Forget kindergarten politics. American Plutocracy &The History Of American Foreign Policy
This is the simple truth of the U.S. government, past and present: American domestic and foreign policy is now, and has always been, dictated fundamentally by economics - not by moral and political values. All the talk of "democracy" and "human rights" is just so much spin for popular consumption. It has never been "We the People," but a ruling plutocracy of ultra-wealthy landowners and corporations that have been the ultimate power behind the U.S. government from the beginning. If you're intellectually honest, if you've got a social and political conscience - especially if you have the guts to ACT on it - you discover real fast that we in America are not living in a "democracy." "The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist - McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell-Douglas, the designer of the F-15." - Thomas Friedman Ugly American columnist for the New York Timeshttp://www.lightparty.com/Politics/ForeignPolicy/AmericanPlutocracy.html Forgotten Victims of America's Plutocracy Jason Miller Like wolves among sheep, America 's Plutocracy preys on the weaker and less fortunate members of society. Since America 's founding, they have leveraged their economic power to dominate the government and the media, the vehicles through which they advance their avaricious agenda. In early American history, they employed an imperialistic foreign policy to ensure the expansion of US boundaries and interests. Along the way, they virtually annihilated the Native American population. Once they had attained as much of the North American continent as they were able, they used "Manifest Destiny" and the "Communist threat" as rationalizations to invade other nations (i.e., The Philippines) support ruthless dictators in other nations (Augusto Pinochet in Chile) who have tortured and killed millions. Recently, legislation favoring corporations over workers and consumers has sharply diminished the power of labor unions and opportunities for small entrepreneurs, while historically, corporations have maimed and killed their employees and their customers with hazardous working conditions and unsafe products. The wealthy elite class has dominated American politics via dynasties like the Bush clan and the Kennedy family. The predominance of regressive over progressive taxes has virtually guaranteed that the majority of America 's riches remains in the hands of the Plutocrats. http://www.metaphoria.org/ac4t0508a.html Murder in the Abstract Slow, agonizing death by asphyxiation is sweeping America. Fear and ignorance are slowly choking the life out of reason and intellectualism in the United States. For years, the ruling Plutocracy has perpetuated social forces which obliterate the critical thinking capacities of the citizenry of the United States. Churches, schools, and corporations employ propaganda and offer immediate gratification through various means to crush the desire for independent thought. Four textbook manufacturers (which own 75% of the market), the entertainment industry, and the mainstream media are the three most powerful propaganda channels for the Plutocrats. The casualties in this figurative genocide are the minds and souls of many Americans. http://baltimorechronicle.com/062705Miller.shtml The War against Iraq and America's Drive for World Domination Throughout the past decade US policy experts have expressed concern over growing signs of a decay of social cohesion. Samuel Huntington, who is best known for his book The Clash of Civilizations, warned several years ago that the end of the Cold War had deprived the US government of a cause that could foster mass support for the state. There did not seem to exist, he wrote, any genuine sense of national interests that commanded mass support. The problem noted by Huntington, however, is not primarily ideological. It is rooted in increasingly irreconcilable social conflicts within American society. It is becoming ever more difficult to mask the massive social inequality that presently characterizes American society. The concentration of extraordinary levels of personal wealth among a very small percentage of the population has far-reaching social implications, no matter how vigorously the mass media glorifies the rich and their lifestyles. The erosion of democratic norms and the ever-more apparent dysfunctional state of American politics are objective consequences of social polarization. In the year 2000, for the first time since the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, it was not possible to arrive at a democratic resolution of the election. In the end, the financial plutocracy handpicked the president. http://www.serendipity.li/wot/north01.htm On Jan 18, 3:16 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 17, 11:10 pm, Gonzo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The republican party deserves nothing less than total > > political extinction. > > That seems the way they've been headed lately anyway. > > They aren't very good at creating jobs despite their rhetoric > of how tax breaks are supposed to fuel job creation. > > It makes sense, but like Marxism, it looks good on paper > but sucks in reality. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
