[G. Adams]

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (castille,)
What is ironic about corporations is that the shareholders are the normal people, and in many cases, the workers.

Strange isn't it? The public are demanding profits from corporations, and thus are supporting their own "exploitation". Even workers of the corporation do the same (as many company structures allow workers to purchase shares on better conditions).


As far as I can see, there are more youth Communists than youth capitalists. Youth do not want to hear about economic figures, they want to hear things like "Globalisation sucks!" "Corporations exploit!" and "Death to Amerika!". My university sees at least one pro-Communist protest once a week. Most of them are well-off middle class academic students.


I watched a TV news report where one of the teenagers at an anti-globalisation protest was wearing Nike t-shirt, and nike shoes. The reporter asked "So what do you think globalisation is?", and the teen answered "I dont know, but its bad!".


Its all about emotion. My dad used to be a Red Guard, and he still can't remember why he joined. He did remember that it was very emotional, getting youth to an almost hysterical mania. Red books were waved, flags were waved, books were burnt, capitalism was attacked, and Western concepts were destroyed. Today, he just sighs, and wishes he'd just ignored the whole affair.


Unfortunately I can't give any good translations of Chinese Communist mottos (it wouldnt convey the emotion you'd feel). Thre was one that ran like "Red is the only way, don't betray the people by capitalism!" (in Chinese, its quite catchy).<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

You should come to my university. I'm surrounded by Tories in my political sociology. at least my lecturer writes for the weekly worker, but other than that I am politically alone in that bit of the course.