Nationalize the World! The Sun! The Moon! Me!
So.
How long do you think it will be until the next universe-threatening crisis requires extraordinary rescue measures? The intervals between these episodes get shorter and shorter. I started to title this post, "The Plutocrats' Empire," but then I realized there's a problem with that. Because most of the "wealth" involved at this point is just made up. It doesn't exist. It's a fiction. Oh, it exists in the form of taxes to be paid by the next 500 generations -- fortunate people! -- but it doesn't exist now. Into the dream world, baby. Or nightmare. Whatever.
Oh, well. Nationalize me! Please, please, oh, please.
I'll just need half a billion. C'mon, you won't even notice it. Nationalize me!
What I said yesterday.
Funny. Those damned commies won after all. You go, Murka!
How long do you think it will be until the next universe-threatening crisis requires extraordinary rescue measures? The intervals between these episodes get shorter and shorter. I started to title this post, "The Plutocrats' Empire," but then I realized there's a problem with that. Because most of the "wealth" involved at this point is just made up. It doesn't exist. It's a fiction. Oh, it exists in the form of taxes to be paid by the next 500 generations -- fortunate people! -- but it doesn't exist now. Into the dream world, baby. Or nightmare. Whatever.
Oh, well. Nationalize me! Please, please, oh, please.
I'll just need half a billion. C'mon, you won't even notice it. Nationalize me!
What I said yesterday.
Funny. Those damned commies won after all. You go, Murka!
posted by Arthur Silber at 6:23 PM
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