The Gods must have an infinite sense of irony to have inspired the naming of this modern behemoth.Is this not the latest, perfect symbol of ten-thousand déjà vus since the days of Cain? Is this what we champion with our capital addictions? Isn’t this the inevitable legacy of the Randians? Isn’t there a better option? […]
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*(et al.) Just one more déjà vu from the burgeoning vaults of Goldman Sachs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrSRsqSV4k (The Daily Show of July 25th, 2013)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFIcNreBSi0 (NBR)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj07djP9L2U (MSNBC) At least Rome was sacked by outsiders. We seem to prefer, tolerate, and reward sach-ing by insiders. For how long? Till sackcloth and ashes? ————————-/For more on Goldman Sachs:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJtO_o-G5Jk — Goldman Sachs:
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HSBC.1 “Too big to fail! Too big to jail!” Wasn’t that the paradigm of Assyria? Babylon? Persia? Greece? Rome? And most of the corrupt popes, priests, kings, and tyrants of yesteryear? And now our BIG corporations recycling the follies of hubris and privilege (with the assist of governmental authorities). And where are all the predecessors of
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(Déjà vu characters from 424 BC ~ courtesy of ARISTOPHANES[1] with some names slightly amended for clarity.) [DIMISTHENES:] I will begin then. We have a very brutal master, a perfect glutton for bean[counting], and most bad-tempered; ’tis Demos of [DC], an intolerable old man and half deaf. The beginning of last month he bought a
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(or A View from the Pit We Have Dug for Ourselves) No so long ago: ▪ Owners managed their own small businesses (some of which grew very large);▪ Then in pursuit of more capital (translating to more power, influence, prestige, capacity, market share, etc.) some owners came to share ownership with total strangers via corporate
Author: A. Sobkowskiruins of a Roman Templefrom Wikimedia CommonsCreative Commons Attribution/Share-alike license In the Great Courses®, Foundations of Western Civilization II series, Professor Robert Bucholz reminds us in the very first lecture, that “Above all, European culture produced certain ideas that have become pillars of our culture: 1. ‘All men are created equal.’2. ‘No taxation