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FROM MY CORNER: Socialism or Capitalism?

Howell Hurst 2024 Presidential Election, American News, Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Economy & Finance, Education, Humans, People Politics

Phase (4) Four  What does Socialism mean to you? And Capitalism? What do you mean by that? Neither term any longer has meaning. Both are “non-concepts,” words meaning so many different things to so many different people that they have become worthless. Each is used by people so inarticulate they can’t describe what they mean… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: Priority, Affordable Housing

Howell Hurst 2024 Presidential Election, American News, Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Economy & Finance, Homelessness, People Politics, Poverty

Phase (3) Three: While we, through citizen ownership of the military/industrial complex, hold them accountable for every penny of the $$Trillions they tax us for defense; while we require all corporations share ownership and management with employees – let us also require government sell enough of its property to provide long-term mortgages to the bottom… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER:A Footnote to History

Howell Hurst Climate & Environment, Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Defense Spending, Economy & Finance, Homelessness, Humans, People Politics, Poverty, Putin, Refugees, Ukraine, War and Organized Mayhem, Women's Issues

As an extremely minor figure in America’s “blogging” community, not affiliated with any mainstream media institution, I do not spend time worrying about our media not publishing my writing. Mainstream media, dominated by media moguls’ gigantic multinational corporations, are so focused on their advertising goals that they have little time to notice what critical dissenters… continue reading »

FROM MY CORNER: A Rational Perspective

Howell Hurst Consumerism, Corporate Avarice, Economy & Finance, Poverty

How Americans habitually ignore the fact that 20% of their fellow citizens remain desperately poor, poorly educated, frequently homeless, barely hanging onto life in this immensely rich land never ceases to astound me. Giant American Corporations sit on trillions of dollars of accumulated profits, commonly stored in offshore tax havens and the U.S. government hoards… continue reading »