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The UN plenary chamber, seen from the very back. At the dias stands an ogrish caricature of a capitalist, chomping a cigar and wearing a top hat. The capitalist stands behind a control box and is yanking on a lever in the form of a gilded dollar-sign. Between a white-gloved finger and thumb he dangles the UN logo that normally sits on the wall behind him. Image: ChristErbach (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnitedNations_GeneralAssemblyChamber.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

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The UN plenary chamber, seen from the very back. At the dias stands an ogrish caricature of a capitalist, chomping a cigar and wearing a top hat. The capitalist stands behind a control box and is yanking on a lever in the form of a gilded dollar-sign. Between a white-gloved finger and thumb he dangles the UN logo that normally sits on the wall behind him. Image: ChristErbach (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnitedNations_GeneralAssemblyChamber.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 07:07:25 JST Cory Doctorow
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End of the line for corporate sovereignty
I use this ogrish rich-guy-in-a-top-hat image all the time to represent the thuggish application of wealth; he comes from a *delightful* Soviet editorial cartoon called "Capital Controls the Government":
https://craphound.com/images/ussr-capital.jpg
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