whither the apocalypseSpotted at A Blog Named Sue: You know, in every movie I've seen about the end of the world, civilization collapses because of something wicked cool happening - an asteroid hits, nuclear war, a supervirus, an ape revolution, whatever. If civilization collapses over credit default swaps I an going to be pissed. Me too. I mean, I’m already pissed. But I’ll be more pissed. As Thers at Eschaton adds: We don't even get zombies. Bummer. *sigh* Disqus commentsblog comments powered by Disqus |
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posted by PaulW (Sat Mar 07 09, 7:59AM)
Well, we have zombie banks...
There's actually a really bad political thriller starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson called Rollover about how a financial crisis involving insolvent banks, insider trading, and slush funds. It ends in global rioting when all money becomes worthless.