2016-07-27
26 分钟Hello,
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So let's start out the episode today with a thought experiment.
Hypothetical situation.
By the way, if you're not a capitalist, switch up the thought experiment accordingly.
Hypothetical situation.
Let's say that Obama's grand secret plan that he's been cooking up for the last eight years that we're all waiting for.
Let's say it finally comes to fruition.
Let's say he imposes martial law.
Finally.
Military presence on every street corner.
We will henceforth refer to him as King Obama.
I believe he's earned it.
He implements some sort of communist style system.
The notion of private property goes out the window.
The means of production are controlled by the state now.
And he creates hundreds of these forced labor camps where people toil away all day being entirely exploited for their labor by a small handful of people in the upper echelons of government.
Now, being a proponent of capitalism, like me, Stephen West capitalist,