Comments on: The Quiet Coup http://turningpoints.iomaire.com/index.php/2009/04/26/the-quiet-coup/ Ruminations on life, art, politics, and whatever else catches my fancy. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:10:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kay http://turningpoints.iomaire.com/index.php/2009/04/26/the-quiet-coup/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Kay Mon, 04 May 2009 15:03:09 +0000 http://turningpoints.iomaire.com/?p=1159#comment-1475 That Atlantic article by Mr. Johnson really cuts to the chase. And his IMF perspective lends a lot of credence to his viewpoint, imho. He's seen this all before, up close, and I find it shocking that our great country most closely resembles the emerging-market paradigm that IMF has so much experience with. It truly was a quiet coup. I don't think it was just the finance industry, either: Big Ag, Big Oil, Big Industry, Big Pharm - our nation's politics aren't by-the-people-for-the-people, not even close. They're prostituted to the corporations. That Atlantic article by Mr. Johnson really cuts to the chase. And his IMF perspective lends a lot of credence to his viewpoint, imho. He’s seen this all before, up close, and I find it shocking that our great country most closely resembles the emerging-market paradigm that IMF has so much experience with.

It truly was a quiet coup. I don’t think it was just the finance industry, either: Big Ag, Big Oil, Big Industry, Big Pharm – our nation’s politics aren’t by-the-people-for-the-people, not even close. They’re prostituted to the corporations.

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