http:\/\/chimeraincorporated.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nI like this idea!\u00a0 The Byzantine complexity of our crony capitalist system is rather reminiscent of the unbelievably elaborate mythos created by Marvel or the Star Wars universe.\u00a0\u00a0 Turn them into action figures and they might actually become comprehensible.\u00a0 They might even become fun!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reader writes: I\u2019m a long-time reader and a big fan. I\u2019ve emailed you a couple of times in the past. I just came across this and it seems like the kind of thing that\u2019s right up your alley: http:\/\/thekronies.com\/ It\u2019s a website featuring several YouTube videos for a fictional line of action figures representing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[369,8],"class_list":["post-50808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-evilcorp","tag-mailbag"],"yoast_head":"\n
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