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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 07:51 PM
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13. You nailed it. Raygun popularized the idea of the illusion of prosperity being as good as the real
thing almost 30 years ago and the sheeple lapped it right up. They used this illusion to sell their scam of selling off real assets in order to loot the production mechanisms, and have been perpetuating the cycle ever since.

This popular myth that the housing bubble, derivatives, the dot-com bubble, pick your favorite flavor, is the cause of this is pervasive. Just ask anyone and you will get some explanation regurgitated from some pundit/newscast/expert.

What happened has been in the works since at least the 70s. The corporate "Masters of the Universe" decided that those gigantic "emerging markets" in Asia were going to be their next feeding grounds and they sure as hell weren't going to foot the bill for building them up. So began the process of cutting up and selling off the engine of our prosperity, which they've viewed as their property all along, while keeping the flock distracted with shiny baubles.

Now the end is here and there's really nothing left to do or take or sell. The faster we get this through our heads and start again, the better off we and our children will be.


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