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Reasons for despair: Zombie Ideas Won (Part II) | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Sigh. It seems to me that, more and more the euro, the EU, and the ECB have just become so many more levers for the neolibs to apply the shock doctrine to any nation that still has functioning labor unions or any sign of an independent middle class.

Now where are we going and what's with the handbasket?

by budr on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 04:31:13 PM EST

Re: Reasons for despair: (4.00 / 4)

Humans as cattle. What else would you expect? Only going to get worse ... for us. Feel fortunate you don't live on the Gulf coast. Here in CA I feel like I live in Rivendell with the rise of Sauron all around me. Maybe when Jerry Brown becomes Governor again we can start to turn things around. I remember Jerry as Governor in the late '70s when I was in grad school at Davis. He was living in a dinky apartment, dating Linda Ronstadt ... the total non-politician. I don't think he's going to allow his beloved CA to go down without a fight.

How about you folks? Any signs of hope? ANYTHING??!!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 05:06:28 PM EST
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Moo! n/t (none / 1)

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 05:14:03 PM EST
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Oh com'on. You ... WE'RE ... better than that.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 05:22:09 PM EST
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By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 05:28:31 PM EST
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Ah, good analogy, but doesn't the bull die in all those stories? And the guy walks away to stunning applause. Hmmm.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 05:33:58 PM EST
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This guy won't.

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.

by generic on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 07:53:52 PM EST
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That picture belongs with the Aztec recipe for Conquistador stew:

One or more Conquistadors, cut limbs at joints and toss into large caldron.

Add amaranth and peppers.

Season to taste.

Feeds large assemblage of notables.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 10:12:32 PM EST
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Neither did the bull...

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 6th, 2010 at 05:13:36 AM EST
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Well, he lived. The bull presumably did not.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sun Jun 6th, 2010 at 01:06:19 PM EST
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Hope? Let me try! (4.00 / 3)

Things now can't be all bad since they are clearly getting worse.
At some point there was nothing worth breaking. I mean primordial soup?

Conclusion: The overall situation has improved in the past so it could happen again.

Wait this is important. Someone is wrong on the Internet.

by generic on Sat Jun 5th, 2010 at 08:09:19 PM EST
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