Tuesday 23 September 2008

But hey, if they never call it that, nobody will notice

"There is a term in political philosophy to describe a government takeover of a critical industry: That term is socialism. The government is telling us that capital and credit markets cannot, for several reasons, solve the current crisis on their own—only the federal government and its massive taxpayer base have the authority and the resources to solve it. That is state socialism: the philosophy preached by the founders of the Second International, by the radical wing of the American labor movement, through the formation of the Soviet Union and its satellites, and now by Henry Paulson."

The Big Money: Henry Paulson, Socialist, 22. September 2008

Die Presse: Ende einer Ära an der Wall Street
Die Zeit: Regierung und Kongress ringen um Kompromiss
NY Times: Bailout Plan Talks Advance in Congress

Was mir dazu auch einfällt: Der Schauer, der mir jedes Mal über den Rücken läuft, wenn Eva Jantschitsch im am Sonntag zitierten Text "Börrrrrsensturz" singt, und ein anderer Song auf dem Album: "Alles renkt sich wieder ein." ("Ich habe eine Sehnsucht / nach der nächsten Katastrophe / denn wenn wir gemeinsam leiden / fällt dieses Unbehagen ab.")

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