tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post7660740973643151195..comments2024-03-29T07:14:55.029+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Nationalisation as Asset-StrippingPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-66779389515950925262008-10-03T15:31:00.000+01:002008-10-03T15:31:00.000+01:00Yes Difference, there's plenty of ammunition in th...Yes Difference, there's plenty of ammunition in this crisis about state power we can use to see off the arguments of the neoliberal globalisers (though after the dust has settled, will there be any left?)<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, and for the life of me I cannot remember the source, I did read very recently about a government that place a ban on the movement of capital to outside of its borders, which is definitely a piece of legislation any socialist government would seek to implement.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-67987926545378409242008-10-02T21:47:00.000+01:002008-10-02T21:47:00.000+01:00Action,Are you absolutely mental? Do you seriously...Action,<BR/><BR/>Are you absolutely mental? Do you seriously want the financial crisis to get worse?<BR/><BR/><I>Why aren't we trying to make it worse?</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe because we're decent human beings and don't want millions more people to suffer in this latest bout of capitalist-induced misery.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509096390836282563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-70209856159649606782008-10-02T15:36:00.000+01:002008-10-02T15:36:00.000+01:00I find it interesting, within the context of globa...I find it interesting, within the context of globalization debates, that the nation-state is not disappearing (as predicted) under the pressure of the capital flows, but expected to intervene, regulate and bail out the capital flows. Nationalism, citizenship and the role of the state are interesting tropes to be followed in the UK as well as the US nowadays...thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35593981653848264342008-09-30T12:06:00.000+01:002008-09-30T12:06:00.000+01:00Why are we discussing averting this crisis?Why are...Why are we discussing averting this crisis?<BR/>Why aren't we trying to make it worse?Miles Barterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127256260946206049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-19712456501218881612008-09-30T11:42:00.000+01:002008-09-30T11:42:00.000+01:00Readers may wish to debate the role of the likes o...Readers may wish to debate the role of the likes of the TV shows you mentioned in contributing to the current economic crisis<BR/><BR/>Check out this post: <BR/><BR/>http://bentsocietyblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/lies-and-love-of-smart-dealing-part-6.htmlBent Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187406508249705295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-5508258568338093752008-09-30T09:13:00.000+01:002008-09-30T09:13:00.000+01:00Phil BCSpot on! I think those shows are certainly ...Phil BC<BR/><BR/>Spot on! I think those shows are certainly to blame. They made so many people feel that they were failures if they were not involved in property development. Made them feel that they were missing the boat. <BR/><BR/>Now we need a comedy show to parady them..parody the fallout...that would be the antidote and lesson.<BR/><BR/>What might it be called? Perhaps:<BR/><BR/>"Debt, debt, debt."<BR/><BR/>"foreclosure foreclosure foreclosure"<BR/><BR/>"Insanity, Insanity, Insanity?"<BR/><BR/>"greed, greed, greed."?Bent Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187406508249705295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-37853447484940715652008-09-29T18:12:00.000+01:002008-09-29T18:12:00.000+01:00Culpability Brown ... I like that!I wonder if we c...Culpability Brown ... I like that!<BR/><BR/>I wonder if we can shift some of the blame onto the media, particularly stuff like Location, Location, Location; but particularly the insidious Property Ladder. How many thousands of people were inspired by these shows who are now staring ruin in the face?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-49686322471055083502008-09-29T15:15:00.000+01:002008-09-29T15:15:00.000+01:00oops typing too fast - please forgive typos!oops typing too fast - please forgive typos!Bent Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187406508249705295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48226710485155073862008-09-29T15:14:00.000+01:002008-09-29T15:14:00.000+01:00All Good points. Great blog...you are on my blogli...All Good points. Great blog...you are on my bloglist. <BR/><BR/>Also the reason that B&B went bust is because they own th elargest share of the most toxic of mortgages - So called buy-to-let...which are really "Borroe-to-let" mortgages. The UK Govt. is to blame for these being so toxic by providing 100 percent tax releif on interest payments but zero tax releif on capital repayments. In effect Gordon Brown has promoted gambling (on the housing market always going upwards) on credit!<BR/><BR/>See: http://bentsocietyblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/mr-responsibility-or-culpability-brown.html<BR/><BR/>RobinBent Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187406508249705295noreply@blogger.com