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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2007-04-13 under ,

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies." -- Thomas Jefferson (thanks to [livejournal.com profile] blueeowyn)

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posted by [identity profile] garnet-rattler.livejournal.com at 06:33pm on 2007-04-13
Thus the current crisis of ~liberty, due largely to the majority of the top hundred economies of the world being large corporations rather than sovereign political states with ~legitimate military forces.

Ultimately, economics trumps military over any substantial time scale because you can eventually buy more equipment and men than any ideology can produce consistently. Short-term, however, ...
 
posted by [identity profile] dptwisted.livejournal.com at 10:33pm on 2007-04-13
Oh yeah? Then why isn't there a Constitutional Amendment preventing the barracking of bankers in private homes, Mr. Smartypants?

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