http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/in-a-casino-mentality-the-economy-goes-from-bubble-to-bubble/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/in-a-casino-mentality-the-economy-goes-from-bubble-to-bubble/#comment-20512 brs Thu, 15 May 2008 19:30:27 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2012#comment-20512 Oil is a part of the bubble problem but not the only cause. Some of it is the cost of the Iraq occupation is coming home to us. Vietnam had a similar effect on the country economically. The main taproot of the casino economy is in the idea that wealth can be gained without work. Work and workers are looked down on and "investors" and "entrepeneurs" idolized. These are just different names for hucksters and salesmen. They live off of the work of others as parasites. Bubbles occur as people, often born to wealth, try to get something for nothing. Oil is a part of the bubble problem but not the only cause. Some of it is the cost of the Iraq occupation is coming home to us. Vietnam had a similar effect on the country economically. The main taproot of the casino economy is in the idea that wealth can be gained without work. Work and workers are looked down on and “investors” and “entrepeneurs” idolized. These are just different names for hucksters and salesmen. They live off of the work of others as parasites. Bubbles occur as people, often born to wealth, try to get something for nothing.

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