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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(*A tirade inspired by Salt, Sugar, [‘n] Fat) Let us NOT count the ways we are addicted. It’s too depressing. Too déjà vu. Or so it seems for all the changes we don’t make in our lives when faced with massive evidence. Take for example, our addiction to ideas—such as competition, efficiency, capitalism, bottom-line, etc.
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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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(or The Toxic Fallout from Ayn & Uncle Miltie) Posted in observance of April [etc.] Fool’s Day Here are a few quotes from Boomerang by Michael Lewis—a déjà vu of “what you sow is what you reap [eventually**]”: “They created fake capital by trading assets amongst themselves at inflated values, … This was how the banks
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~If ever there were a clear case of ubiquitous déjà vu, it is The Great Chain of Being Subservient. Not in the sense of being subject to authority for the maintenance of social order balanced with individual liberty, but in the subjugation of one’s life, gifts, talents, and yearnings for the sake of money—whether for
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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