Time Out.

[Zack Morris]

So I'm sitting here writting a paper about Karl Marx for my college class. But It's not coming along to well, all I can think about is Kelly Kepowski.




Time in.

[Wavelength]

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Name one of the Marx Brothers.

...Karl.

[The Do-Do]

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Groucho

[Barrett's ****ing d20]

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You rolled a 14.

You respond "Harpo."

...What the hell am I doin' postin' here? I gotta' go save Tifa. @#%$.

[Zack Morris]

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The thing I thought most about the while reading the communist manifesto was how Marx described Capitalism. Never before had I ever thought of what capitalism really is, never had I thought about it the way Marx describes it. Marx divides capitalism into two groups, bourgeoisie and the proletarians. Then goes on to elaborate just how much power the bourgeoisie truly have, this is where I began to realize the extent of there power and how it’s exactly like our country today.
Capitalists own raw materials, factories, machines, markets, and the workers. Now it seems to me that capitalists almost entirely control the market. So how is it that anyone can work there way up from working class to be one of these capitalists, the idea seems absurd. In fact it is in the capitalist’s best interest for you not to succeed. Because the capitalists need the workers to continue working, in Capitalism very few are allowed on top, this is the only way the system will keep in balance. The American Dream is the very idea that anyone can come into this country and with a hard work and commitment can accomplish anything, but Capitalism does not allow that.
Marx also talks about the four ways capitalism alienates us. It alienates us from what we produce because the value of what I produce is not determined by me, but rather by the people that own me. I’m alienated from my work, because my most productive hours of the day are spent working for someone else. I’m alienated from my self, because I never get to do what I want to do. All my time is spent on others. And finally I am alienates from others, capitalism is competitive in nature, to get what I want I have to take it from others.
So how can capitalism be as good of a market system as I have been accepting it as? A better question is why have I never really sat down and thought about these things before, why do I just assume it must be good because it is the way of my country? And something else I never thought about until now, what’s so bad about communism anyway? Seems like it would work better.

[Skeletor]

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Stop that nonsense.

[Obama's Magical Mayo]

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Barack tried to pull that time out **** on me. I didn't listen.

Tomorrow's headline: Hillary underfire for black face stunt on Halloween.

Now that's what I call a sticky situation.

[Generic Zombie]

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