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As they say, the Cossacks work for the Czar. They have always worked for the Czar. If a big institution screws you over but has found a clever way of perpetual
by scarmig 14y ago
As they say, the Cossacks work for the Czar. They have always worked for the Czar.
If a big institution screws you over but has found a clever way of perpetually evading or delegating away vocal blame for that... they're still responsible, unless they're fixing the system in the very-near term. If the resources aren't there to fix the system, that's because they've consciously chosen not to allocate those resources.
- coolsunglasses 14y ago"They" do not say it, DeLong does.
- dboat 14y agoFor others unfamiliar with the reference: http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2006/05/remember_the_co.html?cid=6a00e551f08003883400e55239af358834 http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2006/05/remember_the_co.html?c...
- scarmig 14y agoHe originated it, but it's since become a mainstay on the political blogs, from Yglesias and Krugman to the folks over at RedState. Plus, it has a certain panache to it, don't you think? And vividly conjures a real phenomenon, despite eliding real principal agent problems.