[Ben Ficklin]

Since you seem to like the phrase "symbol manipulater"......

[MonroeDNA]

Some leftist maroon coined the phrase, and wrote a book:

http://www.davidkorten.org/

[MonroeDNA]

"Reich's argument is that this is a fait accompli. His answer is that we should educate everybody in the United States, so we can control all the symbol manipulator jobs in the world and outcompete everyone else and run the show. "

That would be Robert Riessssssssch.