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In reply to the discussion: Keynes, on how society will eventually view excessive wealth acquisition as a mental illness. [View all]calimary
(81,085 posts)49. Good stuff. Opportunistic infections they are.
Remoras all. The remora is often referred to as a "suckerfish." 'Cause it sucks off its host, hanging on all the while. Parasites for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remora
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reformist2
Mar 2014
OP
Wealth extractors...I want to see the meme of "job creators" die until they actually create some!!!
Moostache
Mar 2014
#36
Maybe they used to be job creators, but no more. And they never created jobs to help others.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#58
Thank you for this explanation. Do you think that money-lover was there all along,
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#4
Someone I heard call the way we are with one another, "like crabs in a bucket" nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#42
I agree. The system of life sets one person against the next, all hiding behind a facade of
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#54
I can relate. My ex once looked me straight in the face and wondered aloud, unblinking,
IrishAyes
Mar 2014
#77
I think this is far more likely in most cases. It's what the person brings to the table. n/t
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#70
Keynes talks about this later in that essay, how the rich often don't even enjoy their riches!
reformist2
Mar 2014
#6
Thank you for your op. This is one of the few on DU worth noting and discussing.
L0oniX
Mar 2014
#18
And this is why they believe they must own the future, ours, theirs, everything. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#59
But even that is illusory - no single billionaire really controls much in this world.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#24
It's all about using $ to measure treasured anatomy. The more $, the bigger.... y'know.
IrishAyes
Mar 2014
#78
I heard Rowling say in an interview once that she remained in the country of her birth
IrishAyes
Mar 2014
#79
JK Rowling is an example of why we need to pay our unemployed workers. They are valuable assets.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#50
You're welcome. I was just reading about technological job loss, and this essay came up.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#26
They are sociopaths. They do this without reguard for the human lives oppressed and destroyed.
L0oniX
Mar 2014
#15
Those like Keynes who wrote about the future from the era of the Great Depression merely looked
jwirr
Mar 2014
#35
The past 20-30 years has changed the American people's view of the very rich.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#55
Oligarchs are still worshipped in flyover country where I retired. Stockholm Syndrome -
IrishAyes
Mar 2014
#80
They can pay hundreds of people to call them "job creators," but they can't make people believe it.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#63