Just as with Going Postal the late, great Pratchett wrote a satire that exactly hits the nail on the head of 20th and 21st century politics, economics, and society in general. But he exactly knows which amount of what humor he has to take to get laughs that don´t feel bitter. That he does this in an appropriate way is another sign of his talent and ingenuity, because balancing with topics that hot could easily fail is a quality master seal. As if this wasn´t already bad enough Pratchett adds

Today, it´s obviously ridiculous, but because one can´t stop an endless exponential growth system circle pyramid scheme once it has started, there may be a little future problem. In this regard, it was more honest millennia ago when the rule of the god emperor was combined with the greed of the traders and businessmen. As long as the ruling class, politicians, and media define what a healthy economy should look like, there is no debate. This inherent craziness comes from the fact thatĪnd thereby open to close to any manipulation. Pratchett uses loads of allegories, innuendos, and puns to integrate many real, in the grey area of legality, happenings that are just normal to make the one or other extra buck or a billion of them. And that didn´t just start with paper money or hedge funds, the whole of human history could be seen as The ridiculous thing is that much of the real life economy, and especially the banking, investment, and insurance industry are managed in similar greedy and incompetent ways. It seems a good investment in Ankh Morporks´ futureĪnd who is one of the angel investors wins

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