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2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts) Wed Sep 18, 2013, 10:31 AM Sep 2013

Please tell me this guy is satire. A Poe. A grossly exaggerated fictitious character.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/harrybinswanger/2013/09/17/give-back-yes-its-time-for-the-99-to-give-back-to-the-1/

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Please tell me this guy is satire. A Poe. A grossly exaggerated fictitious character. (Original Post) 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 OP

He defends laissez-faire capitalism using Ayn Rand Objectivism. Jim__ Sep 2013 #1

I don't know. Read some of the very unsatirical comments on Alternet's FB site. HughBeaumont Sep 2013 #2

Try this quote: bobclark86 Sep 2013 #3

Awesome find. bemildred Sep 2013 #4

You really have to question the agenda of anyone over 18 who takes Ayn Rand seriously. JaneyVee Sep 2013 #5

This same guy defends insider trading. Archae Sep 2013 #6

Wait, what? (checking) 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #8

Harry Binswanger, no satire. Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #7

Seems to be the real deal deutsey Sep 2013 #9

Jim__

(14,083 posts)

1. He defends laissez-faire capitalism using Ayn Rand Objectivism.

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 11:30 AM

Sep 2013

IOW, he's an asshole.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

2. I don't know. Read some of the very unsatirical comments on Alternet's FB site.

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 11:36 AM

Sep 2013

Sadly, I think he's being for real. Ayn Rand/Ludwig Von Mises fans really ARE a bunch of stupid people who think they're smart.

bobclark86

(1,415 posts)

3. Try this quote:

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 11:39 AM

Sep 2013

"Instead, we live in a culture where Goldman Sachs is smeared as “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.” That’s for the sin of successful investing, channeling savings to their most productive uses."

Oh, so THAT'S why they needed half a TRILLION dollars in loans. OK, they sure did a good job...

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

4. Awesome find.

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 12:27 PM

Sep 2013

If a Poe, a good one.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

5. You really have to question the agenda of anyone over 18 who takes Ayn Rand seriously.

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 12:30 PM

Sep 2013

Archae

(46,344 posts)

6. This same guy defends insider trading.

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 12:34 PM

Sep 2013

He's an Ayn Rand groupie, that's for sure.

2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts)

8. Wait, what? (checking)

Reply to Archae (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 01:23 PM

Sep 2013

HOLY CRAP, you're right.

I guess it's OK for me to defend bank robbery then, yes?

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

7. Harry Binswanger, no satire.

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 03:33 PM

Sep 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Binswanger

The Anti-Capitalist Offensive
Harry Binswanger (2002.08.09 )
http://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/the-anti-capitalist-offensive/

deutsey

(20,166 posts)

9. Seems to be the real deal

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 01:41 PM

Sep 2013

People like him don't feel they have to couch what they really think in euphemisms like "trickle-down economics" anymore.

He's relishing the restoration of the aristocracy/peon gap that the 20th century diminished for a while.

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