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where wealth and poverty entwine

genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
edited May 2012 in General Banter

If you want a sense of the connection between the machinations of wealth and the impact on those who are not wealthy, there a very good (and thankfully not 'outraged') two-part description from the PBS program "Frontline." Minus the outrage of the "99%" or the carefully-crafted eyewash of the right, the program depicts the power of Jon Corzine, the downfall of IMF Global, and the impact on those who have "no connection" with the financial stratosphere.

There are some Internet issues on the Frontline site, but the two chapters of the story are available (scroll down) here: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/frontline-mf-globals-six-billion-dollar-bet

While I detest hyperbole, left and right, and while I realize that the drumbeat of economic uneasiness can be as depressing as it is numbing, still I think that, for those in any way concerned, the Frontline presentation is well worth the price of admission.

Comments

  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Only 3 years after the Wall Street crash and they're back at it. The fact that Corzine was a Democrat tells me that the division isn't between right and left as much as it is between top (%1) and bottom (%99).
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    ^^^^ exactly
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    How do we genuinely change this corrupt, selfish world? One step at a time including with ME first, otherwise all roads lead to failure IMO.
    Best wishes,
    Abu
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    How do we genuinely change this corrupt, selfish world? One step at a time including with ME first, otherwise all roads lead to failure IMO.
    Best wishes,
    Abu
    This a thousand times. But again I have to say, we all live in the westen world under a capitalist way of living. I feel it is a failure in itself as providing ture happiness and a decent way of life, but also communism does not work, so then what to do?

  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    I do not know the answer for the whole world, but I think we can start where we are and take our individual steps the best way we know how.

    Namaste.
  • lamaramadingdonglamaramadingdong Veteran
    It will change when it finally (inevitably) crashes completely.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    It will change when it finally (inevitably) crashes completely.
    I seriously want this to happen, it will shake the world up a bit :)
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    edited May 2012
    It will change when it finally (inevitably) crashes completely.
    I seriously want this to happen, it will shake the world up a bit :)
    Those with enough to eat are generally the ones more ready to let others go hungry.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    It will change when it finally (inevitably) crashes completely.
    I seriously want this to happen, it will shake the world up a bit :)
    Those with enough to eat are generally the ones more ready to let others go hungry.
    Meaning what exactly? Sorry this comment has gone straight over my head. If you are implying I have enough to eat, at the moment I am eating a meal a day :-/
  • robotrobot Veteran
    edited May 2012
    Tom. If it crashes completely, there is no way to predict who will survive. It's like wishing that your town burns down. Maybe you will have a bigger yard when the fire is over.
    Every one you know will suffer. Your mother and sister may starve, or be homeless. Surely that is not what you want.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Oh thanks for putting that into a different word order, it is 4.25am here and I have insomnia so my brain isn't functioning too well. Yes I do not really want anybody to suffer, but if you think about it people suffer daily due to capitalism, just in a different way.
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited May 2012
    I have thought the same before, as I do not see any other way to change the systematic injustice of our world systems/people, but also I do not know if that will really help or just hinder.

    And I pray that the innocent are not harmed.
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    May all be well and not harm each other.
  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran
    May all be well and not harm each other.
    This is the heart isn't it?

    I've thought about this long and hard and actually some people accuse me of being an NWO supporter for my views on this but I think we really need a global awakening. Borders should be only made for preferential reasons and everyone should be using the same currency (that there is different currencies is just a lie or it wouldn't convert).

    What many don't realise when they are trying to "stick it to the man" is that we are</> the man.

    "Us and "them"" is a disease of the mind.

    There is no them... There is only us.

    Namaste
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