USA an oligarchy

[eh1eh]

What a stunning revelation. I hope the people get a hold of this early. It could become a real problem.

http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4

 

[Spade]

Hedges has been saying this for some time.
Chris Hedges "Fascist Corporatocracy: False Left-Right Paradigm" - YouTube

 

[eh1eh]

 

[Cliffy]

Hedges has been saying this for some time.
Chris Hedges "Fascist Corporatocracy: False Left-Right Paradigm" - YouTube

Has he been hedging his bets?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Another amazing finding from the Institute for the Study of the Bloody Obvious.

 

[darkbeaver]

It's not aimed at readers like you TB. I think the vast majority would just file it under fear porn and get on with shrinking their carbon footprints, the real honest threat to mankind.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

'The peer-reviewed study, which will be taught at these universities in September, says: "The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence."'

I have no doubt that the idea that wealth and power are highly influential in government will come as a stunning shock to the student body of Princeton.

 

[Spade]

Perfect, Cousin TB.

Trouble is, in North America, we make believing our own propaganda a rite of passage.

It is mental circumcision.

 

[WLDB]

Hedges has been saying this for some time.
Chris Hedges "Fascist Corporatocracy: False Left-Right Paradigm" - YouTube

George Carlin was saying it pretty regularly too when he was alive.

 

[Spade]

Loved Carlin.

George Carlin ~ The American Dream - YouTube

 

[Serryah]

Perfect, Cousin TB.

Trouble is, in North America, we make believing our own propaganda a rite of passage.

It is mental circumcision.

I don't think we have a choice but to believe the propaganda because that's what's forced on us and we're too lazy to look deeper for the real issues.

Lobotomies for everyone.

 

[Spade]

Have to hand it to TB for being fourth write.

 

[Dixie Cup]

I found he was VERY difficult to listen to so I kinda lost what it was he was trying to say. I do disagree with what he had to say about liberalism tho' - its far from dead (unfortunately) lol


JMO

 

[Twila]

Loved Carlin.

George Carlin ~ The American Dream - YouTube

a BRILLIANT man.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

a BRILLIANT man.

Not really. A very skilled and competent (and damn funny) critic. But then again, so was Marx (Karl, not Groucho). It's one thing to criticise what is, another to present a better alternative, and a third (and toughest of all) to present a plan for moving from A to B.

 

[Twila]

Not really. A very skilled and competent (and damn funny) critic. But then again, so was Marx (Karl, not Groucho). It's one thing to criticise what is, another to present a better alternative, and a third (and toughest of all) to present a plan for moving from A to B.

brilliant  
Use Brilliant in a sentence
bril·liant [bril-yuhnt] Show IPA
adjective
1.
shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
2.
distinguished; illustrious: a brilliant performance by a young pianist.
3.
having or showing great intelligence, talent, quality, etc.: a brilliant technician.
4.
strong and clear in tone; vivid; bright: brilliant blues and greens; the brilliant sound of the trumpets.
5.
splendid or magnificent: a brilliant social event.

Come one, he has a couple of these qualities...

 

[Spade]

Remember back in the mid 1800's the Canadas and the other British North American colonies were run by Family Compacts. Then, there was a desire for real democracy; more than a century and a half later there still is. Is there such a desire in the States?

 

[Cliffy]

Remember back in the mid 1800's the Canadas and the other British North American colonies were run by Family Compacts. Then, there was a desire for real democracy; more than a century and a half later there still is. Is there such a desire in the States?

Unfortunately, people want something but are not willing to get involved. They want it handed to them on a silver platter. Canadians, in particular, are content with only being democratic every 4 years or so. In the US they have the rhetoric and propaganda shoved at them every day of the year, every year. They are buried is so much BS they can't see which way is up..

 

[Spade]

Yep, it's work to pester the political elites.

 

[gerryh]

Remember back in the mid 1800's the Canadas and the other British North American colonies were run by Family Compacts. Then, there was a desire for real democracy; more than a century and a half later there still is. Is there such a desire in the States?

not entirely factual.