tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4551008301604916421..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: How John Corzine Could Be Archduke FerdinandSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-21712374926130587312011-12-31T18:11:21.033-05:002011-12-31T18:11:21.033-05:00Yes, a word similar to Blade Runner is what I mean...Yes, a word similar to Blade Runner is what I meant, and obviously without the 'cool factor.'<br /><br />And Fascism is a much better word for it than Corporatism. Fascism works for the authoritarians because in contrast to Socialism and Communism, Fascism has a source of money to survive.<br /><br />The China of today is largely Fascist, with the government having a controlling interest in just about every non-foreign private company there. Foreign companies are brought under heel by making it conditional to participate in the government's censorship (as evidenced by Google and Yahoo).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28137887769382959382011-12-31T10:19:33.952-05:002011-12-31T10:19:33.952-05:00RegT - the way I took that was as a caricature of ...RegT - the way I took that was as a caricature of Mr. Potter. I had to use IMDB to find that it was Lionel Barrymore.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88856868524107793012011-12-31T00:16:35.602-05:002011-12-31T00:16:35.602-05:00And, am I being paranoid, or has Bok decided to gi...And, am I being paranoid, or has Bok decided to give old JP Morgan a distinctly Jewish look, by his dress? I'd hate to think he is perpetuating _that_ tired old meme.RegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35270672804853637942011-12-30T21:20:27.488-05:002011-12-30T21:20:27.488-05:00Good comments, all. Anon 2325, 12/29 - I imagine ...Good comments, all. Anon 2325, 12/29 - I imagine you'd have to get in line after pretty much all of the state of New Jersey, where he was governor and senator. <br /><br />And feeding into Anon 1656, 12/30, I'm sure he doesn't have even the slightest concern he'll go to jail. Plus, Corzine was also president of Goldman Sachs, and probably believes that status itself makes him immune to prosecution - if not a palace on Mt. Olympus. <br /><br />Seremzh, I'm not sure I see the same thing as you - maybe I do. Not so much cyberpunk but a gritty dystopian future like Bladerunner or Brazil <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/" rel="nofollow">(the 1985 movie)</a> - but maybe that's what you see, too. While people debate between crony capitalism or crony socialism, what I think I see is fascism. Plain ol' corporations and government joined at the hip fascism.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-20799485386181244242011-12-30T16:56:22.029-05:002011-12-30T16:56:22.029-05:00Have you been watching how Corzine has been carryi...Have you been watching how Corzine has been carrying himself? During his testimony, press coverage etc? Its as if he doesn't have a care in the world, almost smug about the whole thing.<br /><br />He has already been given a get out of jail free card. He knows nothing will happen to him over this whole criminal fiasco. The political/financial criminal class that runs this country, has assured him of that I bet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-65758323948597714392011-12-29T23:36:29.715-05:002011-12-29T23:36:29.715-05:00I do not advocate it, but I think this is the mome...I do not advocate it, but I think this is the moment in history when Capitalism finally dies. Death by a combination of dishonesty (crony), corporatism and socialism (socialism and corporatism generally go together) and fiat money all played their roles.<br /><br />With the destruction of Capitalism will be a regression in technological levels. All of the advances made in the 20th century were either directly or indirectly the result of Capitalism.<br /><br />Ironically, Socialism and Communism cannot survive without wealth (always in the form of wealth stolen from those who earned it), so the result will be a Cyberpunk-style age where corporatism dominates, assuming the coming world war does not blast everyone back to the stone age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90785101635513940122011-12-29T23:25:03.624-05:002011-12-29T23:25:03.624-05:00So if Corzine is the Archduke... when do we get to...So if Corzine is the Archduke... when do we get to shoot him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com