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Bill Meecham <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Mon, 21 Jul 1997 12:50:32 -0700
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> In a message dated 7/19/97 6:04:44 PM, you wrote:
>
> >NO CONSPIRACY THEORY
> >
> >So forget the economic conspiracy theory. Of course, a small group of
> >financial elite know exactly how the system works and how they became so
> >easily extremely rich without doing anything for it. They are either
> >descendants from the guys who developed the system in 1694 or became
> >intimate with the group that understood how the system worked.  However,
> >that doesn't make them members of a clever gang controlling our lives with
> >a worldwide conspiracy.
> >
> >No doubt, they make use of the systems that they inherited and
> >probably think that it is their noble right. They don't care about the
> >rest of the world in spite of the fact that they have reserved seats
> >in their local church. Their rich status makes certain that the people
> >around them will polish them, will smile to them, will do everything
> >to make them even richer.
>
> What kind of double talk is this? To me it sounds like a conspiracy to
> preserve the interests of a certain class group. In so far as anyone knows
> what they are doing, these people know what they are doing. They do it
> without much fanfare, and sometimes secretly.
>
> john
>

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