Daniel Cohn-Bendit's comfortable illusions | 28 comments (28 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Daniel Cohn-Bendit's comfortable illusions (none / 0)

There's a great reluctance here to name financiers as the parasites they truly are, and it really muddies the discussion.

Align culture with our nature. Ot else!

by ormondotvos (ormond.otvosnospamgmialcon) on Tue Apr 17th, 2012 at 07:00:38 PM EST
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Re: Daniel Cohn-Bendit's comfortable illusions (4.00 / 2)

That could also be because not all financiers are parasites.

Sorry to interject some nuance into your naive and simplistic analysis. I know it's annoying how the world is more complicated than you'd initially think.

But it is.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Apr 18th, 2012 at 04:30:01 AM EST
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Also because it would get us nowhere, for instance, to say for instance that Soros is a parasite.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 18th, 2012 at 04:34:28 AM EST
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Daniel Cohn-Bendit's comfortable illusions | 28 comments (28 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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