Showing posts with label Dire Straits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dire Straits. Show all posts
Monday, October 14, 2013
'Money for Nothin' and Your Chicks for Free'
When the Default comes -- which may be this week, maybe next -- some of the Highest of the Mighty will be rolling in money, more money than they ever imagined was possible back in the '80's when Greed turned into their religion.
They've commodified everything in the interim, including what passes for the US Government, and they fully intend to take advantage of the looming Default. Shorting is one of the biggest money makers there is.
What the rest of us lose in the process is none of their concern, how does the old song go? "It's your misfortune and none of my own?" Something like that. That's their world. Take whatever they can grab from anyone who doesn't get out of their way fast enough. They've been stealing from one another for years, now it's time to steal everything that's left from the rest of us.
The Default, along with the continuing Shutdown, has already had the effect of reprioritizing government function and spending, and the way it works is, there's no going back. We're on a different path than we were. Permanently.
"It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own..."
"I want my, I want my, I want my.... MTV... Boo-ah, boo-ah."
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
"Tribute"
Money for nothing
And chicks for free...
--Dire Straits 1985
1990 Performance
The goal for capitalists and their fellow travelers is no different than that of the fictive MTV Star made infamous in Dire Straits megahit "Money for Nothing" -- an anthem of sorts for the dispossessed and disenchanted in the Thatcher/Reagan era. We might call it The Era of Greed.
The goal is always to get "money for nothing" and your chicks for free.
While the rest of the poor sods work themselves to death making sure the fancy people get the tribute and freedom they want and demand -- on the wan hope some of that tribute will fall into their own gnarled hands before they die.
"That's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya
Them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister
on your little finger
Maybe get a blister
on your thumb."
And chicks for free...
--Dire Straits 1985
The goal for capitalists and their fellow travelers is no different than that of the fictive MTV Star made infamous in Dire Straits megahit "Money for Nothing" -- an anthem of sorts for the dispossessed and disenchanted in the Thatcher/Reagan era. We might call it The Era of Greed.
The goal is always to get "money for nothing" and your chicks for free.
While the rest of the poor sods work themselves to death making sure the fancy people get the tribute and freedom they want and demand -- on the wan hope some of that tribute will fall into their own gnarled hands before they die.
"That's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya
Them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister
on your little finger
Maybe get a blister
on your thumb."
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