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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe devil in the pie chart - Mark Morford
This is one of Morfords best. - madokie
Yet here it is, the single-most toxic, fossilized, hammered-down maxim our culture along with most of the barely civilized world lives by, pounded into our fundamental ethos since birth.
Nope, its not organized religion. Its not a sad misunderstanding of love. Its not wisdom, loneliness or even rampant tribalism, nationalism, unhealthy worship of technology or celebrity. Oh, its far worse than that.
Do you know this toxic law? I bet you do: Companies will do anything to accomplish it, cities obsess over it like a dark religion, populations are viciously addicted to it and of course, capitalism has it tattooed onto its very heart, a blood-soaked dragon of relentless, nearly unendurable pressure, sneering and cruel, only fully satiated when its burned everything to the ground.
The rest: http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2014/02/04/the-devil-in-the-pie-chart/
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Another snow day here. I'm gonna look him up.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Morford has a brilliant mind and definitely a way with words. Love his intelligence and common sense.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)So I can see what Morford's take is for the week.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)We're racing at full speed down a path that has two ends, a wall and a cliff, and nobody that matters even suggests trying the brakes.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)They won't even understand the concept of braking.
malaise
(270,808 posts)Rec
madokie
(51,076 posts)I like his style.
happy to see you're up bright eyed and bushy tailed, as the old saying goes
If I'm not up by 5 am I feel like I've slept half my day away. My wife on the other hand could sleep til noon if work didn't get in her way.
malaise
(270,808 posts)freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)I still can't wrap my head around this completely, but I think it's explained well in Money as Debt .
zeemike
(18,998 posts)One of the best I have seen on the subject.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Learning to cry for fun and profit
I'm not done yet
truth of greed capitalism explained in a succinct clear and concise manner. Great post!
G_j
(40,373 posts)"Wall Street is diseased and insane. Because Wall Street is full of tiny-souled, cackling man-demons who measure human existence the way the devil measures time: in units of potential pain."
ananda
(29,039 posts).. meaning a vicious kind of meanspirited downsizing on the other.
nikto
(3,284 posts)And more. And MORE.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)While I would love to talk about it, checkout time is fast approaching. We are choosing to view this as an adventure in simplification. I'll be back when I get more internet.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)My favorite line:
"Because Wall Street is full of tiny-souled, cackling man-demons who measure human existence the way the devil measures time: in units of potential pain."
burfman
(264 posts)Split the pie into four equal pieces, mark one Health Expenses, mark two Housing, mark three Education and shove everything else (including what's left of happiness) into number four.
NuttyFluffers
(6,811 posts)for this needs to be repeated.
to believe in bigger, better, faster, more, forever! is diseased and insane.
and the disease of gluttony and greed have let speculation destroy many a civilization. its allies in inchoate anger, paranoiac fear, lazy cruelty, and spite have enjoyed the fall of power for millennia.
you shall know evil by their works. look deep and remember.