On Nov 22, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
> At 02:38 PM 11/22/2010, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> If their society doesn't collapse around them, which I'm more and
>> more thinking is a real possibility.
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> I remember Chomsky saying somewhere that the rich need streets
> without potholes so they won't let things fall completely apart.
> But I think that ain't necessarily so:
>
> ..."We have become prisoners in our own homes," said Ellen Saraiva,
> the elegant wife of a construction magnate, as she sat in her
> tasteful living room in a heavily guarded building in Sao Paulo's
> fashionable Jardims neighborhood. After a series of high-profile
> kidnappings on nearby streets last year, she and her husband paid
> $35,000 to bulletproof their understated gray Volkswagen. The
> armoring cost twice as much as the car.
>
> "I pray to God every time I leave my building," she said. "I live in
> fear for myself and my family. One of my daughters is studying
> abroad right now, and as much as I miss her, it makes me feel at
> peace to know she is not here...
thriving indeed!
Shane Mage The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.
Joe Stack (1956-2010)