[lbo-talk] Why are the US-ers such assholes?

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Nov 6 13:04:11 PST 2005


"B." wrote:
>
> Yeah, there's a definitely a line you can cross --
> didn't Nader invest in the Magellan fund, or
> something, which had some shady connections? Someone
> who owns a ton of shares in Wackenhut but rails
> against "the police state" is definitely suspect.

Pish. Ownership of a few thousand dollars worth of this or that bit of paper is utterly irrelevant to one's personal politics. Pure useless symbolism. Just what is the effect of one individual -- even one worth m few million -- owning this or that piece of Wackenhut or any other company. Working as a higher executive of Wackenhut would be something else, a share is a share is a share in capitalism. Same thing if you deposit your money in Bank A or Bank N.

How did this silly discussion get started anyhow?

Carrol



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