The answer, of course, is to send Bloomberg off to fight the Parthians

by Will

The New Yorker’s take on Bloomberg’s plutocratic, all-encompassing nannyism is worth a read. Are the parallels to Marcus Licinius Crassus a harbinger of the coming pink police state?

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Tags | Marcus Licinius Crassus, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Pink Police State Watch

6 comments

1 Jaybird { 11.10.09 at 12:14 pm }

Was Crassus the guy who forced people to work at swordpoint so that they would produce stuff that could then be taxed?

Or was that a different Emperor?

Will
November 10th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus

Jaybird
November 10th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

“Upon his arrival in the Parthian camp he was seized and killed. A story later emerged that after Crassus’ death the Parthians poured molten gold into his mouth as a symbol of his thirst for riches.”

Old school.

2 greginak { 11.10.09 at 12:39 pm }

Shorter Hertzberg- Bloomberg has done a mostly good job, is popular and has given a slice of has massive fortune to good causes. This is bad.

3 Sam M { 11.10.09 at 2:07 pm }

Really? That’s what you take from the article? Strange.

greginak
November 10th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

yes mostly with just a tad of snark thrown in for taste.