Friday, October 14, 2011
Sorta obvious, but just for the record....
I've written this in comboxes at more widely read places, but figured I should put it here as well.
The Occupy Wall Street folks are plainly useful idiots. Doesn't take much thinking to spot the connection.
If a recognizable group of people is going to dissent from the orthodoxy of Wall Street and Economics, what kind of group would give Wall Street real trouble? And what kind of group would make Wall Street look wonderful?
Easy to pick.
Strong dissent by major businessmen and academics would make Wall Street nervous. Wall Street's captive media (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC) would have to work hard to crazify such people.
Strong dissent by unwashed hippies who say crazy things would make Wall Street deliriously happy. No media work needed, just show them on TV.
Betcha $100 you'll find Big Hedge money quietly backing the Occupy folks.
The deep tragedy here is that Occupy's substantive complaints (well, to the extent you can sift them out from the usual hippie dross) are exactly correct. Their diagnosis of Wall Street as the exclusive source of the virus that killed America is on the dot. ¶ 8:05 AM
The Occupy Wall Street folks are plainly useful idiots. Doesn't take much thinking to spot the connection.
If a recognizable group of people is going to dissent from the orthodoxy of Wall Street and Economics, what kind of group would give Wall Street real trouble? And what kind of group would make Wall Street look wonderful?
Easy to pick.
Strong dissent by major businessmen and academics would make Wall Street nervous. Wall Street's captive media (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC) would have to work hard to crazify such people.
Strong dissent by unwashed hippies who say crazy things would make Wall Street deliriously happy. No media work needed, just show them on TV.
Betcha $100 you'll find Big Hedge money quietly backing the Occupy folks.
The deep tragedy here is that Occupy's substantive complaints (well, to the extent you can sift them out from the usual hippie dross) are exactly correct. Their diagnosis of Wall Street as the exclusive source of the virus that killed America is on the dot. ¶ 8:05 AM
