Capitalism, Socialism, Communism and Deaf Sovereignty
I realized something today.
Socialism WILL NOT work if we are considered "sub-citizens" by the hearing supermajority. They will never look at deaf people as equals. We as proletariats will eternally be needing handouts from our politburo. We will never have the capacity to take care of ourselves. Or in other words, the fate of the Deaf will be out of our hands and in the hands of the hearing. SCREW THAT.
Please keep listening. I will get to the point where I will justify socialism.
We need to take the capitalist path right now. It is clear that the status quo has not done the Deaf any good. We are still dependent on SSI and our deaf schools. Gallaudet eternally churns out teachers for deaf children (we still NEED more deaf teachers, mind you) and teach them how to live on SSI, and the lucky ones smart enough will go to Gallaudet to learn how to teach, and the cycle continues on and on. The ideal "hearing version" of socialism will have that the deaf doesn't have to worry about getting by, that all of our needs are provided for. We will not have the opportunity to really rise up and prove that the Deaf are a distinct group of people, capable of doing anything without being forced to have their cochleae implanted or have their children genetically engineered to be hearing.
Successful capitalistic ventures by the Deaf will enable us to really rise up above the level of the typical hearing and to really show that we are just like any other normal person in that anyone, given the right opportunities, can become a movie director, author, scientist, Nobel prize winner, Pulitzer prize winner, that kind of stuff. If there are enough Deaf people at that kind of level, I guarantee you, the hearing will take notice and start to respect us more.
And once the capitalistic path is successful, we will have plenty of $$ (capital) AND the resources necessary to make the transition to a socialist society. ALL of us will be well-off enough to pay enough taxes to a government that is well equipped with enough resources and intellectual capabilities to provide for all of our needs.
If the United States of Canada actually secedes from Jesusland, that would create the best opportunity to create some kind of sovereignty for, by, and of the Deaf, sort like an Indian reservation, so we will be able to be exempt from some taxes, such as education, health service, etc. With that money, we could be able to tax ourselves and with the tax revenues, provide for our own education, health care by Deaf doctors, etc..
I realized when I was telling this to my roommate, Matt Fisher, that this is exactly what Karl Marx envisioned what the ideal path to communism would be.
Some of you are self-professed advocates of socialism, so is there anything wrong with my theory? :)
Socialism WILL NOT work if we are considered "sub-citizens" by the hearing supermajority. They will never look at deaf people as equals. We as proletariats will eternally be needing handouts from our politburo. We will never have the capacity to take care of ourselves. Or in other words, the fate of the Deaf will be out of our hands and in the hands of the hearing. SCREW THAT.
Please keep listening. I will get to the point where I will justify socialism.
We need to take the capitalist path right now. It is clear that the status quo has not done the Deaf any good. We are still dependent on SSI and our deaf schools. Gallaudet eternally churns out teachers for deaf children (we still NEED more deaf teachers, mind you) and teach them how to live on SSI, and the lucky ones smart enough will go to Gallaudet to learn how to teach, and the cycle continues on and on. The ideal "hearing version" of socialism will have that the deaf doesn't have to worry about getting by, that all of our needs are provided for. We will not have the opportunity to really rise up and prove that the Deaf are a distinct group of people, capable of doing anything without being forced to have their cochleae implanted or have their children genetically engineered to be hearing.
Successful capitalistic ventures by the Deaf will enable us to really rise up above the level of the typical hearing and to really show that we are just like any other normal person in that anyone, given the right opportunities, can become a movie director, author, scientist, Nobel prize winner, Pulitzer prize winner, that kind of stuff. If there are enough Deaf people at that kind of level, I guarantee you, the hearing will take notice and start to respect us more.
And once the capitalistic path is successful, we will have plenty of $$ (capital) AND the resources necessary to make the transition to a socialist society. ALL of us will be well-off enough to pay enough taxes to a government that is well equipped with enough resources and intellectual capabilities to provide for all of our needs.
If the United States of Canada actually secedes from Jesusland, that would create the best opportunity to create some kind of sovereignty for, by, and of the Deaf, sort like an Indian reservation, so we will be able to be exempt from some taxes, such as education, health service, etc. With that money, we could be able to tax ourselves and with the tax revenues, provide for our own education, health care by Deaf doctors, etc..
I realized when I was telling this to my roommate, Matt Fisher, that this is exactly what Karl Marx envisioned what the ideal path to communism would be.
Some of you are self-professed advocates of socialism, so is there anything wrong with my theory? :)
10 Comments:
You had some interesting thoughts.
Capitalism, if you look at the definition itself, is very good and opportunistic. But what did it do for us? Actually, nothing.
We can promote businesses amongst each other, or even hearing people can promote its businesses among the deaf patrons. But the majority of hearing people do not trust us. They are frequently skeptical of us, of our capabilities, of our potentials.
Same thing goes for health care and education, basically.
When I worked for a dot company, I knew that, as a Deaf person, I have to overcompensate and prove that I am that good enough. I always communicated with my boss, worked closely with boss -- be it paper & pen method, emails, gestures and some signs (back then, no pagers were availalbe) -- then they hired someone for the same position with me -- so that hearing guy was in another cubicle next to me.
I noticed something -- I completed the tasks on time, even go as far as correct and pitch in to help other staff as well. The hearing guy were behind in his assignments, pranced around the office, talking with others all the time.
When the dot companies began to merge or crash, my company was no different -- they merged and laid me off in favor of this guy.
Even if you have BA, MA or Ph.D degrees and millions of credentials, hearing people will *always* be skeptical of your potentials. Even with movie productions, health care -- even in education, it was proved that hearing people's attempts to teach deaf people how to write English using SEE miserably failed -- then when the deaf people took over and wanted to use the ASL to teach the deaf students how to write English -- the hearing people still doubt us!
That is why I often get tired of dealing with hearing peeps. I get tired of "glass ceiling" thing.
It'd be nice to have a deaf country, though.
R-
R-
Thats why I often think of ourselves akin to the Jews- they were homeless for 2,000 years, persecuted and shat on, and they finally have their own country, albeit tiny, to call their own and be themselves.
We need the same thing. We need a small area of land, and Martha's Vineyard seems like the ideal location to invade and take over, lol. We need militants to do that, so I'll count you in. :)
Then I'll establish a gay sports bar in the area. ;-)
R-
Wonderful! It would be fucking boring if this was a monochromatic world. :)
i got dibs on kennedy's summer home on martha's vineyard!
is there many deaf people with proper skills to succeed in the capitalistic world? and are there any willing to teach skills?
-kaybee
Gotta oppose to Socialism.. I know it's not good for the deafies.. Taxes only make things worse..
One thing about socialism here I quote:
"Marxism is an emotional disorder, not a political philosophy. Wealthy people sometimes accept Marxism, not because it has ever worked, but because they feel guilty about having more than other people. But,
more often, it is accepted by those with less who are angry, usually because they lack the talent and drive to succeed in a capitalist society. This realization often occurs at a ten-year high school reunion after
they see people with less schooling and fewer degrees but with more money than they have. They don't want to compete with these people. They just want the IRS take their wealth and 'redistribute' it against their will under the threat of incarceration. They also like to call conservatives 'fascists'." --Mike Adams
there are benefits to socialism - free health care, free schools (if you fail, you pay the gov't back - that's a good incentive), transportation. taxes are heavy yes but if managed well - good results.
-kaybee
Kaybee...the "free" health care system in Canada is rife with problems. If you actually do the digging you'll see why.
"Some patients avoided long waits for medical services by paying for private treatment. In 2003, British Columbia enacted Bill 82, an "Amendment to Strengthen Legislation and Protect Patients." On its face, Bill 82 is to "protect patients from inadvertent billing errors." That's on its face. But according to a January 2004 article by Nadeem Esmail for the Fraser Institute's Forum and titled "Oh to be a prisoner," Bill 82 would disallow anyone from paying the clinical fees for private surgery, where previously only patients were forbidden to do so. The bill also empowers the government to levy fines of up to $20,000 on physicians who accept these fees or allow such a practice. That means it is now against Canadian law to opt out of the health-care system and pay for your own surgery.
Health care can have a zero price to the user, but that doesn't mean it's free or has a zero cost. The problem with a good or service having a zero price is that demand will exceed supply.
When price isn't allowed to make demand equal supply, other measures must be taken. One way to distribute the demand is by queuing -- making people wait. Another is to have a medical czar who decides who is eligible, under what conditions, for a particular procedure -- for example, no hip replacement or renal dialysis for people over 70 or no heart transplants for smokers.
I'm wondering just how many Americans would like Canada's long waiting lists, medical czars deciding what treatments we get and an exodus of doctors."
http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-24-04.html
It's like one giant faulty HMO all over Canada.
supply and demand, ay me.
-kaybee
Right. Low on supply, high on demand. Do you think doctors in Canada are getting paid well or get incentives for them to stay in Canada? For every 19 Candadian doctors that leave Canada, one U.S. doctor go over to Canada. It's socialized medicine. It restricts the doctors' incentive to move up, so they move out. You can have Canada for all I care. Not me. Dont' be fooled by the "free-ness" in Canada. It's not all rosy.
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