Western Stars: The Facebook stock bonanza and the sudden implosion of the North American Way

Why oh why am I left with this strange desire to see an oversigning of Facebook stock akin to the theatre play Springtime for Hitler in Mel Brooks' classic The Producers? The cynicism of Goldman Sachs certainly leaves nothing to be desired compared to the producers who give title to the film. And then imagine this oversigning of stock to be followed by an implosion in the interest for social media, especially when people find out they need to work for a living again after the years of plenty in the West.

The oversigning of Facebook stocks quickly leading to a collapse of western finance.The irony of something as trivial as Facebook leading to this sudden loss of prestige and economic wealth surely wouldn't be lost on anyone. Extremely suitably and delightfully ironic it would be too that such a banality should see an end to our way of life.

And if so were to happen, I recommend that Time magazine name Mark Zuckerberg as Man of the Year once more. By public demand! That is, if Time magazine still were to exist after said implosion of fortune. Probably won't happen. But oh what a spectacle it would be. It would make the Facebook share deal look like the modern-financial-crunchy version of rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic. At least Hollywood could probably make a great movie out of it. But please, don't let Oliver Stone anywhere near it. We most certainly do not need a Wall Street 3!