Wojciech Sokolowski wrote:
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>I do not think the US economy ever operated any different in principle. In
>the past, however, they had to manufacture something tangible, which created
>an impression of abundance, but as services replaced manufacturing in the
>"new" economy - the parasitic nature of this system becomes more and more
>evident. Basically the whole system "works" by selling remedies to the
>problems it deliberately created - a classical shakedown racket system.
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Which is why Tony Soprano is the hero of our time.
Joanna
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