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mircea_popescu: "Of course the idea is to get rich-- which sounds like capitalism, if you're retarded, but observe the message that is being taught: that the necessary correlate to getting rich is to give all the capital to someone else. The
power is traded for the
fetish of
power. That's not capitalism, it is madness, and apparently Davos and Randi think women especially will heart it."
mircea_popescu: this "trade
power for
fetish of
power so we can fit more shiny happy faux people on the marble" was bullshit since day one.
mircea_popescu: but i guess
power is relatively unimportant,
fetish of
power is interesting!
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform the part where he's saying exactly " The
power is traded for the
fetish of
power. That's not capitalism, it is madness, and apparently Davos and Randi think women especially will heart it." except he sounds like he means it.
mircea_popescu: <pete_dushenski> seriously, what leader of the free world ? he isn't the leader of his own backyard. <<< generally that's how this "civilisation" business works. you may have the
fetish of
power if and only if you abandon all
power. serve the system as it were.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yes, but the way this works isn't like the man in the iron mask. the way this works is to create a
fetish of
power. "why is X no longer Y ? how can Z become now Y ?" "it's the mask, stupid"
mircea_popescu: "The
power is traded for the
fetish of
power. That's not capitalism, it is madness, and apparently Davos and Randi think women especially will heart it. "
trinque: in our "markets" the
fetish of wealth, and in our courts and police stations the
fetish of
power decimation: gee, I wonder if cash and the
fetish of
power changed his mind
mircea_popescu:
power for
fetish of
power. that's hte point. they do not appreciate it specifically because it is exactly CONTRARY to what they wanted.
mircea_popescu: oh, some holdouts still don't wish to trade
power for the
fetish of
power ? pretend like
power doesn't even exist anymore!
mircea_popescu: ed on starting a business in order to sell the business to someone else. Of course the idea is to get rich-- which sounds like capitalism, if you're retarded, but observe the message that is being taught: that the necessary correlate to getting rich is to give all the capital to someone else. The
power is traded for the
fetish of
power. That's not capitalism, it is madness, and apparently Davos and Randi think wom
mircea_popescu: bitstein re your hoarders article, you familiar with the
power/
fetish of
power exchange and all that jazz ?