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Surprise, Surprise: “Governments Don't Rule the World, Goldman Sachs Rules the World”

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by resisting arrest, Sep 28, 2011.

  1. resisting arrest

    resisting arrest Well-Known Member Past Donor

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  3. BestViewedWithCable

    BestViewedWithCable Well-Known Member

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    Marxist.com is your source?

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHA
     
    BestViewedWithCable, Sep 28, 2011
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  5. jorbaud

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    Get a legitimate source first.
     
    jorbaud, Sep 28, 2011
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  6. PatrickT

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    Surprise, surpise. Wait, from Resisting Arrest, this was no surprise. Marxist.com? Did you verify it, oh, Daily Kos or Daily Worker?
     
    PatrickT, Sep 28, 2011
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    nice source.

    the video is from a BBC interview i watched it yesterday.
     
    krunkskimo, Sep 28, 2011
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  8. HB Surfer

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    There is an excellent book for all of you that actually want to educated yourselves on Goldman Sachs, the economy, and the current economic crisis called Crisis by Design.

    It was written by a liberal, but the guy is incredibly economically astute. He is the exception for liberals, not the rule. I would recommend the book.

    http://www.crisisbydesign.com/
     
    HB Surfer, Sep 28, 2011
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    people say he could be a yes man, but some are specualting he is both.

    others say he told the so they want to discredit him and drag his name through the mud.
     
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    the ear lobes look different to me.

    either way what the "trader" says shouldnt come as a suprise.

    You can make money off of a good market and you can hedge for a bad one. So as a trader it doesnt matter to you how good or bad the market does, you can make money either way.
     
    krunkskimo, Sep 28, 2011
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  14. cenydd

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    Strange one this. He was a guest on another UK TV show last night (That Sunday Show on ITV):

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY_jNrUVu_U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY_jNrUVu_U[/ame]

    The original BBC interview itself is definately genuine, and they are saying that they have no reason to suspect he is a prankster (quite how hard they have researched him is another question, though!). It all seems a little suspicious to me, to be honest. It does seem like he's too obvious a 'target' to be genuinely true, but then on the other hand if this is an attempt at some kind of 'satire', it might be based in some kind of little grain of 'truth' about what some people in 'the city' think and say - a researched but characterised exaggeration rather than a complete made-up falsehood, created in order to make a point (about the detatchment of 'the city' from the reality of people's lives - it's not going to be a great shock to anyone, considering the way some financial institutions and their senior staff have behaved over recent years!), if you see what I mean.

    Either way he's obviously a deliberate self-publicist, going for the 'shock value' comment to get himself noticed, so I wouldn't take it too seriously as a genuine indicator of exactly how the financial sector really thinks and operates (even if there is some element of truth behind it).
     
    cenydd, Oct 4, 2011
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  15. dairyair

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    I haven't viewed the source, but, why would anyone be surprised?
    Where have all the treasury secretaries come from? Where do they go once their position is done?
    I've heard senators state, "banks runs this place".
    It should surprise no one that GS or other WS firms are in charge.
     
    dairyair, Oct 4, 2011
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    Its not him, but I do think he is one of that group, what he says was just too over the top.

    Traders usualy keep this among themselvs .
     
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  17. dairyair

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    So this guy is over the top.
    Does everyone think, WS, GS, don't rule the gov't? Who does rule the gov't?
     
    dairyair, Oct 4, 2011
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    What do you expect??? Just remember Ubama is in bed with Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs= Ubama=Marxism...Bwahahahahahahaha
     
    Rapunzel, Oct 4, 2011
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    If Goldman Sachs does in fact own the world, I'm sure they purchased it for a fair and reasonable price.

    It is a buyer's market right now.
     
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  20. dairyair

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  21. dairyair

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rubin
    How about this guy?
     
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  22. Rapunzel

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  23. dairyair

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    Our political system is crony capitalism. That is what has to change.
    Will partisans every realize it. Doesn't seem like it.
     
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