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Old September 18th, 2009 #37
Alex Linder
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Originally Posted by N.B. Forrest View Post
That's what keeps Average Joe from exploding in rage over the most gigantic hosing in history: if even people with brains can't fully grasp all the nuances of such an incredibly - and deliberately - complex scam, how can he?

It's called "baffling 'em with bullshit".

Lefty Taibbi does the best job of explaining what it's all about I've yet seen.
Yeah, he's good.

You can say that "the jews running the government printed a trillion dollars and used it to bail out a bunch of their superrich banker jew friends. The meaning to you is that your money is going to lose a lot of purchasing power due to inflation."

But if there is no inflation or obvious, felt negative to the actions, no matter how theoretically odious, it's hard to get people fired up.