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Conspiracy Nation Vol. 09 Num. 16
Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 16
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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UP, UP, UP
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Despite "prophets of doom" like Sherman Skolnick and Lyndon
LaRouche, the stock market continues to go up, up, up. Even this
editor has been burdened by quaint ideas: for example, his
antiquated belief that manufacturing moving outside the U.S., and
wealth not being produced here, meant market gains must be an
illusion -- hence "the big crash" must be imminent.
How silly and old-fashioned! There are plenty of maneuvers
waiting in the wings to help puff up the bubble ever more. Like
prison labor, for example. Smart yuppies who by day sagely
nodded and agreed that NAFTA was what's best for America, by
night phoned their stockbrokers with orders to invest in
corporations headed toward Mexico. These same smooth talkers can
now pontificate on how they care so much about prisoner
rehabilitation then phone their brokers and order them to buy,
buy, buy stock in "Prison Blues." The smart money now sees that
slave wages paid to prison labor means big bucks for yuppie
puppies.
The smart money will also invest in private companies moving into
the prison industry. With "tough on crime" a sure win for
political candidates, increasing repression is assured. For the
savvy investor, now is the time to invest in prisons. Just think
what a grand, fine house you'll be able to buy with all the money
pouring in!
Just think of the money you might have made if you'd just
invested in big oil companies! I know, I know: you were worried
about the deal Iraq was making, to export oil in exchange for
food. You thought for sure the extra oil on the market would
drive down the price of "October crude" and oil stocks would go
down. You saw that piece on *60 Minutes* by Leslie Stahl about
the hundreds of thousands of children starving to death in Iraq
due to "sanctions against Saddam" and you, you dummy, you
actually believed that some sort of "moral outrage" (oh
*please*!) would open the door for export of oil from Iraq. You
really make me laugh sometimes! "Moral outrage" -- oh puhl-EEZ!
Market scoffers and doom-and-gloomers kept pointing to monumental
Clinton scandals of a staggering multitude. Erroneously they
foresaw the fall of the Yuppie Dream Regime once the watchdog
press alerted Mr. and Mrs. America to Clinton sleaze. But Mr.
and Mrs. America were heavily invested in mutual funds! And the
watchdog press were raking in big bucks thanks to Third World
slave wages benefiting multinational corporations of which they
were shareholders! Come on! Sure, they might wear a little
ribbon and put on the latest sharing-caring talk. But really
risk threatening their investments with anything uncomfortable
like the truth? Sheesh!
Get wise! These characters muttering all the time about "dire
economy" and "day of reckoning" are quaint relics from horse and
buggy days. The market is going up, up, up. Scoffers be damned,
you can make some good money! And you'll be providing employment
too. If not for you, it would be hard times for waiters and
waitresses at trendy night spots. Without you, there'd be a
slump in the police and prison industry. Why, when you get right
down to it, you are one of the good guys! So forget about these
nuts groaning about "right" and "wrong." (You'll notice that
*they're* all poor.) Dare to dream big dreams, of mansions and
fancy cars.
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