"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl Capitalism is, or is soon to become a dying economic practice (system). The reasons are certainly many, complex, and interconnected. But the primary reason is that capitalism, particularly in the USA, has become entirely focused on increased productivity to maximize profits and increase shareholder's stake, ie increase the wealth of individual shareholders. Which means in truth, as well as in straight talk, to insure that the real (and obscene) wealth is funneled to and concentrated in the top 1 or 2 percent of the nation. When self interest becomes the driving force behind every decision, and selfishness essentially becomes a "virtue" as it is with folks like Trump, then the footing on which a society stands on begins to crumble. Which is precisely the situation America is finding itself in today. In these pr
Trump, who by some standards is the poster boy for 'pay to play', quickly donated big cash to the attorney
ReplyDeletegenerals of Florida and Texas, who dropped their cases against the Trump University investigation. While the press and the McCarthyite GOP continue to put the screws to the Clinton Foundation, they are silent about the 'businessman' who publically bragged. "“I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them, and they are there for me”. He complains about the press, but IMO the press has bent over backwards to give him a free ride.