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Now it seems like there is dissent and that the campaigns are caught in between a rock and a hard place. It seems that there will be leadership, but not like some may have envisioned it. The political and financial elite are scrambling to rescue their static system from crumbling, while the...

peilthetraveler, up to around the early 2000s, in the previous 20 years there had been murdered 600 000 people in Brazil - not traffic accidents or other unprovoked deaths. Brazil has an elite - a very strongly saturated corrupt system that runs through all of society. In one large town of a...

If the economy crumbles, better get the military ready to do some grunt work and straightening the world... :)

Are you actually talking of socialism? :)

Also funny is how Paulson tries his best to look as stern as possible, while Bernanke is like "I don't care..." and a look of just open void, abyss. Bernanke in the last month just smiled broadly - like he had it under control, and now he is crumbling. I think the political campaigns can add...

It is folly to try and reason about this whole crisis and its history using Occam's razor. Sure, you can find some sequences of wrongdoing, but the meltdown as a whole is not possible to understand using reductionism. You have to look at the situation, those involved, proposals and...

ScottD, your Portuguese leaves something to be desired, I guess Google Translate hasn't perfected profanity yet... I already said that I am not going to prove to you anything from real life. However, I am showing my capabilities - and you are showing the lack of yours. I think that gives...

There is no doubt that in the short term, the US market is the most important market for many exporters - especially for more refined and advanced goods and services. On the longer term, all this confusion will no doubt lead to more attention elsewhere - and there is a strong growth outside...

Natural diamonds are worth next to nothing... Their worth is only measured in a woman's belief that it makes her look prettier. That is just twisted...

It seems the economic turmoil is now taking epic proportions. In a failing campaign it seems McCain wants to halt all campaigning efforts and work on the economy. He certainly does not have the best financial team on his side for handling the problems, and that might weaken his efforts. I...

ScottD, I just responded to your personal attacks. Sure, you know a lot more about me - while we know nothing about you. I guess that is because there's little significance to be shown from your life. If you tell us about you - I've already promised that I won't attack you on that. You called me...

ScottD, hehe - I'm more interested in talking about Objectivism than anything else... I think Objectivism is authoritarian and aggressive - and I think there are psychological reasons for the natural appeal of Objectivism to many young people "coming into age" and wanting to "be the rulers" by...

ssss, no doubt that corruption and greed is at the heart of the crisis.

I don't think there's any other choice than to increase oversight right now. The system is currently flawed and corrupt. After a time of control, a stronger system that does not lend itself to corruption could be introduced, and a Gold Standard is something tangible keeping everyone with their...

The best thing will be if he starts talking about the "terrorists and US enemies ganging up on the nation". Then I will literally be laughing out lout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_fear

Well, the nice thing for brettman9, ScottD and nokomisjeff is that they get to live their lives according to a book... like a bible or something. I guess that makes them feel pretty normal, average... and they have an idol to worship in Ayn Rand. :)

To think its orchestrated would be conspiracy theory. The fact of the matter is that it is systemic bias and corruption that is leading to the failure. Now the panic and confusion is being exploited to save the parts that some corrupt leaders think is most important. And all of this comes at...

Ferdinand, you should see how "freedom of thought" has been received in the US during history. The US is a strongly factional and religious society. You guys are very accustomed to entrench yourselves into your beliefs - fanaticism. I would adopt new knowledge and change my system of thinking...

ScottD, you remember how I said a few posts ago, that what happens with people when they no longer are able to continue debating on the intellectual level they regress to a primate-like level and only resort to personal attacks, because they are not able to make intellectual contributions in...

Actually, no. It is not nihilism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_stance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_thought http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism...