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Please join my campaign to eliminate the tedious use of the word 'basically.'
Here is the reasoning::
The word "basically" is an overused verbal tick which demeans and condescends to the listener. It is at the same time a way for the speaker to inflate his own self esteem by flogging and repeating words that appear to emphasize personal knowledge.
It is a fault which has become, I fear, some sort of custom or accepted colloquialism.
Free Market Fantasies Capitalism In The Real World
There is endless talk about the free market and its virtues. Entrepreneurs compete
on level playing fields and the public benefits. The chasm between such fantasies
and reality is acute and growing wider. The existing free market depends heavily
on taxpayer subsidies and bailouts.
Corporate welfare far exceeds that which goes to the poor and needy. Economic
policy is based on the dictum: take from the needy, and give to the greedy. The
captains of industry of today make the robber barons of the 19th century look like
underachievers. The gap between CEO and worker salaries has never been sharper.
One union leader put it this way,"Workers are getting the absolute crap kicked out of them."
reseeding it.
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9 Comments
Basically prophetic! I think that speech was made in the early 90's.
Oct 06 2008, 16:01 CEST
Please join my campaign to eliminate the tedious use of the word 'basically.'
Here is the reasoning::
The word "basically" is an overused verbal tick which demeans and condescends to the listener. It is at the same time a way for the speaker to inflate his own self esteem by flogging and repeating words that appear to emphasize personal knowledge.
It is a fault which has become, I fear, some sort of custom or accepted colloquialism.
Oct 06 2008, 18:23 CEST
with the exception that the stupendous dazzling profits have come to a temporary halt after more than 2 decades ...
Oct 06 2008, 18:35 CEST
I didn't mean to offend the verbiage Nazis. Also thanks to johnwoot119 for pointing out the actual release date, was not sure, heard too many Chomsky speeches that have been edited.
Oct 06 2008, 21:00 CEST
This one of the best Chomsky pieces I've heard. It is very lucid and stays on point. I don't have any place to broadcast it but I would just like to shake people and have them hear it.
As to what's going on today: find all the Naomi Klein you can.
As to what's going on today: find all the Naomi Klein you can.
Oct 08 2008, 21:35 CEST
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