We fled Europe. Now we bleed. On Jan 18, 2:32 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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