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Thus our masters speaketh

category national | anti-capitalism | other press author Wednesday September 07, 2011 23:27author by Freeman Gerry Report this post to the editors

Fascinating example of double-speak and newthink in the latest of RTE's press-releases on behalf of our overlords in the IMF:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0907/imf-business.html
Instructive and personally therapeutic to sift through the seemingly innocuous and dry-as-dust statements therein and see what lies behind the appearance of 'news.'

1) The IMF "called for widespread consensus over budgetary targets," which essentially means interfering in what is left of our pitiful democrasy- in other words, any kind of healthy debate or dissent from the prevailing neoliberal 'consensus is not welcome.

2) They have noted with approval the increase in 'inward investment in Ireland by foreign multi-national companies,' thus making clear on what basis Ireland's economy is to be stimulated into growth in the future-i.e.in the same unsustainable way (dependent on multi-nationals) as was done in the past, which partly contributed to the mess we are in now.

3) 'The IMF says it supports a case by case approach to the issue of mortgage debt reduction.' I mean, how fucking dare they even express an opinion on this matter?

4) And of course the icing on this shit-cake:

'The IMF also called on Dublin to consider raising €5 billion in asset sales, as recommended by a Government-commissioned group in April, to help reduce its level of indebtedness.'

Translated into honesty, this means we are being basically ordered to sell off our nations assets to private interests who will exploit these for profit (all assurances that safeguards will be put in place to make sure they are managed responsibly are total and utter bollocks; by definition, once you enter the free-market you are a slave to its logic).

So, to wrap up, we are fucked.

Related Link: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0907/imf-business.html
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