We had Ms. Sven's 97-year-old aunt over for dinner the other night. We sent much of the four-hour evening talking about her early life. "Back in the day", she and her husband worked from sun-up to sun-down, six days per week. Washing clothes took nearly a full day. They made their own butter, ice cream, bacon, etc., etc. Farm work was done with animals. It was incredibly hard work. Vacation? Not in their vocabulary. The capitalist society that we have has made huge strides forward for the average person. There are very, very few people today (in the USA and Canada) who live and work like Ms. Sven's aunt, and millions like her, had to work in order to survive.
Yet, some people (the eleutherophobics of the world) want everyone to be a [b][i][u]slave[/u] to equality[/b][/i]. You will take what the government gives you. If you don't like what the CBC broadcasts, you can complain and, as (I think) unionist said, nothing will come of it but you'll "feel better" about it!! Do Canadians really need the CBC to have diversity of opinion? I don't think so. What is rabble.ca if not "choice"? Diversity of options and choice is a great thing for media (and the government does nothing to foster that by having the CBC as a crown corporation). If the CBC disappeared today, rabble.ca and thousands of other media sources would continue to flourish just fine, thank you very much.
And, choice should not be limited to media and ideas. But, turn everything over to the government, as some advocate, and you'll get a steady stream of shit products and services, if they are available at all. Capitalism means choice.
I'll take the freedom I have to slavery in equality any day.
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[b]Eleutherophobics of the World...Unite!!![/b]