you’re probably middle class and don’t know what capitalism does to, say, the people of flint, michigan? your particular viewpoint of capitalism is too narrow to see the horrible shit that it does to ~the working class~ which you might want to see how they live sometimes.

100%, actually, since the spray quite obviously works on men, too.

The abandoned mall still playing Anita Baker over the speakers got a gut laugh out of me.  Maybe the biggest laugh this season.  

The roads?

You failed to address the statement you claim to disagree with.  One can appreciate the good accomplished through capitalism while recognizing the damage created by its excesses (hence the term “unfettered”).

It can all be explained by John’s business plan:

Wouldn’t bear spray at least be 33% effective against ManBearPig?

Naivete is one of the basic tenets of Libertarianism.

Monopolies are the natural outcome of unregulated capitalism. To separate the two is naive. We’ve seen this before in the early 20th century and increasingly again lately.

All right, but apart from that what has capitalism ever done for us?

I was shocked the reviewer didn’t pick up on that, either.

Counterpoint: our president is a cartoon rich guy who literally shits in gold toilets and cheated his way to the office. (He might also get away with it, too, thanks to control of public opinion through traditional and social media.) 

Coincidence? I think not.

Bezos’ look and way he communicates are based on the aliens from the original Star Trek pilot, “The Cage”.

A little less than 20 years ago, a still-finding-its-legs South Park aired a memorable episode called “Gnomes,” which focused both on the omnipresence of Starbucks Coffee (named Harbucks in the episode), as well as little gnomes that steal your underpants in the night, with their ultimate goal being “profit.” That…

If you think Neil deGrasse Tyson is a leftist, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

It’s called a spank bank sir

Irrespective (and independent) of the veracity of these claims, I predict that in 1 years time, AvClub will be 100% public shaming and links to Amazon deals.

he kept a list of overweight actresses on his phone to prove that women aren’t inhibited by portrayals in the media when it comes to health and fitness

I think at this point we should probably just assume that if you see a man on TV, he’s probably sexually assaulted someone.