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Definitions for a Modern Plutocracy

Definitions for a Modern Plutocracy  
Don H
From:Don H
Subject:Definitions for a Modern Plutocracy
Date:Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:30:30 GMT
1) Justice: All men are equal, but the rich are more equal than others.

2) Free Enterprise: The more enterprises you own, the freer you are.

3) Pre-emption: Do unto others, before they can do it unto you.

4) Great Power Politics: Might-is-Right; if we're the Good Guys, and wield
the Power.

5) Unilateralism: Making UN an offer it can't refuse. (who pays the piper
calls the tune.)

6) Privatisation: Creating shareholders (parasites) where none existed
before.

7) Globalisation: Importing goods we used to manufacture ourselves.

8) Employee: A wage slave; a necessary evil.

9) Fascism: Capitalism without the restraints of Democracy.

10) "Arbeit Macht Frei": Who said the Nazis didn't have a sense of humour?

11) Choice: Going to University is not compulsory (Dollars, Debt, or
Dropout)

12) Elections: A popular ritual; whereby, the more things change, the more
they remain the same.
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