Bankers responded indignantly to the comments, claiming they will now boycott his upscale restaurants. Interestingly, it is yet another example of Godwin's Law, that online conversations that go on for too long are bound to reference Hitler or Nazis at some point. It's too bad that he diluted a very powerful argument with those references, but it is exciting to see the public at large, and some celebrities, start to take on the institution that wields more power behind closed doors (with little to no accountability) than any other. Lest we forget that all attempts to reign in their behavior in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis have failed. Speaking back to power and waking the public up to the truth could be the first step to actually changing things.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Mario Batali Speaks Out!
A rather extraordinary comment from famed celebrity chef Mario Batali at a Time Person of the year event:
"But I would have to say that who has had the largest effect on the whole planet without us really paying attention across the board and everywhere is the entire banking industry and their disregard for the people that they’re supposed to be working for… the ways the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed and taken most of it into their hands is as good as Stalin or Hitler and the evil guys…They’re not heroes, but they are people that had a really huge effect on the way the world is operating."
Bankers responded indignantly to the comments, claiming they will now boycott his upscale restaurants. Interestingly, it is yet another example of Godwin's Law, that online conversations that go on for too long are bound to reference Hitler or Nazis at some point. It's too bad that he diluted a very powerful argument with those references, but it is exciting to see the public at large, and some celebrities, start to take on the institution that wields more power behind closed doors (with little to no accountability) than any other. Lest we forget that all attempts to reign in their behavior in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis have failed. Speaking back to power and waking the public up to the truth could be the first step to actually changing things.
Bankers responded indignantly to the comments, claiming they will now boycott his upscale restaurants. Interestingly, it is yet another example of Godwin's Law, that online conversations that go on for too long are bound to reference Hitler or Nazis at some point. It's too bad that he diluted a very powerful argument with those references, but it is exciting to see the public at large, and some celebrities, start to take on the institution that wields more power behind closed doors (with little to no accountability) than any other. Lest we forget that all attempts to reign in their behavior in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis have failed. Speaking back to power and waking the public up to the truth could be the first step to actually changing things.
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