The Elite: It's a Big Club and You're Not in it

OfficePants said:
I don't. But I also don't mind a law that says you must.
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Has anyone ever been convicted? Pointless law is pointless.

Get on topic.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...ed-alleged-erratic-behavior-article-1.2101997
http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/03/paris...serk-on-plane-i-will-f-king-own-you-peasants/
Conrad Hiltons says:
"I will f*cking own anyone on this flight; they are f*cking peasants."
"I could get you all fired in 5 minutes. I know your boss! My father will pay this out. He has done it before. Dad paid $300k last time."
"I told all of them I could get all of their jobs taken away in less than 30 seconds."

Also note that the Daily News file photo shows him wearing the J. Press patchwork dot scarf a la Chuck Bass.
 
Next Jimmy is going to want to get rid of clocks. A pointless utility since everyone knows when the sun rises because they can see it. The market will take care of those who can and cannot get up for work on time.
 
Shit, Staples is in talks to buy Office Depot for $6.3 bil. And our completely worthless FTC will allow this to happen.
 
Dammit, trustbusting and monopoly prevention is something that we figured out was in the public's best interest.
Are you happy with the cable monopoly?
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Can I petition StyleForum for them to take you back so you can crap up their news forum instead?
 
This is the club at work, another round of feeding the elite who are behind the military industrial complex. We always need a conflict to siphon tax revenue.

When you see people lined up in the background of a press conference like that, nothing good will happen. It's the elite version of a perp walk using their lackeys.

 
doghouse said:
As an indication of how well-cloaked shell company ownership is, it took The Times more than a year to unravel the ownership of shell companies with condos in the Time Warner Center, by searching business and court records from more than 20 countries, interviewing dozens of people with close knowledge of the complex, examining hundreds of property records and connecting the dots from lawyers or relatives named on deeds to the actual buyers.


Yet in some cases it is nearly impossible to establish with certainty the source of money behind shell companies. Purchasers can register shell companies in the names of accountants, lawyers or relatives. Purchases are often made not just by individuals but on behalf of groups of investors or numerous family members, further obscuring the origin of the funds. What is more, ownership of shell companies can be shifted at any time, with no indication in property records.

The high-end real estate market has become less and less transparent — and more alluring for those abroad with assets they wish to keep anonymous.
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Think about this while you're doing your taxes. It's a big club, and we're not in it.
 
OfficePants said:
Think about this while you're doing your taxes. It's a big club, and we're not in it.
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I'm not in the club in that article, but I'm in your club.

You probably should read the whole thing, then report back to the group. I hope you actually read it instead of picking it apart for out of context bits the support your presupposed ideas. There is a very good message in here.
 
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doghouse said:
I'm not in the club in that article, but I'm in your club.

You probably should read the whole thing, then report back to the group. I hope you actually read it instead of picking it apart for out of context bits the support your presupposed ideas. There is a very good message in here.
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Maybe I am missing what you're trying to say, but I indeed read the entire thing.

Similar to the trend where cities make sweetheart deals to attract corporations, NYC is making it as easy as possible for wealthy foreign money to be parked. These properties are bought and basically remain empty all the time, so it does little for the city economy or tax base. All it does it bid up real estate prices.

What's missing?
 
OfficePants said:
Maybe I am missing what you're trying to say, but I indeed read the entire thing.
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Unless you are Johnny Five there is no way you read that whole thing before your first post. I'm the biggest speed reader I know and it took me like 15 minutes.

OfficePants said:
What's missing?
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The money has nothing to do with it. There's a disturbing trend that is divorcing some people from society. In effect, there are two different realities that are diverging. Societal integration and commonality is what generates stability. This sort of trend is what causes war and revolution.

Warren Buffett epitomizes what you have laid out as Elite™, yet he is anathema to this sort of thing. This is the real danger, the lack of societal bonds. Dehumanization is a stones throw from divorced society, and then all sorts of false ideals are superimposed upon opposing groups. We end up with stuff like the Bolshevik Revolution and the Nazis genocide. Ungood.

On a lighter note though, when I first saw the article I was like "This is some shit Tom Brad and other celebrities would be around", and I'll be goddmaned if Tom Brady wasn't in the article. I lol'd.
 
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