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Very insightful. Not enough people know that the answer to “who rules over you?” is “the government”
by jrflowers 3y ago
Very insightful. Not enough people know that the answer to “who rules over you?” is “the government”
- brigandish 3y agoSaying that the government rules over you is like saying that a baron is the king, which would show a remarkable lack of insight.
- jrflowers 3y agoAh so you mean the government is the “baron” and its constituents are the “king”, such is the nature of democracy. Very thoughtful!
- brigandish 3y agoNo. I agree with Chomsky's analysis that politicians are largely bought by wealthy entities, and ultimately that means they work for banks. Hence, messing with banks gets you in a lot of trouble, but when banks mess up it's also we constituents that are in a lot of trouble. I don't agree with Chomsky's prescription for dealing with this problem as I'm not a socialist.
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- johnny22 3y agoHow is common knowledge (disregarding your framing) insightful?
- Anotheroneagain 3y agoThe implied answer is meant to be "Jews". It seems the Nazi dogwhistle got a life of its own.
- brigandish 3y agoThe implied answer is not jews, it is banks. Non jews run banks too.
- jrflowers 3y agoAh this makes sense because people are not allowed to criticize banks
- brigandish 3y ago1) It helps if you read the article 2) It helps if you read the comment I replied to 3) It helps if you read the comment I made 4) You've continually missed the point, start again at (1)
- jrflowers 3y agoInteresting, so we can’t criticize banks and banks either are or are not owned by people, which may or may not be key to solving this. So the answer to the riddle of “who rules over you?” is either “no one” or “I don’t know”, which is very clever! You cannot criticize a group that either does not exist or you can’t identify! This is fun, it reminds me of Benjamin Franklin Gates solving the clue of the secret that lies with Charlotte!
- brigandish 3y agoI'm glad you're enjoying it, you're certainly getting a lot of mileage out of it. > 1) It helps if you read the article The article does not mention criticism. > 2) It helps if you read the comment I replied to The comment I replied to does not mention criticism. > 3) It helps if you read the comment I made The comment I made mentions criticism and a twist, because you are to replace criticism with something else. > 4) You've continually missed the point, start again at (1) You can lead a horse to water but you can't get one to challenge it's own assumptions arising from poor reading comprehension.
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- HeatrayEnjoyer 3y agoGovernment is not the intended answer