New World Order, Inc.

[peristaltor]

Just yesterday, I read that the belief "that we could have utopian prosperity if we got rid of private businesses and had the government run everything" should be marked down to "stubborn stupidity." Fair enough. As hyperbolic and Straw Manned-up as that statement is, thwarting all independent economic activity would be a bit delusional, given

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[kmo]

Hey, thanks for the shoutout. You wrote:

...and all under the geas of "free trade."

Did you mean "ageis?"

[peristaltor]

You're quite welcome. It was an excellent piece of interview material, and deserves spreading.

As to my meaning, I was going for more than simple legal protection.

Geas: Noun (pl. geasa) (in Irish folklore) an obligation or prohibition magically imposed on a person.

Charles Stross uses it in The Atrocity Files, his mash-up of a Lovecraftian world of monsters and powers affected through mathematical manipulation. And come to think of it, I have you to thank for turning me on to Stross, as well!

[kmo]

Ah, well then I've learned a new word today. Not every day that that happens. Thank you.