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John Korber <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Sat, 19 Jul 1997 17:39:00 -0400
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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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