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Dave Dempsey

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31. 3. 2009 - 11:13

Today's webtip: The Quiet Coup

the Atlantic makes the case for the destruction of the American oligarchy.

As the bulk of the planet stands around watching their economies do Very Strange Things, some of them are coming to some Very Strange Conclusions.

Now, don't get me wrong. The idea that the U.S. is an oligarchy and that this might be the reason everything has happened, is not, in and of itself, a Very Strange Conclusion. Or rather, it wouldn't be if it were made by a run of the mill anti-globalist in some obsure online publication.

However, seeing that conclusion being made by the former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund in an article in The Atlantic...

Well, let's just say it makes me understand just how Alice might have felt.

The Quiet Coup

Maybe I wasn't such a stupid 18 year old after all.