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The Minsky Moment

#4320
May 26, 2017, 11:40:56 AM
Quote from: Berkut on May 26, 2017, 09:40:06 AM
I mean, they aren't even aware of the irony, but reject it - they are completely and entirely nonplussed by the idea that the role of "tyranny's jackboot" might be already taken by the party in that conflict that was fighting to keep owning other human beings as property.

But Berkut you are forgetting how the tyrant Republicans wanted to destroy freedom by demanding that our trade deals be renegotiated to protect American manufacturing  . . . oh wait never mind.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Eddie Teach

#4321
May 26, 2017, 02:00:04 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 26, 2017, 11:03:54 AM
What is funny is pies in faces and people falling over.

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Malthus

#4322
May 26, 2017, 02:12:40 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 26, 2017, 02:00:04 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 26, 2017, 11:03:54 AM
What is funny is pies in faces and people falling over.

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We can only hope that the current American administration henceforth devotes itself exclusively to this type of "funny".
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Razgovory

#4323
May 26, 2017, 04:11:30 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 26, 2017, 09:30:56 AM

Wait....as in in the history of the world? I sure hope it is lower than that :P

I don't see anybody blaming the Bulgarians or the Estonians (presuming they count as white, I can never tell who is white) for American slavery so I don't quite get the point of that meme but then memes are supposed to act on emotions and not make sense.

I wonder what the percentage of the world population is descended from someone who owned someone else.  Probably pretty close to all of them I suspect.  The only ones that aren't are probably descended from Australian aborigines or some native Americans.  I imagine that holding slaves was hard for people who didn't have sedentary lifestyles.  Not impossible, I imagine bride stealing still occurred amongst people living in bands, but it would have been difficult.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Jacob

#4324
May 26, 2017, 09:52:50 PM
Native Americans had slaves, I'm pretty sure.

Valmy

#4325
May 26, 2017, 10:57:21 PM
Quote from: Jacob on May 26, 2017, 09:52:50 PM
Native Americans had slaves, I'm pretty sure.

You would be correct.
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Razgovory

#4326
May 27, 2017, 12:11:26 AM
I know some did, but did they all?  Did the Inuit?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

CountDeMoney

#4327
May 27, 2017, 12:29:59 AM
Raz is: gettin' Razzy!

Eddie Teach

#4328
May 27, 2017, 01:03:52 AM
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

The Brain

#4329
May 27, 2017, 02:43:21 AM
:bleeding:
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Eddie Teach

#4330
May 27, 2017, 03:16:40 AM
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

jimmy olsen

#4331
May 27, 2017, 07:34:22 AM
Old family friend of ours, a retired FBI agent who took down Mayor Cianci of Providence is just tearing Trump up on Facebook. :)
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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viper37

#4332
May 27, 2017, 11:25:54 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 27, 2017, 12:11:26 AM
I know some did, but did they all?  Did the Inuit?
captives from other tribes, more to the south.
It's possible, I haven't researched it.

But it's different than chattel slavery.  I don't think they had a market to trade slaves.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

CountDeMoney

#4333
May 27, 2017, 11:27:57 AM

Liep

#4334
May 28, 2017, 12:03:12 PM
Twitter shared this gif and its brilliant :D

https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/868652844513017856
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