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25. Where the term originated...

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:58 PM

May 2020

Human Capital Stock, Rev. Dr. Barber Tweet
Before 1865, American insurance companies sold policies to protect “human capital stock.” But the 13th amendment abolished the practice of owning human beings. Some folks need to be reminded.

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Pic Of The Moment: So Much For "We The People" [View all] EarlG May 2020 OP

I hate that grinning asshole. stopbush May 2020 #1

There's a punchable face. 😒 BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #2

Indeed. 2naSalit May 2020 #40

Some of that stock is not worth much and is defective. gordianot May 2020 #3

Parasites. Maven May 2020 #4

The same was true for most economic downturns ThoughtCriminal May 2020 #5

On top of how f***ed up it is... skypilot May 2020 #6

It's kinda catchy "we the human capital stock, in order to form a more perfect union..." Canoe52 May 2020 #7

We the people are a new commodity traded by the wall street banksters. nt yaesu May 2020 #8

It's not often that someone I have never heard of jumps up so many notches on my hate ladder. This dameatball May 2020 #9

They've been acclimating us to this for some time. silverweb May 2020 #10

Shines a bright light on their attitude toward poor, elderly, VA, medically fragile, etc. nt pazzyanne May 2020 #13

Yes it does. silverweb May 2020 #45

Well, of course. Saviolo May 2020 #20

That's the idea. silverweb May 2020 #46

And "customers" became "consumers" Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #39

Yes! silverweb May 2020 #44

+++ 2naSalit May 2020 #41

Moooo Cyrano May 2020 #11

The basket of despicables. We are past deplorable. We're in mob boss/ robber barron territory now. Evolve Dammit May 2020 #12

"human capital stock"... El Mimbreno May 2020 #14

Much worse littlemissmartypants May 2020 #21

K&R Gothmog May 2020 #15

There really isn't a bottom to scrape, is there? LakeArenal May 2020 #16

They live in a pool of shit. hadEnuf May 2020 #17

It's like glimpsing an internal dispatch from the US Nazi plantation's overseers -- ancianita May 2020 #18

Rev Doctor Barber littlemissmartypants May 2020 #23

Yep. We're back there. The old plantation language. Rev. Barber knows. ancianita May 2020 #29

++++++++++++++++!!! 2naSalit May 2020 #42

When "human capital stock" likely equals "chattel" of older times with these folks. MFGsunny May 2020 #19

The term has historic American significance. littlemissmartypants May 2020 #22

Exactly. TYVM for Rev. Barber's reminder! I had not seen it before. n/t MFGsunny May 2020 #27

"human capital stock" Yonnie3 May 2020 #24

Where the term originated... littlemissmartypants May 2020 #25

"Human stock" was always a corporate term. Racial capitalism was always the foundation of ancianita May 2020 #30

It won't be too soon ... yuiyoshida May 2020 #26

Sounds like something a slave owner would say. tclambert May 2020 #28

Disposible human work units. Aussie105 May 2020 #31

Shit, we've been "Human Resources" The Mouth May 2020 #32

Could be worse HotRod Deluxe May 2020 #33

It's as if the ghost of Ayn Rand has possessed the entire Trump administration. n/t Tom Yossarian Joad May 2020 #34

What is "human capital"? Are we back in the 1850s again? George II May 2020 #35

Ah, hello George. I was just commenting on another thread PatrickforO May 2020 #37

This Hassett sure is a smug man, isn't he? PatrickforO May 2020 #36

and they are keen to go back to work because . . . Aussie105 May 2020 #38

Geez, pretty soon they'll be dividing us into 13 districts. tanyev May 2020 #43