06-25-2003, 11:43 PM
Capitalism at work, folks. The US fought for years to convince the world that capitalism is the one and only way to go, and we're seeing the results here at home (I include Canada as my personal living space and also most of Europe in the word "home" there).
Sponsorship is one big one; the other thing I find unbelievable is attaching capitalism to freedom. The idea that purchasing items, and thus feeding the economy, is fighting terrorism is ludicrous to me, but some people absolutely believe it.
It's as Occhi says: money talks, and it's rivaling democracy for power and volume these days. With almost anything that happens in politics, world events, and everything these days, if you trace the strings back far enough to end up at a big pile of money.
gekko
Sponsorship is one big one; the other thing I find unbelievable is attaching capitalism to freedom. The idea that purchasing items, and thus feeding the economy, is fighting terrorism is ludicrous to me, but some people absolutely believe it.
It's as Occhi says: money talks, and it's rivaling democracy for power and volume these days. With almost anything that happens in politics, world events, and everything these days, if you trace the strings back far enough to end up at a big pile of money.
gekko
"Life is sacred and you are not its steward. You have stewardship over it but you don't own it. You're making a choice to go through this, it's not just happening to you. You're inviting it, and in some ways delighting in it. It's not accidental or coincidental. You're choosing it. You have to realize you've made choices."
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"