The Birth of the Anti-Capitalist and the Hilarious Capital Consequences on Me

“But Trader Monthly did, and it limned the trader so that all might behold his glory. A trader was a sort of embodiment of the primal drama of capitalism; not just an überconsumer, but a bullying, self-maximizing, wealth-extracting he-man, a lout in full.”

 

I’m in the middle of reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and this sort of language reminds me exactly of the antagonists in the book.  When the going gets tough, people who make or made money are considered the enemy.  Now, in the current scenario, some of these guys did push us towards a financial crisis . . . . but hey, this makes for good reading. 

 

What is the direct effect on me?  Well, I was randomly asked to publish an article a few months ago about what you could do in Mumbai if you had only three hours on the ground.  It was published in Trader Monthly here.  Unfortunately the original is much better and can be found in this blog – here. 

 

Unfortunately – and true to the capitalist form – Trader Monthly – has gone belly-up (you have to read the rest of the article).  Guess it wasn’t efficient use of capital but luckily it will be shut down and capital can move on to more efficient places.  My article will thus be taken offline.  Luckily this blog can save the original!  It is funny to think that the death of a self-maximizing publication about self-maximizing people has gone bankrupt.