The real business of the war is all theatre/theater

[Mark A. Douglas]

Well, yes, but Otto, seriously, what's your take on this?  I'm not quite
clear yet...

Peace

Mark 

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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Otto
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:30 AM
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Subject: Re: The real business of the war is all theatre/theater

>
> Just my advice, and it's free, a real investor, a very good investor,
> is a long term investor. And real investors sell defense stocks during
> times of war.
>

Yes of course, because the stocks have risen. After the war, they know, they
can buy it back cheaper.

Sorry, but I reject making money out of other people's bad luck.

There's no alternative to liberal democracy but I think the way capitalism
is run today is the greatest threat to liberal democracy, far greater than
any lunatic terrorism. As we can see most clearly in the post-soviet Russian
example the terms capitalism and liberal democracy are no synonyms.

To me it seems that a capitalist state not necessarily has to be a liberal
democracy (see Putin's Russia or, in history, nazi Germany), so I wonder if
on the other hand a liberal democracy necessarily has to be of that pure
capitalist nature the USA and our world economy are presented today.

I mean, a system which structurally leads to the rise of stocks when a
corporation announces layoffs in high number makes me scratch my balding
head.

Otto