tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post3092554770760474077..comments2024-03-28T11:33:22.185-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : We Must Destroy the Economy to Save the EconomyDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-41998736534517441912009-07-20T11:54:52.117-04:002009-07-20T11:54:52.117-04:00Sultan, for the top 5% they live much better than ...Sultan, for the top 5% they live much better than anyone in the First World. Then, there is another 15% & they too have the benefit of having a better than First World standard of living while all the advantages of living in a Third World country.<br />I lived like that most of my life & you learn to ignore the Third World aspects of the environment. You also learn to accept the repression necessary to keep the bottom 80% quiet. N. Korea is an extreme case. <br />In the case of the country I came from, the essential problem was two-fold - the major problem was the rise of Islamic political parties & the second problem was a very large number of unemployed & unemployable young people, a demographic bulge with great expectations & no way to realize them. <br />Being a Jew, the rise of Islamic parties was the main factor which led me to leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-7828101305182668782009-07-20T11:01:12.215-04:002009-07-20T11:01:12.215-04:00Stable yes, but also third world. You can't ma...Stable yes, but also third world. You can't maintain a first world economy over the long run. Which means you'll have to import the good stuff. The elites are still the top dogs, but like Kim Jong Il, they rule over a nation of slaves that produce little of worth.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51630913680645023192009-07-20T04:50:58.678-04:002009-07-20T04:50:58.678-04:00You answer that eventually, elites get to rule ove...You answer that eventually, elites get to rule over huts & that's mostly untaxable income. No, this kind of economy is actually quite stable as long as the majority are rural. It's when urbanization takes place that the elites must become a bit more creative. Import duties, VAT taxes, property taxes, fees for virtually any activity, can squeeze lots of money out of even the poor in a black market economy. <br />Whether this can continue indefinitely - well, nothing is forever, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-45072172313586765682009-07-19T17:50:38.507-04:002009-07-19T17:50:38.507-04:00Krugman can now join other "Nobel Prize"...Krugman can now join other "Nobel Prize" winners like Arafat and Peres. Next the Nobel Prize winner will be a doctor who advocates to cut the arm for a scratch to save the patient. Crazy upside down world we live in, crazy logic it is in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-11294889202071867862009-07-19T10:26:32.547-04:002009-07-19T10:26:32.547-04:00In the short term yes, in the long term even the e...In the short term yes, in the long term even the elite get to rule over huts and an economy that's mostly untaxable income, at which point they either try for a free market economy, or thrive in having power over people aloneDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-16701355961618283292009-07-19T03:52:12.274-04:002009-07-19T03:52:12.274-04:00Everyone does not lose out in this giant Ponzi sch...Everyone does not lose out in this giant Ponzi scheme. The Soviet system had it's nomenklatura, we have Congress & millions of bureaucrats. The political class, elites, always find a way to profit. Third World countries run like this - I'm originally from a Third World shithole, an Arab one at that, & believe me, I know how the system works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-8765018473407605712009-07-19T00:19:18.714-04:002009-07-19T00:19:18.714-04:00who knows if he personally even took the examwho knows if he personally even took the examDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-36722469368962891372009-07-18T23:54:54.646-04:002009-07-18T23:54:54.646-04:00Obama has the Whimpy from Popeye theory of economi...Obama has the Whimpy from Popeye theory of economics, too--the famous "I'll gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today" theory.<br /><br />Seriously, though, you have to wonder how in the world he passed the LSAT exam which is 99-percent complex logic questions. My sister took the LSAT and was accepted to law school but decided it wasn't for her after visiting a law school and sitting in on a few classes. But I'll always remember those logic questions on the LSAT study guide--mind benders!<br /><br />How in the world did Obama pass and get into Harvard?Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.com