Doesn't the SM itself reflect the power of capitalists - financial and otherwise, and therefore doesn't that make it an important to follow? The SM is how powerful capitalists understand and judge their own successes and failures. What is sickening of the media coverage is the cheerleading, not the fact of the coverage itself.
Troy Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/27/07, Doug Henwood wrote: > ah, the PEN-L juices are starting to flow! not mine. Stock market gyrations are boring. I think that the news should stop reporting the DJIA and S&P (etc.) completely -- unless they change more than 2% in one day. If the stock market were to be open 1 day a week, it would serve its purpose for capitalism without all the useless brouhaha. The excessive attention that the SM gets reflects the excessive power of the finance capitalists and wannabes, along with the fetishism of monetary forms of wealth. -- Jim Devine / "The truth is more important than the facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice
