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In a message dated 1/25/2002 5:12:21 PM Central Standard Time, Keith Henson
<hkhenson@cogeco.ca> writes:
> At 10:29 AM 25/01/02 -0500, AaronLynch@aol.com wrote:
>
> snip
>
> >It's probably worth noting that the Enronism in business had a major
effect
> >on politics. Without Enron, George W. Bush would probably not have won the
> >presidential race. (Even the Republican primary is a big question mark.)
> >Arguably, the executives at Enron were acting as American oligarchs.
> >
> >The whole thing carries over into science as well, since the president of
> the
> >USA has enormous influence on the science and education budgets in this
> >country. There are real consequences to the lack of effective scrutiny and
> >real accountability enjoyed for so long by Enron.
>
> Cults are a manifestation of memes, often the really pathological cases
> that demonstrate memes clearly at odds with genes. I noticed this morning
> that one of the Enron people who had been freaking out over their hiding
> loses in partnerships but had made millions when he bailed out of Enron
> committed suicide. It is perhaps appropriate that Enron is analyzed as a
> cult here: http://www.projo.com/report/html/06916181.htm
>
> Keith Henson
Interesting article, Keith. Thanks for posting it. There does indeed seem to
be a cultish aspect to many corporations. And a corporate aspect to many
cults.
--Aaron Lynch
http://www.thoughtcontagion.com
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