{"id":814,"date":"2018-06-13T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ditext.com\/wordpress\/?p=814"},"modified":"2021-07-13T03:53:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T03:53:22","slug":"reaction-to-cameron-watt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ditext.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/13\/reaction-to-cameron-watt\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaction to Cameron Watt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone should watch the videos of Cameron Watt. Why? Because he is very clear in explaining and documenting the history of the United States&#8217; terrorist activities and the US support of various brutal regimes. And he is also very clear is explaining the nature of capitalism and of libertarian socialism (=anarchism).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NDmz9dTcfTw\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mrg-2I8rO5Q\" width=\"642\" height=\"391\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, there are three areas in which I have disagreements. The first is his opposition to Brexit. The only reason which I would have against Brexit is if this gives more power to the ruling classes of Great Britain &#8212; which it may do. Otherwise, I am for giving autonomy to smaller communities. For example, I am for the independence of Catalonia and the Basque region. I am for Kurdish and Palestinian independence. I am for ethnic groups seceding and forming their own communities. I am for a federated Europe, but not as it is now.<\/p>\n<p>The second area in which I find disagreement is over his stance on free migration. The fact of the matter is that people are not only very social &#8212; craving to be in the company of other human beings, but they are tribal. Like other animals, they have a herding instinct: as it is said, birds of a feather flock together. That is why there are national states with distinct languages.<\/p>\n<p>This tendency of people to group together is evident everywhere. I live in Chicago, and it is apparent that there is segregation of the city into various neighborhoods: Blacks, Mexicans, Chinese, Indians, Italians, Polish, Ukrainians, rich, poor.<\/p>\n<p>Striving for legal desegregation is for economic reasons. Living in a capitalistic economy, no one wants to be disadvantaged from a job, education, public transportation, a restaurant, a house, or a rental because of some bias.<\/p>\n<p>From a capitalist perspective, what is wanted is an atomized potential work force. The less people have in common, the less they are likely to form work unions. In addition, from a capitalist perspective, you want an ever increasing population by birth and by immigration. The flooding of Europe by migrations benefits capitalists, and that is why it is allowed; not for any humanitarian reason. The humanitarian thing to do would have been to prevent the conditions which caused the migrations in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The third area where I find &#8212; not disagreement &#8212; but a shortcoming with Cameron &#8212; is with the idea of worker-owned factories. This must be supplemented with a universal right to free subsistence land, and by a bottom-up government by councils &#8212; rather than by individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone should watch the videos of Cameron Watt. Why? Because he is very clear in explaining and documenting the history of the United States&#8217; terrorist activities and the US support of various brutal regimes. And he is also very clear is explaining the nature of capitalism and of libertarian socialism (=anarchism). 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