparable.<br /><br />I agree with you about local banks.Westcountrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604565103836807803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-16324429376402001022010-03-11T00:18:08.430-06:002010-03-11T00:18:08.430-06:00I'd have to say that although the corporations...<em>I'd have to say that although the corporations have massive control over the gov't, it is ultimately big business who relies on the state to a more complete degree than vice versa.</em><br /><br />To a point. For instance we see this with Philip Morris (to keep on the smoking theme) which happily joined with the government for the SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program which ridiculously raised taxes) because the government agreed to tax roll your own tobacco 736%. You will see business relying on government intervention to make certain they don't really have to face real competition, or to make sure they do not have to adapt and change like businesses in the middle ages had to. <br /><br />Nevertheless, even if it is so it is the government that relies on big banking. <br /><br />Now my general opinion of banks is that they are the spawn of satan, but they do not have to be. A local bank which makes productive loans can in fact put capital into the community rather than suck it out. <br /><br />The banking system as a whole sucks the life out of the community and fills their own coffers, forcing governments to sponsor their activities under pain of no more investment or covering deficits.Athanasiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857043218277004727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-63044011998911560662010-03-10T10:06:28.884-06:002010-03-10T10:06:28.884-06:00sorry on mis-spellings, was typing fast and angry ...sorry on mis-spellings, was typing fast and angry just got premium notices...Chris Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330217544238982513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-23882213585567202152010-03-07T20:55:22.414-06:002010-03-07T20:55:22.414-06:00Oh I Third that emotion. Very nice blog post indee...Oh I Third that emotion. Very nice blog post indeed. I really enjoyed reading.PRMhttp://www.channeltivity.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-41412418270746837152010-03-05T13:54:13.101-06:002010-03-05T13:54:13.101-06:00Mr. Campbell,
Good point. I like to call this phe...Mr. Campbell,<br /><br />Good point. I like to call this phenomenon the rise of "hygienic morality." Hygienic morality is based on how physically healthy one is and materially successful one is. It is a natural outgrowth of a materialistic society, where most people live like practical atheists, even if they claim to be religious or spiritual. <br /><br />The really bizarre thing is that you would perhaps expect people to be happier under such a system of morality since they don't have to do all the hard things required by Christianity but actually, instead of a party, life is more and more like a monstrous treadmill of stress and unhappiness. <br /><br />Oddly enough, I think the Catholic worldview allows people more real fun than the supposedly liberating worldview of the secular moderns.Mr. Piccolonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-49496994613903762422010-03-05T08:43:03.492-06:002010-03-05T08:43:03.492-06:00well, with no raises or cost of living, my plan to...well, with no raises or cost of living, my plan to cover teh wife just went oup about $50-70 a month and anyone that is a smoker automatically gets reduced fro mteh 80/20 plan to the 70/30 plan.After another yrs, same thing for those with a certain BMI or better.....but never to worry, "family planning" is stil lcovered and a separate Medicaid program just for that is in effect for males and females that covers just that!<br /><br />These days, smoking and obesity are sinful, serving Molech is apparently not.....Chris Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330217544238982513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-73235380868927999012010-03-05T03:17:43.371-06:002010-03-05T03:17:43.371-06:00You'll get no objection from me when you attac...You'll get no objection from me when you attack big business(as long as it is done truthfully and tastfully of course.). However it is always worthwhile to remember that Hudge and Gudge, who have always been inseperable(see Kevin Carson's excellent historical work.), are now so intertwined as to be almost indistinguishable. The only question is who is the senior partner.<br /><br /> I'd have to say that although the corporations have massive control over the gov't, it is ultimately big business who relies on the state to a more complete degree than vice versa. <br /><br />Obviously I don't for a moment think this lets big business off, it is after the state the single biggest anti-Christian and anti-social force in modern society.Westcountrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604565103836807803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-66747858925424445602010-03-03T17:25:16.083-06:002010-03-03T17:25:16.083-06:00"How has big business gotten this power might..."How has big business gotten this power might you ask? Gas prices. Not from the gas prices, but rather the gas prices show us how they have gotten a strangle hold on us. We can't afford to lose our jobs, particularly in a volatile economy, and we can't afford to not work. This is why when gas prices went over $4 people continued to buy, although other sectors of the economy weakened, not because people are addicted to oil, but because without it we can't get to work, and end up living in the street."<br /><br />Also, big businesses (developers, big auto, big oil) have spent the last 40 years convincing towns to set up zoning laws making it impossible to develop walkable communities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608702.post-26567131830344608232010-03-03T12:57:47.790-06:002010-03-03T12:57:47.790-06:00Excellent post. I would probably say that, for mos...Excellent post. I would probably say that, for most Americans, in their everyday lives, they experience more tyranny in their workplace than from their government. What is also problematic is that we have fewer legal rights against private actors than we do against public actors because the Constitution only applies directly to state action and not private action, with some exceptions.Mr. Piccolonoreply@blogger.com