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The perspective you are offering seems to be an extreme one as well. The idea that the 'misery' inflicted on society is caused by financial manipulation by gove

The perspective you are offering seems to be an extreme one as well. The idea that the 'misery' inflicted on society is caused by financial manipulation by governments seems out there. I'm guessing the laws and cultural norms around how you acquire your money (monopoly, disclosure, insider trading, kickbacks) or pay tax (or game the system to avoid it) have much more to do with inequities in society, and that financial manipulation is far more rampant in the private sector than the public. The rabid anti-government messaging is not one I can relate to.

BLKNSLVR 5y ago
Not who you're replying to, but my perspective around the rabid anti-government messaging is that it is Government that's responsible for regulation of the existing financial system, which has been breaking laws with impunity and getting merely slaps on the wrist and continuing on their way. Regulation appears to be simultaneously lacking in scope and under-enforced. And it's the role of the Government do make sure that regulation is both appropriate and enforced. Without appropriate regulation and enforcement, the government is the facilitator to the finance industry's villainy. For the people.