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Chris
Hedges has stirred up a mini epiphany in the blogger, especially
considering the endless war-making that is employed in the name of corporate
gain. I am always against war, whether it is apparently 'justified' or not. I
hate war. I supposed that sometimes it is necessary, but only to a tiny
fraction of the scale to which it is systematically carried out.
A
couple more articles for your consideration can be found here http://www.biiwii.com/analysis.htm.
The first, 'Going Apeshit' by James Howard
Kunstler, shows the situation in cartoon-like fashion (a huge compliment,
btw) as only Kunstler can. He also shines a light on President Obama's
superficial attempt to align himself with OWS for political gain.
Then
there is the boring stuff, compliments of Bill Bonner entitled 'The Real
Problem the Wall Street Occupiers Have Missed'. This piece assigns blame
where it belongs, with the corrupt monetary system under which we toil; an
out of control system of credit creation (inflation) and equal and opposite
impoverishment. Gold is a monetary revolution you know.
I
realize I have trained myself - in the context of this blog and my financial
market dealings in general - to be something of a robot; uncaring, unaffected
and unbiased. But I am a human too. I first reacted against corporate
evil-making by writing - a lot. Then I went to the 'dark side' and
commercialized. I am no hippie, after all. I am a member of the capitalist,
free enterprise community.
But
I like to think I keep a moral compass in good working order at all times and
right now, my compass is indicating that I should get off the high horse and
get with what is going on here. The market needs cold, uncaring analysis. I
can and will do that. But I think I am going to get my ass out of cyber space
and into Boston so that I can view OWS without abstraction.
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