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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:44 AM Original message |
Sorry dumb question... why do owners of hedge funds and private equity firms have so much power? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Money = Power. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So politics and government have no meaning or power any more? The only power is in money? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Has always been true. IMO. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So then why bother with politics, elections and this web site at all? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Simple, to destablize the order that controls the money. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But if it doesn't work, then why? It only makes the ruling class strengthen their resolve? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Correct on both counts |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, dear BW, you've fingered the nature of THE NATIONAL STRIKE. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Well let's start by examining a few of your assumptions... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Can government exist without money? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Money buys government and politics... |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. What do you mean buy power? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. The capability to exert control over the thoughts or actions of another, |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I don't think they have too much power in that regard |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. They are the wizards keeping our Market afloat. Without them we'd |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Corporations make up 51 of the world's top economies. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. How exactly do owners of Hedge Funds and Private Equity firms exert power? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. How much power do they have? How much is too much? |
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Wiregrass Willie (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. Our leaders aren't as intelligent as Charles 2nd |
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