Reddit reviews Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern (Kersplebedeb)

http://www.kulturemedia.org/

I want to give you this example and you can see the parallels today.

 

1. China was rich around the 1800's. They wanted nothing from the West. The West waged two wars and forced them to become drug addicts. They were stereotyped as godless heathens, savages, etc. Today, the West's wars were framed as fighting to "defend free trade" against greedy and unfair Chinese.
   
   
2. Chinese, who fled semi colonized China become coolies who built up businesses in America were plundered of everything and many were killed off because the Chinese were "vicious, greedy and exploiting poor honest white people" https://i.imgur.com/tyFQ5oY.jpg.
   
   
3. China is rich again. America and the West claims China isn't playing fair and stealing and in Trump's words, "raping America".
   
    
   
   So, yes, propaganda is real and it is effective. It's not conspiracy. When I say whites cannot be trusted people think I'm nuts too, but I just gave you three examples of things that happened to just one nation.
   
    
   
   It is pervasive. They do control a lot of the media and they fill it with lies
   
    
   
   Also, whites are even more full of shit than most ever imagined. Look at all that fair trade in the "rules based order".
   
   http://www.amazon.com/War-Racket-Antiwar-Americas-Decorated/dp/0922915865/
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081/
   
   http://www.amazon.com/Overthrow-Americas-Century-Regime-Change/dp/0805082409/
   
   https://i.imgur.com/OMawpLS.jpg
   
   https://www.amazon.com/Settlers-Mythology-Proletariat-Mayflower-Kersplebedeb/dp/1629630373/
   
   https://www.amazon.com/Half-Has-Never-Been-Told/dp/046500296X

For $17 bucks yep. Or free on Kindle.

https://www.amazon.com/Settlers-Mythology-Proletariat-Mayflower-Kersplebedeb/dp/1629630373

No

The other works suggested here are very good, but the only real answer to this question is Settlers. It completely changed the way I viewed the world.

> I would argue that the most successful cultures that we have currently are powered by a blend of capitalism and socialism,

OK, you're welcome to have such an opinion.

>and they consistently provide high quality of life, education and freedom to their citizens.

You are right that their citizens enjoy many benefits and privileges. But those benefits and privileges are created at the expense of people elsewhere, specifically what's referred to as the "Global South". That's how imperialism works.

It's not equitable for everybody because capitalism requires inequality to function. The very essence of capitalism, profit, is dependent on inequality between the workers (who are dispossessed) and the capitalists (who possess the means of production). With imperialism, you see this balance shifting more from the intranational scale to the international scale -- there are countries where vast swaths of people are exploited for the benefit of other countries.

Look at countries like Liberia, Zimbabwe, Cote d'Ivoire, Thailand, Bangladesh, Honduras, etc. The exploitation is blindingly obvious, especially when you consider the colonial history of these places.

>Bad mouthing capitalism because corporate controlled US capitalism is doing horrible things currently does not make any sense.

It's not just the USA. It's all capitalism, everywhere.

Check out "Divided World Divided Class" by Zak Cope and Sakai's "Settlers".