State Capitalism, the possible coming implosion, etc..

[amborin]

what the bailout means

and what urgently needs to be done:

<http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/356921>


<http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/greider>

[datasuspect]

1. business as usual

the corporate class must never be exposed to liability.

[On the Road]

3. Stockholders are Losing All Their Money in This Deal

including holders of preferred stock, mostly financial institutions. The debt is what's being guaranteed, which is mostly held by governments and banks. That actually seems to be what Greider was supporting.

[undergroundpanther]

2. We are being screwed

They bought our slavery and lives for free.Now they'll screw us again.And people will ba-aa and march right down the slaughter chute.

So much for the conformity study.Maybe humanity was fucked from the beginning of 'civilization'.We bought the PONZI..We all sold out,because none of us have the guts to do what it takes to have an ethical backbone,because too many people have compromised with bodies/ego urges(have children,home,car etc.) which has to be maintained.the pursuit of these things,really have chained humanity to dependence these evil monsters,and their financial system/scams in the hopes for a 'better life'.We have been sold an invisible bridge called the"American dream" WAKE UP! This is a NIGHTMARE and we are living it..

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The truth is that the market, and big corporations, are far from efficient. Many industries are heavily subsidized by governments to the tune of billions of dollars in kickbacks -- er, I mean, support payments -- per year. Big corporations also work as oligopolies to prevent smaller companies from entering their markets and charging more reasonable prices for their products. We, the consumers, are in fact paying $55 for goods and services that could be sold for $22 and would still provide the corporations with a very reasonable return. If and when government subsidies end, oligopolies are broken up, and the market for goods and services truly becomes free and open, the S&P 500 should then generate $22/share each year, a 7% ROE, still an attractive return in a low-inflation economy
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2004/05/07.html#a723
http://realestateandhousing2.blogspot.com/2008/08/worlds-grandest-ponzi-scheme-unravels.html
http://seekingalpha.com/article/91066-the-ars-market-essentially-a-massive-ponzi-scheme
http://www.cracked.com/article_16239_5-psychological-experiments-that-prove-humanity-doomed.html