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The other side of abstraction is social disconnection.

The sociopathic nature of the Corporation - at least in its publicly traded form - is that it enables ownership without responsibility.

ie it's not just meta-money which has come about through the objectification of money, but also meta-capital through the objectification of property.

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Sun Mar 29th, 2009 at 06:23:25 AM EST
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And over time, what was once a privilege has become taken for granted as a right.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Mar 30th, 2009 at 02:48:22 PM EST
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