tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post6244065711882656800..comments2023-06-14T01:57:25.811+12:00Comments on UNITY: Will your savings be frozen?UNITYbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988382051387127423noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-69458764277078211602012-02-05T18:51:15.601+13:002012-02-05T18:51:15.601+13:00Grant writes: "English says the “option” of f...Grant writes: "English says the “option” of freezing bank deposits has been “available to the Reserve Bank for a number of years”. But this “truth” hides a bigger lie. Up till now, the Reserve Bank has lacked the technical means to put this option into operation.<br /><br />That technical blockage is, however, being rapidly overcome by the installation of networked computer systems."<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-33436639480559493622012-02-02T16:27:11.437+13:002012-02-02T16:27:11.437+13:00Its working title is Forum on Capitalist Collapse,...Its working title is Forum on Capitalist Collapse, although that name may change as other leftists express their opinions. <br /><br />What about<br /><br />"Forum Undermining Capitalist Kingdoms Engendering Dictatorship"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-74771314097084189472012-02-02T13:21:40.180+13:002012-02-02T13:21:40.180+13:00the New Zealand state is preparing to freeze our b...the New Zealand state is preparing to freeze our bank deposits - are you guys for real?<br /><br />I spose you think the twin towers was an inside job tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-64957551478589767112012-01-26T15:24:50.598+13:002012-01-26T15:24:50.598+13:00A huge proportion of workers, very likely the majo...A huge proportion of workers, very likely the majority, actually live from payday to payday. They may get a direct credit paycheck into an account; that goes straight to power, gas and rent/mortgage. Whenever there's a strike of any length, crunch day is after the first week. Most workers are then strapped for cash.<br /><br />As far as the main article goes - if society gets to the state Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-57391224988266555782012-01-24T19:55:22.915+13:002012-01-24T19:55:22.915+13:00Anon 1: check the link I posted. It's not &quo...Anon 1: check the link I posted. It's not "nutty" to collectively remove money from a bank that could be put under state control with no ability to withdraw your funds into a community bank. It's common sense.<br /><br />Anon 2: Almost all workers have some money in a bank account, usually checking accounts. The article here isn't referring exclusively to savings accounts orBinhhttp://www.planetanarchy.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-50661870293575599762012-01-23T20:41:13.656+13:002012-01-23T20:41:13.656+13:00Here's a comment from a different anonymous po...Here's a comment from a different anonymous poster than the one above...<br /><br />When I saw the title of this article, "Will your savings be frozen?", my immediate response was, "who cares?".<br /><br />In this debt-driven economy, who the hell has savings anyway? <br /><br />Judging by the title, this article seems to be targeted at the concerns of a few elderly white Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-38278185109814805942012-01-23T16:54:02.606+13:002012-01-23T16:54:02.606+13:00A contribution which describes the argument of an ...A contribution which describes the argument of an article as "silly" and "nutty" without giving any reasons why is simply not worth engaging with. It suggests that the author is coming from a position of sheer prejudice that these things CAN'T HAPPEN, a position not amenable to argument.<br /><br />Not that I am 100% convinced by the article but it certainly deserves Daphne Lawlessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-56091361327024641932012-01-22T21:36:26.648+13:002012-01-22T21:36:26.648+13:00This bank scare thing has got to be one of the sil...This bank scare thing has got to be one of the silliest bloody things I have ever read.<br /><br />When I stop to think, it actually pisses me off.<br /><br />Because it makes the left look nutty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438911242650993490.post-53256315845433496762012-01-21T18:52:35.759+13:002012-01-21T18:52:35.759+13:00This business about capitalism's collapse remi...This business about capitalism's collapse reminds me of the 1938 Trotsky's Transitional Program and later Cliff's "reformism without reforms" mantra in the 90s. <br /><br />That said, I think the crisis is a good opportunity to pull the left together and it seems like this is what this initiative is all about. You folks are ahead of the socialist left in the U.S. on that.<brBinhhttp://www.planetanarchy.netnoreply@blogger.com