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Hissyspit

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30. I understand that.

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 08:24 PM

Jan 2014

Was being a bit facetious.

1751: Diderot publishes first volume of Encyclopedie, much of the final work compiled clandestinely, some of it destroyed before publication.

He was speaking figuratively, with not just a little bit of justified anger.

Probably he would not have known the word "corporatists," (or if he did, it meant something different from my intent) and the more correct term for me to have used, anyway, would be "corporationists," "corporizationists," or "corporatocrats," or maybe "Neo-liberals," "Neo-cons," or just "fascists."

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Not sure if, in my cooler-headed moments, I'd agree with this quote...but after a day like today... [View all] WilliamPitt Jan 2014 OP

WOW! What a quote!!! calimary Jan 2014 #1

The version i heard. skamaria Jan 2014 #12

Welcome to DU, skamaria! calimary Jan 2014 #38

Updated for modern times. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #41

Good one. jsr Jan 2014 #2

Woo hoo! I haven't heard that one before. Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #3

I've long agreed with that quote. The_Commonist Jan 2014 #4

+ 100000000000000000000 russspeakeasy Jan 2014 #5

I've already made it into a poster for my office. VPStoltz Jan 2014 #6

That's the tag line at the bottom of my personal emails. Iggo Jan 2014 #7

My sigline on FB nt freebrew Jan 2014 #8

Nice. Iggo Jan 2014 #9

"Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls It Tolls for Thee" jtuck004 Jan 2014 #10

Ah, Denis. One of my favorites. malthaussen Jan 2014 #11

but it is the "kings/kochs & co." who run the politicians... hue Jan 2014 #15

Indeed, not all politicians are bad. I don't see any good in losing one like Warren, for example. arcane1 Jan 2014 #18

Politicians = Bad. Statesmen/women = Good. trof Jan 2014 #34

We will always need politicians. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #23

As a peace loving person i'm not sure... druidity33 Jan 2014 #13

Amen AuntPatsy Jan 2014 #14

K&R! Not just a quote, it's the reality! hue Jan 2014 #16

One of my favorite quotes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2014 #17

He left out corporatists. Hissyspit Jan 2014 #19

It's about resistance to authoritarian powers. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #28

I understand that. Hissyspit Jan 2014 #30

"Was being a bit facetious." - Sorry! I should have known! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #31

Long lived by this quotation. kairos12 Jan 2014 #20

WOW. obxhead Jan 2014 #21

I have that quote on my refrigerator door. Le Taz Hot Jan 2014 #22

Add Shakespear's... 99Forever Jan 2014 #24

That one's not bad, either. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #29

So...what, exactly, happened today? trof Jan 2014 #25

Previous thread: Hissyspit Jan 2014 #32

Ah. Yes. Now I see. krep trof Jan 2014 #33

yet nothing in that thread hfojvt Jan 2014 #36

Figuratively speaking, yes there is. Hissyspit Jan 2014 #37

they tried "haga patria, mate un cura" in El Salvador MisterP Jan 2014 #26

I've always loved that quote. Came across it many years pre-internet. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #27

This is only true after the last bankster is strangled with the entrails of the last king. nt Zorra Jan 2014 #35

I'll drink to that. merrily Jan 2014 #39

Back when the quote was made... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #42

One of my favorite quotes. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #40

That's the last straw. Eddie Haskell Jan 2014 #43

LOL. WilliamPitt Jan 2014 #44

, blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #45

It's so eighteenth century Jack Rabbit Jan 2014 #46