The Seriously? Theatre of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts V

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Is this a belated April Fools prank?

It does seem that while we were distracted in the Great War sacrificing countless for no apparent reason, central banks consolidated power.  Nobody else won.  If only they benefit from it...they would logically be the ones who want it the most.

Really Al and Averroes?  Tell me what it was all about then.  Some spoiled archduke in Serbia? 

It couldn't be about throwing off old empires and dividing up the spoils from a new, centralized, global position of power...no...no...what a joke.  Worth dismissing as an April fools joke...

Power and money don't consolidate themselves.  The people who literally make the money make that happen.  They did very well by WWI.

But no... in the very cluttered minds of Al and Averroes...
It must've been very complex and handwavey so that only Al and Averroes understand...and in their confidence they can just mock everyone else.

...this post is so sage that I literally had to reopen the Sage Garden to preserve it.

[traininthedistance]

Power and money don't consolidate themselves.

Actually, yes they do.  Haven't you read your Foucault and Piketty?

Seriously, not all bad things in the world are the result of conscious conspiracies (I mean, a few are, but such things are the exception rather than the rule).  Hanlon's Razor and misaligned incentives in general can do a lot of damage without need for further explanation.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Is this a belated April Fools prank?

It does seem that while we were distracted in the Great War sacrificing countless for no apparent reason, central banks consolidated power.  Nobody else won.  If only they benefit from it...they would logically be the ones who want it the most.

Really Al and Averroes?  Tell me what it was all about then.  Some spoiled archduke in Serbia?  

It couldn't be about throwing off old empires and dividing up the spoils from a new, centralized, global position of power...no...no...what a joke.  Worth dismissing as an April fools joke...

Power and money don't consolidate themselves.  The people who literally make the money make that happen.  They did very well by WWI.

But no... in the very cluttered minds of Al and Averroes...
It must've been very complex and handwavey so that only Al and Averroes understand...and in their confidence they can just mock everyone else.

...this post is so sage that I literally had to reopen the Sage Garden to preserve it.

Al and Averroes are like bzz bzzing electrons bzz bzzing around the point...building up a charge in their proud bzz bzzing that must then be discharged by mocking other people who don't understand the beauty of bzz bzzing around the point.

How's that for sage?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Well if the First World War really was all part of a secret plan of those dastardly Je... Bankers then it backfired pretty badly didn't it? Because the world was a palpably less globalised and less prosperous place after 1918 than it was before 1914. Then you have to consider the amount of economic damage the war ended up causing to some of the main centres of the various financial industries (London for instance) and issues like the loss of money on French war bonds, I have to question what on earth you think you're talking about.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Power and money don't consolidate themselves.

Actually, yes they do.  Haven't you read your Foucault and Piketty?

Seriously, not all bad things in the world are the result of conscious conspiracies (I mean, a few are, but such things are the exception rather than the rule).  Hanlon's Razor and misaligned incentives in general can do a lot of damage not-on-purpose.

WWI was the culmination of European empires running their courses.  The world had been colonized and our capitalism spread to them through trade.  Wwi was the necessary step to begin shedding empires that finally ended in wwii (the great war to me is about 1914-1949).

The money and power, again, don't consolidate themselves.  Money and power are not entities of their own.  We put faith into both and give both value.  

But the entire system was being set up to consolidate the money and power inherently.  Make all money debt and make all debt subject to interest.  Thats why you think it just happens.  The system is such that when it runs as intended...power and money flows upwards until a redistribution is necessary to keep things afloat.  But the powerful then only loan us the redistribution and expect it back plus interest. (Student loans, credit cards, mortgages, etc).  At this point we owe them so much that we are 'broke' and must structurally adjust while holding their interest payments sacrosanct.  They further disguise this by wrapping the ridiculousness if it by screaming of all the vulnerable grammas who will lose their livelihoods if we dont make the interest payments first and social security last.  How totally f**ked and backwards is that?

Every time a crisis occurs they clamp down harder.  

[Ban my account ffs!]

Well if the First World War really was all part of a secret plan of those dastardly Je... Bankers then it backfired pretty badly didn't it? Because the world was a palpably less globalised and less prosperous place after 1918 than it was before 1914. Then you have to consider the amount of economic damage the war ended up causing to some of the main centres of the various financial industries (London for instance) and issues like the loss of money on French war bonds, I have to question what on earth you think you're talking about.

I figured this was your reaction.  I must be railing on the Jews.

What do Jews have to do with this?

I am looking at actions here..not religions or ethnicities or cultures.  The central bankers played both sides and profited from the fighting.

Its called a one-two punch variation of divide and conquer...

Divide by making people scared and envious of one another.  Profit.
Loan them money to build tanks and guns.  Profit.
Allow the fighting to destroy the ability to pay back the loan.
Demand austerity and 'structural adjustment'.
Profit.

[Oakvale]

Are you okay Snowguy?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Lol, Snowguy has really gone off the deep end lately.

[LeBron]

Holy crap. With the fake death last night and Snowguy making about as much sense now as OC, t_host was right! Our forum has been hit by a disruptor of the order and we only have ONE week to end it!

[Kung Fu Kenny]

jao

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Seriously, Snowguy, are you okay?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

You really shouldn't question my employment choice.  I don't question your employment choices, so you should return the favor and not question mine.

[Ban my account ffs!]

The central bankers played both sides and profited from the fighting.

Its called a one-two punch variation of divide and conquer...

Divide by making people scared and envious of one another.  Profit.
Loan them money to build tanks and guns.  Profit.
Allow the fighting to destroy the ability to pay back the loan.
Demand austerity and 'structural adjustment'.
Profit.

How was "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows" now that you've seen it, Snowguy? You do realize that it was a fictional movie, yes?

I've never seen that movie. 

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The central bankers played both sides and profited from the fighting.

Its called a one-two punch variation of divide and conquer...

Divide by making people scared and envious of one another.  Profit.
Loan them money to build tanks and guns.  Profit.
Allow the fighting to destroy the ability to pay back the loan.
Demand austerity and 'structural adjustment'.
Profit.

How was "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows" now that you've seen it, Snowguy? You do realize that it was a fictional movie, yes?

He may have seen "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" as well, lets not forget that.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Neville Chamberlain = laws are enforced by paper

It is the logical fallacy that keeps people in perpetual denial about the business-end of the regulations they impose.

Included for just not making any sense at all, although to be fair that's probably the case with at least a third of his posts.

[politicus]

Fascism is a far-left ideology

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'm pretty sure (or at least I want to believe) Oakvale was joking.

[Mr. Smith]

Since when does oakvale joke?

[SWE]

Since when does oakvale joke?

Most of the time?

[Oakvale]

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[politicus]

I'm pretty sure (or at least I want to believe) Oakvale was joking.

Sure, and partly trolling, but as I have said before joking does not prevent a post from being bad. A lot of the worst posts on Atlas are intended as jokes.

[Oakvale]

Since when does oakvale joke?

...

I'm pretty sure (or at least I want to believe) Oakvale was joking.

Sure, and partly trolling, but as I have said before joking does not prevent a post from being bad. A lot of the worst posts on Atlas are intended as jokes.

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[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Fascism may not be a left-wing ideology, but it certainly is a collectivist one.

[TNF]

Freedom Fighters of course. Most white people are awful, but white liberals are great. What's quite funny is how people like krazen like to claim white liberals are the most racist people in America, even though they usually live in heavily minority areas.

muh white guilt

[Torie]

I would like to believe this is but trolling, but ...

Makes sense. Basically, it's saying, "Okay, we'll give you food stamps paid for by the American taxpayer. But if we find out you're using assistance for shopping at Victoria's secret, or going to the movies, then we take it away."

Similar to mandatory drug testing for welfare.

Liberals should learn to compromise.

Unless I'm missing something, if so please elaborate.

Wouldn't a law such as this violate some of the provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

Doubtful. You can't take a law passed by a few idealistic bleeding hearts 50 years ago the basis for taking apart what the country always has been.