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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:26 AM Original message |
Reality Sandwich- Money and the Crisis of Civilization |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. The monetization of American life, all a part of supplanting the American Dream, individual liberty, |
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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The pursuit of crap is part of it |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. some of that IS increasing wealth though |
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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. But the problem is the system has limits |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Americans need to understand the word |
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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Precisely. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Absolutely the most inefficient and inadequate method of creating "wealth" conceivable. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Usury |
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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's actually why... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Let's be friends! ;) nt |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. please no return to a gold standard |
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