The Onion Calls Out our Imaginary Economy (I wonder how often this'll get RT'd) — by thepete on 2010/08/30 06:42 pm — Leave a reply Screengrab source. I guess it’s fine that our economy is entirely a symbolic, mutually shared illusion, so long as we can laugh at it. ;P …but seriously, I doubt we’ll see this Onion story reblogged and retweeted all over the tuberwebs.