[ExI] Economy: "The Big Takeover"
Samantha Atkins
sjatkins at mac.com
Mon Mar 30 21:37:06 UTC 2009
On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Dagon Gmail wrote:
> Annoying that only now the world starts looking critically at the US-
> central free market
> paradigm, after it more or less *caused* a worldwide economic
> meltdown (and more
> to come).
Calling what has prevailed for quite some time in the US a "free
market" shows a singular misunderstanding of what a free market is.
This has been at best "state capitalism" for quite a while.
>
> It is like finally looking at the danger of driving in a specific
> type of automobile after
> it bursts into fire spontaneously. Well, here is solid proof
> something's not right.
Something is not right for sure. Unfortunately only one in a hundred
thousand or so will correctly diagnose the causes. But all will
scream for a fix or more likely for vengeance according to their own
pet theory and disposition. Thus civilizations crumble. Again.
- samantha
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