(I wrote this a while ago and forgot to post it.  Whoops.)

I was recently on a website called campaignbadges.co.uk, which I guess sells pins with political messages on them, mostly leftist opinions such as "stop war", "free Palestine", and of course that asshole Che Guevara.  However, one of these pins struck me as so idiotic that it makes my head spin.  It says "CAPITALISM ISN'T WORKING" with a picture of a long line of people at the unemployment office.

First of all, let's address the pure idiocy of pins which say "CAPITALISM ISN'T WORKING" being produced by a privately owned company, traded to people in exchange for money, with the intentions of making a profit (presumably, I highly doubt that this is a non-profit organization).  In case you're not quite with it, this website is a prime example of capitalism in motion. 

Now, I realize that the point of the website is to provide people with an opportunity to display what they believe in, but if someone strongly believed that capitalism was a futile, horrible system, wouldn't it make much more sense for him (or her, because I'm not one of those awful sexist bastard pieces of shit) to make his or her (there it is again!) own pins rather than giving money to some awful company whose only intent is clearly pure evil? 

I think there are either two possibilities here.  The owners of the website are either A. stupid, or B. smart businessmen who have figured out a way to take advantage of trendy morons who think that liberalism and Barack Obama are cool, but in reality have no idea what the fuck they stand for, which is why they would buy an anti-capitalism pin from a fucking capitalist website.

Enough about the morons buying this shit, though.  I just realized that "this" is an anagram of "shit".  Cool beans!  Anyway, now let's talk about the actual phrase itself.  "CAPITALISM ISN'T WORKING".  My response:  Yes it is.  Remember that in the mid to late 20th century, communism was threatening the U.S. system of free market trade.  Later in this period under Leonid Brezhnev, the economy of the Soviet Union was doing poorly.  This time period, refered to as the Brezhnev Stagnation, led to economic reforms and eventually the fall of the USSR.  Now, any idea why this happened?  I've got one:  BECAUSE COMMUNISM FUCKING SUCKS.

Meanwhile, capitalism has existed in the United States for over 200 years and has been fine.  Of course, who knows how long that's going to last, since our wonderful democrat run government has been rewarding companies for poor business decisions and trying to get rid of privatized health care companies.  Meanwhile, unemployment rates have been going up tremendously.  Coincidence?  I don't think so.  Herein lies one of the main problems our capitalist system is having:  The government keeps trying to fuck with it!

Michael Vick got reinstated into the NFL today.  What shit that is.  He fucked up.  If any real person got caught running a dog fighting operation, he'd be out on his ass, but not Michael Vick, no.  He's the star QB for the New England Butts, and he's shown sincere remorse, so he has our full support.  I'm fucking tired of these athlete shitfucks raping people and snorting lines of coke off of a hooker's ass and then getting paid leave for six days. 

Meanwhile, I'm busting my ass trying to make money so I can go to school, bust my ass and get a good education so I can get a good job and bust my ass trying to make money again.  Not that I have a problem with busting my ass.  Busting ass is what keeps capitalism going.  If everyone actually gave a damn and worked hard, we'd be much better off than we are.  Salaries for professional athletes are bullshit though.  I know that being an athlete is not easy, but it's certainly not a million dollar job, ESPECIALLY if these assholes getting paid in the millions are committing crimes and not getting fired for them.  Besides, if these people loved the game as much as they claimed, money would hardly be an issue.  I think getting to make a living off of something you love is enough.  If you have that opportunity, that extra million shouldn't matter unless you're only in it for the money.  Oh wait.

If you're as pissed off about these overpaid pricks as I am, just remember that in the market economy, when you use money to buy a good or service, you are essentially voting for that good or service to continue to be offered.  Professional athletes are paid so much because people allow it, so if you're sick of the bullshit, exercise your economic freedom and boycott it.