Beautifully written! APPLAUSE!!! I have changed the title to reflect American English usage. You could also have written, "Are you attending the Reading (or the Writing) of the Obituary in Washington this Weekend?"
========== My comments: I hope you are correct. Washington, under this President, will retain some elements of Capitalism. He cannot go home empty-handed. In addition, this group of 20 will not be prepared to force Washington or even the IMF to disgard the old principles because none are ready to turn their backs on Washington -- something they would have to do since this President is ill-prepared philosophically as well as intellectually to face complete failure. Like you wrote, in one or two years, if the US is not prepared to go along, they will be left along side of the road. It will be up to Obama. There are a few words I would like to change in this to make the English perfect. I will do so and send it to you by gmail in case you ever wish to print this in another publication. On Nov 14, 10:35 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most fantasized with terrible nuclear wars, famine, Blade Runner style > societies, etc. Others maybe fantasized with Star Wars chapter 2, once > its counterpart, the soviet economy, died or was killed with > Plutonium, with chapter 1. Few would believe that Capitalism would die > in Washington, and in a peaceful meeting that counted among its > attendees with the president of the USA, premiers from United Kingdom, > Germany, Japan, etc. Probably all of them will applaud at the end of > that meeting, who could predict that moment one year ago or in 1945?. > I would not miss such historic, glorious and funny moment if I would > be in your shoes. > > Capitalism was born vigorously in England, two centuries ago. People > from everywhere attended business meetings to raise capital in order > to acquire vapour engines, machinery, coal, factories, with such > capital. To pay wages. To sell, to produce, to acquire more, to sell > more, to produce faster, to raise fresh capital faster, more, more, > more, faster, faster, faster in a race against time and against the > history of the humankind where everything needs its cooking time. But > Capital was power at that time. At that time some people from > Liverpool chanted All you need is capital, while others in America > replied Capital is in the air. That air was polluted with Capital but > also with smoke from the factories of Liverpool, New York, Manchester, > London, Hamburg, etc. Politicians told to poor workers (politely > called citizens since now on) go to work, go to bed, go to work, go to > bed, like the tic-tac of a clock. Years later, in America, around 1980 > other politicians added “go shopping !” . And, at its peak, we had the > final macroeconomic theory of Capitalism “go work, go shopping, go to > bed”. > > Which sickness could murder such perfect clock? A crisis from 1968 to > 1973 gave the first sign. From global charming the Capitalist world > moved to global warning. People in Liverpool chanted All you need is > love, and the Americans replied Love is in the air. Pollution in the > air finally gave way to global warming after 200 years producing smoke > in Liverpool and Chicago that Asians, Africans and Latinamericans had > to suffer silently along those 200 years. Kissinger asked Mao to > integrate China in the global economy and the Soviet Union and USA > were signing treats to have less weapons. The little human being asked > to itself why not “make love not war” instead of “go work, go > shopping, go to bed”? The world woke up on October 1973 and went to > the warm ro factories, then shopping and went to bed, again and again > as a clock, as capitalists told to that little human beings. Was “make > love, not war” just a dream? Not really. In Vietnam and then years > later in Iraq and Afghanistan, Capitalism realized the hidden cost of > wars, trillions of dollars to the trash can, millions of human beings > to death and years lost. Asia invented a new way to raise capital, > without stock markets, without wars. Just exports, foreign surplus, > state owned corporations and sovereign wealth funds. Capitalists in > Europe and America still though that media and propaganda was more > powerful than capital, ironic. > > Capitalists became speculators hunting like dogs one place under the > heaven where their capital could make some profit, it made them > realize that Asians were not poor dogs but people who know how to rise > capital but in a different way this time. Capital was no longer the > source of power and progress. The ancient song All you need is Capital > was forgotten and confined to the books of history of economics. > > With the stronger propaganda that capitalist media even produced, > Paulson and Bernanke sang the Washington circus instead of the > Scarborough fair, in order to rise $700bn from the workers to buy > troubled assets. Once they realized that it was the wrong lyrics, they > decided to take healthy stake in banks as they boy from Liverpool did > and finally to sit in a chair listening those capitalists that in a > row came to them asking for a little rescue plan (any billions for me > Sir, please? am I too big to fail, Sir?). The China decided to build > railways, roads, power plants, etc. like a bridge over troubled > waters, the sounds of silence was all what we could hear at the other > side of the Pacific ocean. > > $700bn was useless. As the Japanese decided years ago that to build a > sovereign wealth fund was useless, what can we do with such amount of > money except to keep them in our foreign reserves?. As the Chinese had > realized with their $1.8 trillions, Saudia, Singapore, the little > states in the Gulf. They all realised that Capital was useless. Two > centuries ago it was time to born and rise vigorously, now it was time > to die in a sweat death. Capital was no longer the source of power and > therefore Capitalism was died. > > This weekend in Washington the bigger capitalists countries gather > together with a few emerging economies that practice socialism with > local characteristics, development from below, or other theories that > Karl Marx would applaud and join. The party is over. Let us release > the cables and let the patient die sweetly within two or three years. > > A new system is rising vigorously. A rescue plan that proved how to > grow two digits along decades and how to rescue hundreds of millions > away from poverty. > > Dynasties come and go, empires come and go, politic systems come and > go, economic systems come and go. Only clocks remain, always telling > us make love not war. > > While the little human being who makes that world go around, as usual, > just want a nice job, decent wages, a nice family, good friends, some > entertainment from time to time and to feel that they do their best > with their life. While the clock still sings tic-tac for us. > > Chinese featureshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXqSPJpuDBM > > Western featureshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDFmuOtKrBc > > Latinamerican featureshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85X3ZGwYtk > > Let us enjoy the gathering in Washington this weekend. A civilization > dies, long life to the new civilization > > Peace and best wishes. > > Xi > > Sources and praise to those who rise the early signs and predicted all > this: > > The Beatles. All you need is lovehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxTpsIVzzo > > John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air > (1978)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo > > Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fairhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQaD2CAi9A > > Bridge over troubled waters Simon & > Garfunkelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFruKvAq8PQ > > Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel (live > sound)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGWQauQOAQ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. 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