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Tuesday 13 October 2009

Free trade means the freedom of movement for capital. However, the laws against the free movement of labor remain. Thus, when it comes to free trade, those who control capital will always have the advantage. What the High Priests did not anticipate was a failure of the system from the bottom up through bankruptcy of households, small businesses and communities. That is what happened late last year. Such widespread insolvency threatens the very system that the High Priests depend on. Without this system no one will be willing to sacrifice their children to the Volcano God. Without those sacrifices the priests lose power. People might even commit the ultimate heresy: toss out the neo-liberal economic model. Sacrificing the Economy to the Volcano God

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