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Daily Archives: May 25th, 2009

Karl Marx, Looney Tunes Edition

Monday, May 25, 2009

I’ve always believed that Karl Marx’s analysis of society was spot on. His expectations for the future, on the other hand, never cut the mustard. As to those societies that called themselves communist, none made any serious attempt to create the kind of state that he envisioned. They used his ideas to grab power, but […]

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Pity the corporate media

Monday, May 25, 2009

The New York Times drips sympathy for Freemantle Media Enterprises, the company that owns the rights to “Britain’s Got Talent”, the show on which Susan Boyle appeared. Seems that Freemantle has been unable to leverage Ms. Boyle into a windfall profit: The case reflects the inability of big media companies to maximize profit from supersize […]

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