Thursday, August 30, 2012
Cute redefine
The Randian talkers are pulling a cute trick.
Non-Randians (including me) have been accusing Vulture Romney and other corporate types of being disloyal to America.
The meaning of loyalty is fairly obvious. When you're loyal to an institution or a government or a set of people, you do everything in your power to make sure it succeeds. Specifically, when you have the power to move money around, when you have the power to move jobs around, we can objectively measure your loyalty by watching where you put the money and jobs.
Corporate heads in modern times, including Romney, are putting their money in offshore havens, paying zero tax, and moving jobs to China. By objective measurement, they are disloyal to America. They are doing everything in their power to make sure America fails.
This wasn't always the case. In the aftermath of WW2 there was plenty of opportunity to move jobs overseas. Europe had millions of highly skilled workers who were desperate for food and would have worked for nearly nothing. But American corporations DIDN'T offshore jobs to Europe.
Now the Randians are saying "No. Patriotism does not mean paying more than you need to pay. It means paying as little as you can get away with."
Really? REALLY? Loyalty means doing less for the country than ordinary citizens do????????
I always thought laying siege to a country and looting its treasures counted as an act of war, not an act of patriotism.
Obviously I was wrong. Obviously then, Lincoln was loyal to the Confederacy, Hitler was loyal to France, Israel is loyal to Gaza.
Non-Randians (including me) have been accusing Vulture Romney and other corporate types of being disloyal to America.
The meaning of loyalty is fairly obvious. When you're loyal to an institution or a government or a set of people, you do everything in your power to make sure it succeeds. Specifically, when you have the power to move money around, when you have the power to move jobs around, we can objectively measure your loyalty by watching where you put the money and jobs.
Corporate heads in modern times, including Romney, are putting their money in offshore havens, paying zero tax, and moving jobs to China. By objective measurement, they are disloyal to America. They are doing everything in their power to make sure America fails.
This wasn't always the case. In the aftermath of WW2 there was plenty of opportunity to move jobs overseas. Europe had millions of highly skilled workers who were desperate for food and would have worked for nearly nothing. But American corporations DIDN'T offshore jobs to Europe.
Now the Randians are saying "No. Patriotism does not mean paying more than you need to pay. It means paying as little as you can get away with."
Really? REALLY? Loyalty means doing less for the country than ordinary citizens do????????
I always thought laying siege to a country and looting its treasures counted as an act of war, not an act of patriotism.
Obviously I was wrong. Obviously then, Lincoln was loyal to the Confederacy, Hitler was loyal to France, Israel is loyal to Gaza.
Labels: Metrology
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