MDMD(4) (Re: gallows, slavery, ect)

[Brian D. McCary]

Forwarded for Andrew, who wrote and later embellished:

> > "Even when slavery was officially abolished the economics
> > of commerce ensured its continuation in all but name. It only departed
> > America (and Europe) because the pyramid had to grow taller which
> > means most (not all) of the population of the developed world were
> > co-opted into the system to sustain its growth.  But the base also had
> > to grow wider to sustain this rise and now the problem has merely been
> > globalized. "
> 
> I am hooked on this pyramid scam image of `Western Civilization' just
> now. My wonderful, beautiful and utterly brilliant baby brother
> visited me the other day and let me in on a gem of his own devising
> 
>   `Nobody ever opts out they just refuse, more or less, to buy in'.
> 
> That's capitalism, a commercial pact with the devil. Currency for the
> exchange? your soul (oh and those of anyone around you whom you care
> to drag down with you, of course).
> 
> (forward this to the list if you see fit)
> 
> 
> Andrew Dinn
> -----------
> We drank the blood of our enemies.
> The blood of our friends, we cherished.
>