tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post885220433565007379..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Choking on silverFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-41604246226264072472014-04-08T05:59:44.558-07:002014-04-08T05:59:44.558-07:00Ael: "One thing our oligarchs don't get ...Ael: "One thing our oligarchs don't get is that wealth is a collective hallucination. You can only own stuff if enough *other* people agree that you own stuff. Thus you need to keep society motoring along well enough so that enough people agree that it is your stuff."<br /><br />It's an extremely durable hallucination, and it's served these guy's very, very well.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-40745202358500901592014-04-03T08:45:03.298-07:002014-04-03T08:45:03.298-07:00Pretty much sums it up. Sometimes I think the onl...Pretty much sums it up. Sometimes I think the only reason I don't get rid of my unused knitting needles is to keep open the option of playing Madame Defargeā¦<br /><br />All in all, it reminds me of a terribly depressing, misogynistic book by some French bastard -- his character is one of the oligarchs who watches the fall back into something almost fit to be the opening scene of "2001 A Space Odyssey". <br />Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-57495919510791989132014-04-02T16:04:13.863-07:002014-04-02T16:04:13.863-07:00I hear ya chief.
One thing our oligarchs don...I hear ya chief. <br /><br />One thing our oligarchs don't get is that wealth is a collective hallucination. You can only own stuff if enough *other* people agree that you own stuff. Thus you need to keep society motoring along well enough so that enough people agree that it is your stuff.<br /><br />Various oligarchs from Rehoboam to Tsar Alexander have belatedly discovered that much to their dismay.<br /><br />I'm also very annoyed by this Ukraine thing. We have more important things to do than get diverted by ancient great power games. <br /><br />I'm sure glad I was born on the Canadian prairie and my kids have a pretty good chance of holding their own if things go extreme local.<br /><br />Summer is coming.Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com