From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > According to the article: "Nothing that government can say or do about > money will have any credibility, so salvation must come from outside. It > could come in the form of software. I envision Microsoft as savior of > the dispossessed in Latin America." > > So their own article is contradictory :)
That's a good observation. They probably don't see the contradiction, though, because it's kind of subtle. After all, I'M the one who dragged in a connection between a "big institution" like UBS and the U.S. government. That's because I'm more suspicious than they are, and I believe that any sufficiently successful company based in the US will become a house slave of the US government. I guess that wouldn't be SO bad, except that: 1. The US gov't is not a benevolent master; 2. There are better opportunities OFF the plantation; and 3. There is no way to purchase your freedom. The writers probably don't see the automatic connection between "big, established, US-based" and "house slave of the US government". To quote Jim Davidson: "Gavage the geese, rape the women, tax the productive, steal everything that is not nailed down, and define as "not nailed down" all things that can be pried up. That appears to be the motto of governments everywhere." (Thanks Jim -- I learned a new word today. Yum, wish I had some foie gras right now :-) Regards, Patrick --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
