On 2007-04-25 06:35:01 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
said:

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
news:2007042422113016807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom...
On 2007-04-24 16:23:53 -0700, "gatt" said:

-c

Of course. If the facts don't agree with the original premise, declare the
statistics to be meaningless and arbitrary.

The fact is, 1% of Americans do not control 90% of the wealth unless you
are a rabid conspiracy theorist. Then you just assume everything is
controlled by the Illuminati or the Trilateral Commission or Bavarian
Bankers or Halliburton or what-have-you. Since no one can prove you wrong,
you must be right, eh?


Example: One CEO "controls" a $100 Billion corporation that has 100,000
shareholders.

See how easy that is? Of course, that would take just a smidge of brainpower
and one's "feelings" would get hurt.

The trouble with that is the assumption that the country's wealth is
tied up in large corporations. It is not. And, as anyone who DOES work
for a large corporation knows, the CEO is rarely in 'control.'

Comrade, it may be useful to lie to the masses about the control that
the globe-trotting capitalist dogs exert over their lives, but we must
keep our eyes open and not be deceived by our own propaganda. Let the
populist pols do that. The bourgeousie control the bulk of the wealth,
but they must never know that or they will never join the people's
revolution. Encourage them to believe they are fighting corporate
tyranny. When they are ready, we will give them knives and they will
cut their own throats.

One word of warning about associating too closely with Larry Dighera. I
am preparing to denounce the insufferable Trotskyite pig as a bourgeous
reactionary. The man is a socialist, not a true believer. :-)
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