I'm sure @ADigitalArtist got the joke.Okay, it stops for now. If that is how you get your knowledge about the world, we won't get any further.
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I'm sure @ADigitalArtist got the joke.Okay, it stops for now. If that is how you get your knowledge about the world, we won't get any further.
No, it's closer to the opposite of that.So, your position is that a country's success or failure is not related to the economic system?
No, it's closer to the opposite of that.
Economic systems create emergent properties in societies,
but there are additional important factors, eg, society, government.
Europe had a long & profitable relationship with slavery.America could grow much faster than Europe because it was very efficiently set up: A society where you can rob your neighbour because they have a different skin color, and are therefore not really people and have no right to their property, will accumulate wealth and property much faster than one that has to sail across half the world to do the same.
Omg is that Silvio from The Sapranos?
Yes, but he's Norwegian now.Omg is that Silvio from The Sapranos?
Ahh So that’s what happened to him.Yes, but he's Norwegian now.
He works hard to fit in there.Ahh So that’s what happened to him.
Does this mean he had the makings of a varsity athlete all along? Or is it proof he never had a shine box?He works hard to fit in there.
Never watched The Sopranos, so all references are lost on me.Does this mean he had the makings of a varsity athlete all along? Or is it proof he never had a shine box?
(Sorry, Soprano memes. I couldn’t resist)
Does this mean he had the makings of a varsity athlete all along? Or is it proof he never had a shine box?
(Sorry, Soprano memes. I couldn’t resist)
Lol that’s probably where it comes from. If I’m not mistaken that same actor (or at least the character’s likeness) later shows up as a character called Phil Leotardo in the Sopranos.I thought "shine box" would have been a reference to Goodfellas
Tommy was a funny guy.
Lol that’s probably where it comes from. If I’m not mistaken that same actor (or at least the character’s likeness) later shows up as a character called Phil Leotardo in the Sopranos.
The show is actually heavily influenced by such movies anyway, so it’s not that surprising.
Ha it’s like all these movies and shows have little in jokes going on between them.Yes, it is the same actor, Frank Vincent, who also appeared in the movie Casino, which had many of the same actors and the same basic theme, although a completely different plot, setting, and characters. Still, a lot of fans make note of the fact that in Goodfellas, Joe Pesci's character murders Frank Vincent's character, yet in Casino, Frank Vincent's character murders Joe Pesci's character.
Yes a lot of those movies do celebrate that appeal. That’s why I loved the Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. Those shows carefully deconstruct the myth and pull back the glamour. It shows the toll that those lifestyles have on the main characters. Though it also shows why those characters chose that life in the first place. Both had Steve Buscemi in them. I think I underestimated him as an actor before Boardwalk Empire.To some extent, I think some of the appeal might be that these stories are kind of the "dark side" of the American Dream. They're mostly about people from humble beginnings, living in tenements, little to no educational opportunities, facing widespread discrimination and bigotry. Yet, they arose from that - due to their own skills, toughness, moxie, or whatever else they might have had - and managed to rise to a level of great wealth and power in a relatively short period of time. People feared and respected them, and they were mostly considered "untouchable" and nobody to mess with.