tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post111024244019874705..comments2023-09-26T02:09:58.787+10:00Comments on diogenesian discourse: party time for the five mile high club...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1111024034813310162005-03-17T12:47:00.000+11:002005-03-17T12:47:00.000+11:00DS, yes.And your comment is best cross-referenced ...DS, yes.<BR/><BR/>And your comment is best cross-referenced back to <A HREF="http://diogenes999.blogspot.com/2005/03/uschinajapan-menage-trois_16.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A> which is also attributed to you.<BR/><BR/>BTW, your contributions here are most welcome, and as I said before, if you ever start your own blog, apart from it being a good place to vent and rant, it would be a very successful blog IMHO.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1111021232929974892005-03-17T12:00:00.000+11:002005-03-17T12:00:00.000+11:00Guess what? They don't need us anymore Gerry. Wi...Guess what? They don't need us anymore Gerry. With the emerging markets of China and India they don't give a damn about the working and middle classes in Australia, UK, & US. What's 300-400M people compared to 2-3Bn people?<BR/><BR/>DS<BR/><BR/>God I hate being a doomsayer, but I have to call 'em the way I see 'em. I witnessed a lot of changes in 60+ years and in the past 40 not many have been for the good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1110429001003178982005-03-10T15:30:00.000+11:002005-03-10T15:30:00.000+11:00Fox, yes, and the current war on workers' rights a...Fox, yes, and the current war on workers' rights and wages is further evidence of a push in that direction.<br />We are just slaves for the rich and "democracy" is a con'job to try to prevent rebellion by the slaves.<br /><br />What are we going to do about it?The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1110355645214895712005-03-09T19:07:00.000+11:002005-03-09T19:07:00.000+11:00fox, you raise an interesting point. I'm starting...fox, you raise an interesting point. I'm starting to think readers are reading my mind. Only today I was thinking whether or not I should have a "top ten" type of linklist in the sidebar. <br /><br />But how would I choose this "top ten"? By far the best way would be from readers' nominations. Hmmm... This will become a post... :-)<br /><br />But returning to the rest of your comment... Endless growth. Well, that's why they have to demolish communist/socialist regimes - these are the new Wild West for "endless growth" capitalism - virgin territory for subjugation. "New markets" they call it. That's the pivotal point to why the US is so anti-communist, so anti-socialist. You can't make a buck in a country that is running its affairs under a communal economy. You need private (US) ownership (the euphemism for this is "private enterprise".)<br /><br />Endless growth still looks good to these murderous bastards because there's still a huge chunk of the world to be conquered and subjugated under capitalist slavery. But if and when they "hit the wall" things will get decidedly ugly as they go the only other way they can, which is to get everyone to work more for less.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1110328729300739602005-03-09T11:38:00.000+11:002005-03-09T11:38:00.000+11:00Hmmm... I see it more like corporate spinmeisters...Hmmm... I see it more like corporate spinmeisters pushing for the dismantlement of publicly owned stuff in order to shift such ownership to the corporate sector. Right wing loonies are just the idiots who join in the chorus of the songs written by the corporate songwriters. <br /><br />I take it Adam Smith is the neocon's economist of choice. As I said, I know zip about economics. I think my head would implode if I tried to read textbooks on economics.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.com