This: rising cries of progressives for the criminal prosecution of Wall Street perpetrators, as if a fundamentally sound financial system had been abused by a small number of criminals who were running free after the debacle. Instead of pushing a debate about how to restructure our predatory financial system, liberals in their focus on individual prosecution are aping the punitive zeal of the authoritarians. A few high-profile prosecutions for insider trading (which had nothing to do with the last crash) have, of course, not changed Wall Street one bit. This is why it is important to have a radical voice. This article also touches on internet crime. The internet allows a way to disrupt power. It is being limited just as disruptive power was limited in the past. The picket line has been crippled. Notice, too, that crowds can still assemble as long as there arent too many of them and they are far away in Free-Speech zones. Internet crime is just another limit on the disruptive power of the people.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 22:47:00 +0000
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