Writer's Block: Occupied

[xiphias]

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I didn't camp out, but I did drop off a six dozen hard-boiled eggs to Occupy Boston.

Because the OWS movement is the spearhead of a movement that at least offers the possibility of returning our country to greatness by creating an actual free market, not twisted by the Wall Street/corporate/Washington collusion which creates an oligarchy which twists capitalism into a form that is damaging to the societal fabric, instead of being a force that brings better lives to people. Which is what capitalism can be, when powerful forces don't control and twist it.

Comments

[dancing-kiralee.livejournal.com]

So this has to do with the evolution of langauge... because you're not using 'free market' in the sense that I've always heard it used... interesting.

Kiralee

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Adam Smith used the term "free market" to mean "one without monopolies or trusts, or restrictive government tariffs."

Since that time, people seem to have dropped out the first half of that concept.

[dancing-kiralee.livejournal.com]

That doesn't mean it isn't a case of language evolution... Adam Smith defined 'free markeet' one way, but the phrase has evolved in the suceeding centuries to mean something slightly different... now, political sloganism is moving it back towards it's original meaning.

That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but being pedantic, I'd prefer something more precise, although that often leaves me trying to invent new language for the specific concepts I want to articulate...

... in this case, that might be a good idea, but I think I'd want to do some fact checking with an economist first.

Kiralee