victims of capitalism

they recently inaugurated a new memorial somewhere in dc for the victims of communism. in doing so, of course, there is a lot of fist pumping chest thumping go go capitalism and democracy going on. http://www.victimsofcommunism.org/history_communism.php

now without in any way diminishing the evil shit that has happened, i feel that they may be ignoring a few of the blemishes on the beautfiul rostra de capitalismo.

so i compile a rough and completely unpremeditated collection here.

slaves - hundreds of millions, civilizations decimated
indigenous peoples - aborigines, native americans, maybe half a million?
trade union leaders, preachers, and others working on real development - who knows
people imprisoned, tortured, or murdered by `friendly´regimes supporting this war against communism - who the fuck knows but a whole lot
peasants and farmers who have died fightiing against oppressive governments or who have been laid to waste thanks to neoliberal econmic policies - a whole fuck of a lot

so i guess its about even

too much

coffee, tea, and chinese food.

lazy eyes

recently i have started looking at any new material good, and visualizing it as how it would look if i was looking at it 20 years from now, like a 1970s basketball game with short the shorts. its suddenly become almost impossible to look at things any other way.