Originally Posted by roachboy

i dont see the problem with regulation---for a more rational form of capitalism, all that's required is long term thinking (god, i feel almost dirty saying this...) but think about it: if you are one of these mythical Kaptains of Industry and you like being a Kaptain of Industry, and you'd like to stay one, then acting in a manner that promotes the functionality of the system that enables you to extract profit makes sense---i mean from a bidness standpoint--dont you think? if what's encouraging american-style Tiny Brain capitalism is gearing bonuses to quarterly earnings reports, or even to annual earnings, ban them with fucking regulation, institute say a five year bonus cycle, fine the crap out of firms that don't comply and threaten them with the kind of pillory-ing that the petit bourgeois types are all too eager to slap onto drunken drivers--who for all the damage they do are Pikers when compared with the damage that's been done to regular people's lives by the present form of Tiny Brain capitalism---- and see what happens.

this is obviously not a plan, but i persist in thinking, even after 8 years of george w bush and the possibility that is more than remote of another 4 subjected to the blight of those paragons of everything Tiny Brained, that americans are not intrinsically stupid, that they are no more greedy and self-centered than anyone else--they just do what they can get away with.