[VIDEO] Occupy Wall Street: Former Soviet Citizen Confronts Protesters About Socialism

Yeah, Publix is my concept of socialism: "You’ve probably heard it before. Publix is owned by its employees;" or, as Marx would have said, "the workers own the means of production."

It is has gotten annoying that people erroneously jump to the association that socialism is actually a cruel, authoritarian dictatorship … it seems that at this point the word has become similar to an inkblot test and what you imagine represents what is in your own soul, or mind, rather than any physical reality, (like Publix, or Sweden.) If you are filled with hate and violence, socialism represents N. Korea, or Soviet Communism; if you are filled with hope and co-operation, socialism represents Publix, or Sweden. ;->

Sorry, I couldn't finish watching the video; the guy with the camera was irritating the hell out of me. If you're going to take the time to criticize and record someone in an interview at least have the decency to let them speak. It was like listening to the creators of south park holding an interview - very annoying.

yeah similiar to Sweden where imigrants are not allowed to work and students on international placement are forced to work for free or free alcohol. Sounds like the jobs everyone should strive for! Ohhhhh btw, Sweds pay about 65% income tax (OUCHHHH!).

I personally enjoyed Sweden when I lived there, much more pleasant than Florida, where I live now. A friend of mine, from South Carolina, became a citizen of Sweden he lived there so long, and he then gained an EU passport when Sweden joined the EU. It appears from your seeds that you harbor great hatred for the President of these United States, among other things -- is there anywhere on Earth you would be pleasant and/or happy? What was your occupation when you lived in Sweden? I started my film career while living in Stockholm, which I continued in N.Y.C. when I returned to the U.S. [now I am in law school, evolving to another career… planning on applying to Publix ...]

@496624,

Everyone here knows the trolls' game now. You guys change your user names but not your numbers. Because that's how you get paid.

As for socialism, check out socialist Australia. Australian median wealth is 4 times that of Americans according to Credit Suisse. Yet they enjoy cradle to grave socialism including public health care, public housing, welfare in perpetuity, an enormous public sector workforce, and, oh yeah, high taxes. Their economy is booming, their corporations are micro-regulated, and their central bank is not privately owned.

Meanwhile America sinks further and further into has-been status. Its public infrastructure is in tatters, its government on both sides is corrupt, and a tiny clique of just 147 people control all of its wealth.

You don't like socialism, show us a working alternative.

well sweden would be the place for your grand envy of the socialist movement. I LOVE America, I hate the direction that we have moved under president Obama. I'd prefer a system like the one under president clinton (minus a few bills). However, as an American citizen i am so greatfully granted the constitutional right to critize my government, to evolve into a "better" society. It is a fact that Americans are worse off under this administration, therefore; i express my first amendment right and hope for real "change" in Washinton, which Obama has NOT done!

In Sweden i was on international studies, I was there for 6 months, and couldn't work for any monetary value. Of course it is much more pleasant than Florida, people know their "place" in life and expect nothing more. In America we use to believe in working hard for "nicer" things, now we are becoming an entitlement society.

As for a career, i've already ran down the road you're on now. I have a JD and MBA, I have been working as a business advisor. I'm one of few advisors out their telling companies to create demand, as we have a firm grip on supply side economics in this country, and we can actually create demand.

Any other attempts at belitting that you'd like answered?

@i'm God- PLZ tell me this "troll" game and how i can get payed for it. This has been my active accnt for over years years. Never has it been switch and yet another attempt at belittling that has failed!

As for Australia, where i have worked for over 5 years, they are less socialist then you seem to show. They actually have strong capitalist roots, they top tax is around (not a quote) 40%. There medical is payed for by everyone that works and if you do not work you can only get it for a certain amount of time, they also have a "payed" option were the money is not taken from your pay check and you pay for the care. Also, if you follow Australian markets (which obviously don't) their banks are directly regulated by one board (similiar to the FED) and if you follow ANZ shares they never brake $25 a share. I'd suggest knowing the functions of a country before attempting to link them, as i would not critize spain for their financial holding, b/c i know nothing about them!

Oh, and if you want to see the real 99%, rather than the yahoos in the video on this seed, check out their new TV advertisement. It tells you what they really want.

i've already ran down the road you're on now.

No, we each follow our own path.

… telling companies to create demand …

So you command corporations to create demand? Perhaps you are God.

@496624,

It's called astroturfing. If your current employer isn't paying you market rate for the propaganda attached to your number, just contact Philip Morris, Georgia Pacific, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, General Electric, American Forest & Paper Association, Chevron, Union Carbide, Procter & Gamble, American Chemical Society, American Plastics Council, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, WMX Technologies, Browning Ferris Industries or the Nuclear Energy Institute.

They'll make it worth your while!

And ... if you're not an astroturfer, you tell us, what does your user number actually mean? Why identify yourself as a number if you're not astroturfing?

Not trying to belittle you. Just asking you to tell the truth.

As for advising companies to create demand, pull the other one, it has bells on. The 147 control 37,000,000 companies. They're quite content with the way they do business. Why would they change their practices when they're getting rich even faster than the 99% are getting poor?

@i'm- LOL, the 99% that includes RICH film makers like mike moore who are OWS? How about the central bankers that make over 500k that have been reported there? The movement is silly! As for the name, I think i'll contact one of those companies! The numbers was a completely random set that it pushed in after SAM had already been taken.

@grey wolf- Your first mistake is to believe that no one has gone down the road you're on. If you look around your law school yuou will realize that other people are taking the same classes, the same concentration and the same state bar. It is the same path, with slightly different so called views (a grey suit vs a charcoal suite).

So you command corporations to create demand?

Another flaw, i did not say i can "command," but advising on strategic advertising, placement, markets, can create demand for certain product. Handing a person a 60 page report and allowing executives to create their own direction is not "commanding" in the least.

@496624,

In Australia medical is payed for by everyone that works and if you do not work you can only get it for a certain amount of time.

It's one thing to be a troll, another to just make stuff up. If you know nothing about Australia, just admit it. Or, better, just consult Wikipedia:

Medicare is Australia's publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia. Medicare is intended to provide affordable treatment by doctors and in public hospitals for all resident citizens and permanent residents except for those on Norfolk Island. Residents with a Medicare card can receive subsidised treatment from medical practitioners who have been issued a Medicare provider number, and fully subsidised ("free") treatment in public hospitals.

Medicare is available to Australians whether they are employed or not. It is paid via the Medicare Levy, a personal tax, nothing to do with payments by employers.

Australians can opt for private insurance to augment Medicare benefits. The Australian government has provided tax rebates and loadings to encourage them to do so. But there is no such thing as the "paid option" you describe.

As for the Reserve Bank of Australia, again from Wikipedia it's publicly owned where the US Federal Reserve is a private bank owned entirely by other private banks. The RBA Board is composed of six external members who are appointed by the Australian Treasurer for a period of five years. According to section 17(1) of the Australian Reserve Bank Act, members of the Board are not allowed to be a director, officer, or employee of an institution that is authorised to take in deposits.

If you can find any links to support the stories you're telling, kindly post them in reply. Otherwise just tell us how much you're being paid to post your fictions. We're kind of curious about how much a paid troll makes for astroturfing Newsvine.

I'm God

I considered his compositional abilities and I'd given up trying to converse logically or factually. I 'clicked' "Stop Tracking."

Also, if you follow Australian markets (which obviously don't) their banks are directly regulated by one board (similiar to the FED) and if you follow ANZ shares they never brake $25 a share.

ummmm lay off the wiki, as it just restates the same as i said (me lacking specific terms). I did not say EMPLOYERS payed, i'd like to see were i did. The tax does come out of your pay check, and they are given an "opt out" options, but to increase care only. the paid option is available, you are not "forced" into any aust program (although most pay into it).

Banks- again similiar to what i said, lacking specifics. I did say they are regulated by a "board," I did not say the specific "RBA board." The board however, does over see and regulate banks similar to the FED. The RBA board, recently mandated a complete bank overhaul and crunched banks finances as the australian markets start to slow with the slowing of China.

Again, i'm not paid, if you would like to provide me with a pay check i'll accept it! As for australia, it appears that i have more first hand knowledge of the functions, as you simply cut and paste wiki. However, since you seem to be excessively nit picky, next time i will use "proper" government "names."

@grey wolf- If that was your logic, god help you with law school, as you realated "advise" to "command." Very very logical!

@496624,

Failing to provide links to support your nonsense is sufficient for readers to disregard it.

@Grey Wolf,

I'm with you and will now stop feeding the troll.