Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey would like to revise a previous accusation that Obamacare is a form of socialism.
"It's more like fascism," Mackey recently told NPR. "In fascism, the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it -- and that's what's happening with our health care programs and these reforms."
Mackey, a libertarian, compared Obamacare to "socialism" in a Wall Street Journal op-ed he penned in 2009. Obamacare would "move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system," he proclaimed.
Idiot libertarians are probably my favorite sub-group of stupid people, because they try the hardest to sound like they know what they're talking about. "In fascism the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it". Yep, that's what fascism is, nothing more or nothing less. Controlling the means of production. Also just like Obamacare. Fascism. Carry on.
Can we just all agree to have nothing to do with Whole Foods? They are anti-labor, and the owner is a fucking idiot. Libertarians aren't worth the time. They don't exist in nature, and anyone who believes ze is a liberation is usually misinformed.
ReplyDeleteI have some good news, JJ. There's this thing called "The Citadel", which you might have heard of, where a fair number of these stupid people are trying to isolate themselves from the less-stupid of us in the mountains of Idaho.
ReplyDeleteIt's not an island in the middle of the pacific, but since I wasn't planning on going to Idaho... ever... it will do.
Yeah, whole foods blows mightily. They're textbook greenwashers – most of their produce isn't even organic, and they massively overprice everything by taking advantage of people's assumption that it is.
ReplyDeleteIf you're in the DC area, My Organic Market is cheaper, has better food, is actually 100% organic and has a legit commitment to progressive causes.