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Sanders And His Followers Are Not Outliers
Submitted by Jeff Deist via The Mises Institute,
Depending on one’s point of view, Bernie Sanders either held his own or boosted his chances against perceived front-runner Hillary Clinton in Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate. His message clearly resonated with the live audience, particularly his statements about raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, global warming, and government-mandated paid childcare leave.
Progressives are emboldened by Sanders, who reportedly draws upward of 20,000 people at events. He inspires them with his attacks on capitalism, happily calling himself a “Democratic Socialist.” And his economic plans, while a mess, appeal to their radical (and disastrous) notions of egalitarianism.
Happily, there are murmurs of discontent — progressives like to eat their own. His crowds skew overwhelmingly white and older, leading to allegations that Sanders suffers from a whiteness problem. His home state of Vermont is laughably un-diverse and prosperous, home to woodsy limousine liberals who like the idea of urban living more than the reality. But nobody ever lost a political race purely for hypocrisy — and while Bernie’s brand of socialism might fade with the Birkenstock Boomer crowd, Occupy Wall Street millennials stand waiting.
Regardless of whether Sanders ultimately secures the nomination, the size and energy of the Bernie phenomenon should not be underestimated. If anything, libertarians consistently misjudge the degree to which socialist thought is deeply rooted in the American psyche.
Like Sanders, millions of American progressives hold these deeply statist and authoritarian beliefs:
- changes in climate threaten human extinction;
- fossil fuels should be banned, and alternative fuels should be mandated;
- wealth and income should be forcibly redistributed;
- no individual should earn more than a set amount of money each year;
- welfare and entitlement programs should be vastly increased;
- whole industries (healthcare, education) should be nationalized, while others (energy, banking) should be regulated to the point of de facto nationalization;
- some form of global government should be installed;
- a global wealth tax should be implemented;
- private ownership of firearms should be banned;
- anti-discrimination legislation should be applied to private religious organizations;
- racial, gender, and sexual orientation quotas should be mandated on both public and private employers;
- certain types of speech should be criminalized;
- certain criminals should be subjected to greater penalties if motivated by “hate”;
- social justice should be pursued by any means necessary; and
- government should attempt to engineer equality of outcomes.
These ideas, and the people who hold them, are not outliers in America. There are millions of rank and file progressives, mostly registered Democrats, who believe exactly as Bernie believes. They may prefer to vote for Hillary Clinton purely as a tactical matter because they are unsure the country is “ready” for full socialism, or because they think Hillary has a better chance of beating the hated Republicans in the general election.
But average progressives and Democrats agree with Bernie Sanders across the board, whether they plan to vote for him or not.
Do average Republicans and conservatives agree with Ron Paul? Do most registered Republicans really advocate eliminating income taxes, abolishing entire federal agencies, repealing the Federal Reserve Act, ending all foreign interventions, and drastically downsizing the US military? Are most conservatives, in their hearts, radically anti-state? The answer is no. Most conservatives are only nominally less statist, often more corporatist, and almost invariably more militarist than progressives.
The reason is simple, though we tend to forget it: the twentieth century was a radically progressive century. Income taxes, central banking, social insurance schemes, demand-side Keynesian economics, and Wilsonian internationalism — all radical ideas — have become entrenched articles of faith over the past 100 years. When we talk about politics or economics today, we do so within a thoroughly progressive framework.
The entire progressive agenda of the last century, which would have sounded outrageous to the libertarian-tinged ear of the average American in 1900, is now merely the baseline from which all government action originates.
That’s why abolitionist libertarians are on the defensive in modern political discourse, while grandiose progressives are on the attack: the default position in American politics is for government to do something.
So we shouldn’t downplay or minimize the success of progressives in shifting the landscape dramatically in favor of the state over the past century. Progressives never went away, despite the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan or Milton Friedman or Bill Clinton. The era of big government is still here, and it always was.
So what should libertarians do, in an absurd progressive world obsessed with supposed global warming, inequality, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and privilege, ad nauseam?
The answer could fill a book, but let me suggest we start by freeing ourselves of the burdens of politics. Our battle is for hearts and minds, not votes. While Democrats and Republicans fixate on candidates and their supposed policies, libertarians are free to remain psychologically and emotionally detached from the whole sordid process.
And with that detachment comes freedom: the freedom to inspire, educate, and influence other people of good will without the divisive cloud of partisan politics creating suspicion and distrust. Once people know you’re not simply making arguments to support “your guy” — or any guy — they tend to view you more impartially and hence more favorably.
A new era of liberty, peace, and prosperity will not be won at the ballot box. It will be won at ground level, individual by individual, as progressive ideas crumble in the face of unsustainable government debts, unsustainable government wars, and unsustainable government entitlements.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with freedom of movement in the absence of the welfare state.
There you go, thinking like a Disingenous White Liberal. People are all the same...
So when the Congolese Cannibals show up and butcher your wife, at least it's not welfare, right?
And when the Pakistani Pedos show up and rape your children, at least it's not welfare. They were just seeking a better life..
People are not fungible. One way or another, importing untermensch will incur costs on civilization.
There you go making up stupid crap. One has a right to self defense just as one has freedom of movement within the parameters of private property and not under state control. You are the liberal because you imagine cannibals are out to get you when they are not and then you beg the government to save you from your ridiculous fears. Grow up.
Dude, the government is importing the untermensch and imposing their attendant costs on the citizenry. The Swarm can't build an advanced civilization, can't maintain one, and your non-aggression, non defense ideology makes you one easy mark.
So civilization is reduced to one man standing on his private plot against a horde of foreign invaders, because God forbid, we can't have a State. Good luck with that.
You're making things up again. I'm all in favor of defense. You are the one who opposes defense by relying on government control even though you admit that the government itself operates against your interests.
So civilization is reduced to one man standing on his private plot against a horde of foreign invaders, because God forbid, we can't have a State
See, that's what makes you a liberal. You want big government. You can't even imagine that people might voluntarily organize their own economic or defense systems. You can't understand that civilization depends on voluntary interaction and not coercion.
Good luck with asking the very people who are screwing you over for help. That's why you'll end up having to live your life according to the whims of Hillary or someone just as bad -- because that's what you demand.
(Simpsons) Clown college
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvVNs4Q2sM (1:13)
The answer could fill a book, but let me suggest we start by freeing ourselves of the burdens of politics.
Nailed it! Turn it off and go enjoy life while the slaves battle over whom is to be the better slavemaster.
Bernies job is to be a placeholder for Hillary. He will concede and tell his supporters to vote for her.
The only thing Hillary hasn't flip flopped on is her claim she is a woman. If that's all she's got, I will see if Mama June wants to join the race.
Vote for Hillgina because she is a cunt.
I have serious doubts that she's even human...Forget her being a woman..Her pussy is foam rubber...She cums and white silicon leaks out...
Oh Huma, I'm cumming...beep beep.
Notice we are ruled by Fascism, but no politicians or Press will take the chance to open up discussion or even mention Fascism.
Socialism, yeah we can talk about that.
We have a Liberal Socialist Military Republic with dominant overtones of "Fascism".
You much nonsense and misuses of terms in one comment. I understand why there’s no reliable opposition in US to TPTB. You have no meaningful language. It has all been eroded and made useless by corporate propaganda – dating all the way back to the McCarthy-era.
Orwellian.
Yeah forgot to hyphenate Liberal-Socialist.
Haven't seen a spelling Nazi here for a while.
these socialist plans dont work without fiat money creation. taxing the middleclass to pay for everything only works when yu have a middle class. this shit requires massive money printing.....so it wont last long when america and the world go full socialist.
The Ten Planks of the
Communist Manifesto
1848 by Karl Heinrich Marx
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
In the context of Usury under the Roman Empire, then the Catholic Church and Protestant states... maybe there is a good reason for this.
You have value created by labor and resources, or by Usury, or by a mixture of the two.
USA GDP is very questionable as others point out, government purchases are actually debt and a drag on the economy, Rentier Activity is wealth extraction.
Interesting Video on this.
Goy Guide to World History (9:15 minutes in he states Rome was based on Usury, Capitalism is state sponsored Usury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWPYQjXSYA
E. Michael Jones, former professor accused of antisemitism.
"Socialist thought" is limited to Bernie Sanders???
All major candidates, of both major "parties", are statists AND socialists...
Bernie's Election Campaign Platform:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHpGX5R1ICs
Its easy to offer a ton of free cake when you steal from.... o wait the shop went out of business weeks ago.
Nevermind.
I hope sanders can cook, hes got lots of promises to dish out.
All major candidates, of both major "parties", are statists AND socialists...
not really, they all answer to Oligarchs which makes them neither statist or socialist but rather fascist but then again these are all just words that have by in large lost their meaning in the USSA becasue there's too many stoopid people running around using terminolgy thay can't handle. You guys should just go back to barking and howling, suits you better.
Yeah, there's nothing fascistic about National Socialism.
If sanders or hillary get elected this is what will happen
-Min wage hiked to 15$
Result : Massive job loss accross the country
-Carbon Taxes to combat the imaginary Global Warming/Climate Change "problem".
Result: Energy prices sky rocket, people cut back on spending, economy contracts, debt defaults start to cascade
-Welfare / Medicare programs expanded
Result: National Debt will balloon, inflation will rise, prices will rise, and the income gap will spread
-Taxes will increase for what democrats consider "rich" pretty much middle class people operating a business
Result: People get fired, companies move abroad MORE.
Thats just the beginning, you will have tons of other stuff like gun confiscation/disarmament of the public in general, prohibition on common things that you take for granted today... riots... etc.. shits going to get bad.
Sanders is like a wolf in sheeps clothing, he plays the kind nice old man, but really inside he is a sadist socialist, probably some "rich" kid bullied him in school or something, its funny how he has like a hard-on to fuck the Koch Brothers, like they are even doing anything worth mentioning anyway.... meanwhile all these democratic backed corporations like Monsanto etc... are fucking up the earth with their shit sterile seeds that almost the rest of the world has banned / toss in the garbage when it comes to their ports.
People need to wake up... I dont understand how any self-aware human being can watch the Democratic Debate and not see right through all the bullshit.... you dont even need someone to go line by line to translate the real meaning behind every phrase, its blatantly obvious .... all the democratic candidates essentially want higher taxes, carbon taxes to combat an imaginary problem, to victimize white people because they think it will grow black voters lol, its all bullshit.
Its very scary to watch on one side, because if there are people dumb enough to watch the democratic debate and believe these people have any sort of good intention.... it represents a huge disconect from reality, people are living in the fucking twilight zone.
You cant force economics , the only way to safely raise the min wage is by creating jobs so that there are more jobs than people to fill them.
Human beings are a commodity, they represents human resources, finite resources raise in value (wages raise) , abundant resources fall in value.
We have too many people and not enough positions.
Making it more expensive to hire people is not going to open more positions, but it has the chance to close positions that already exist.
We need a candidate with a sound mind and sense/understanding of basic economic principles.
I need a candidate who understands my life in detail and cares about me. That candidate is me. There is no other rational choice. If you think about it you'll likely come to the conclusion that the only good master for you is you.
Allow me to condense your lengthly statement.
There will be War.
What about the bond-issued, Fed-funded entitlements to the banker corporatocracy? Fuck, since there will be eternal socialism for them, let there be socialism for the people. Yes, I prefer liberty and free markets, but that's never gonna happen. Let me burn with some clownbux in MY pockets! You faux conservatives always show your true hypocritical colors around the elections.
Perspective.
since there will be eternal socialism for them, let there be socialism for the people. Yes, I prefer liberty and free markets, but that's never gonna happen.
Well if the gravy train is endless then, sure, let's all pig out forever. But it isn't, is it?
There will be freedom. Question is what are you going to do with it, man up and take care of yourself and your loved ones or throw it away and beg to be enslaved once more?
Well see, as soon as you acknowledge that "free" markets have a nasty habit of devolving into monopoly, you have to start thinking your way through regulation, progressive tax policy, welfare for the least fortunate... in short, you're into socialism. It's so much easier to scream and holler and pretend that free markets are the fix for every ill.
I wonder which model of socialism Bernie likes best:
The Greek model?
The Argentina model?
The Venezuala model?
The Cuba model?
The North Korea model?
There are plenty to choose from.
The HIllgina model.
No matter what bullshit system or *.ism you believe in, you are fucked...Got it? When the people who own you and everything else, don't want the made up BS system working...it won't..
The only thing you have is to make their lives more miserable than even they think is possible...until they are inconvenienced or God forbid stopped..This shit goes on...
Fuck voting...torch both these parties...
You're not even TRYING to cheer me up.
There is no way in hell that I can run for dear leader of this joint. I did talk to the chair of the MN Contstitution Party today and they have no one running for state senate in my senate district. You know what that means don't you? That means I could get my name on the ballot and we not need to do a primary. If their executive committee and I agree it is done deal and I am endorsed with major party status. That means I do not have to gather 5000 signatures to be on the ballot and don't deal with a lot of state election law pertaining to individuals. Anyone can do this if they want to do so.
For you hardcore ZH'ers, do you really want to fuck with the powers that be? Do you have your finances in order and protected? Do what I am doing and go with these obscure parties and meet with them to see of you can get along with them. It does not matter the name of the party anymore and we all know that. Most of these smaller parties have no candidates so the door is wide open for you. No one ever talks about that much yet that oppurtunity is there. Why not try? If a thousand of us try some of us will win.
We are good people at heart. Most of us just want to be left alone but they won't leave us alone. If it comes to politics then you can't be alone because it is mob rule. I happen to think that ZHers are brighter than the HuffPo type. On our side are tactics. We can't confront the mouthbreathers head on. What I have suggested has merit. Once you are in your are in. Maybe you won't be re-elected but who cares. I am not even sure that I want to be elected to the position I am eyeing. If I knew that other ZHers were going to give an effort then I might be more exicited.
What else are we going to do?
If you really want to know how politics works just try it. You HAVE to be involved in order to fully understand. It is fight club. I just dare you all(and myself) to try it because you will start drawing votes and that will make the elephant ass take note. You will get phone calls. You might get your car window smashed out if you do not want to take a bribe.
Do you guys/gal want to do it? There is nothing on TV anyway.
That is about what I figured. No one wants to deal with this. You do not have teh balls to do it politically and you don't have teh balls to deal with it militarily. Hey asshole, what other options are there? You are are fucking scared of these people aren't you. Big fucking talk but nothing. I am calling you all out. If you are going to sit here and bitch all day long then let's go already. I don't care what party it is. You people have to get that political party affiliation shit out of your heads right quick.
I love ZH but what is posting here going to accomplish politically? Tell me. Some of you are going to have to step up. I know what it means to do so. All of you have two choices, political or military. Do you understand? Which do you prefer? You HAVE to turn and fight one way or the other. I prefer the political option rather than blood. Somehow the Ron Paul movement occurred and it was meant to make people like you and I do what I am suggesting. We will never outnumber them but we can still win.
I really do not want any compensation for doing any of this. Is it going to be ruthless? Yes. They on us. Or if juet me, I will get slaughtered. Thst would not be my first time getting crushed. Politics is brutal but if we are going to move we need to move now.
After Barack Hussein Obama was elected twice you would have to be a fool to under estimate the stupidity of the general electorate.
Bernie Sanders is a blowhard, nothing more, nothing less. Will NOT go after the FED or speak of its disgusting existence. He's fascinated by the already failed Euro model. His state is comprised of hipsters social types, with a mix of rural pro gunners. Like Pennsylvania, it's stuck with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. His message is too late. He endorsed a Greek bailout BY THE FED. Shut up Bernie,period.
He did indeed puss out already. S.604.
it is the legal tender system stupid.
Legal tender is a criminal enterprise.
Gab Timov
""Voting for Hillary is like trying to push poop back into the hiney hole."
-Albert Einstein"
Clearly, Jeff Deist has no clue what progressives want. I'll bet he couldn't define socialism if he had to.
What you libertarians fail to grasp is that we tried your free-markets ignorance back in the 19th century. It went very well for the 3 guys who got obscenely rich. Everyone else was plunged into abject desperation. They worked in dangerous factories and lived in roach-infested tenements. Their children had missing limbs and rickets. Anyone with any knowledge of history knows that "free" markets are never free. They always end in monopoly and slavery.
Socialism rose as a reaction to this dreadful situation. Workers came together and decided it was wrong for 3 billionaires to steal everything from everyone. They formed labor unions to fight back. Unions advocated the communal ownership of factories (socialism) and today we have employee-owned companies as a result. They decided that they didn't want to work 18 hrs a day, 7 days a week, so today, we have labor laws. And "weekends." Unions decided to fight for child-labor laws and today, your children can be educated, and hope for a better life than you had. In most cases, union members put their very lives on the line to win these concessions from the reprobate capitalists. The citizenry of Western industrial nations chose, through elections, to entrust the maintenance of these hard-won freedoms to the state. Which makes obvious sense. The corporate boardrooms sure won't watch out for workers. And at least we can vote the government out.
Yes, Marxism produced a totalitarian, statist, top-down socialism, but Sanders is not advocating that (yet). He's advocating the old-style, wild-cat union driven form of socialism. He calls it "democratic" socialism, as exemplified by the early labor struggles of guys like Eugene Debs.
If you insist on having discussions with progressives, you should at least get educated on what they know that you don't. If not, you will never win this imagined "war" because your ideology is rooted in hopeful ignorance, and it's incorrect.
So what makes you think that today, with its massive regulatory capture and enslavement of the working poor, is any better than the 19th Century? Sounds like the socialist revolution was collapsed before it started.
Your ideology is pure ignorance that feeds into the hands of the slavemaster. It only makes sense, because they were the ones that handed it to you.
What you libertarians fail to grasp is that we tried your free-markets ignorance back in the 19th century. It went very well for the 3 guys who got obscenely rich. Everyone else was plunged into abject desperation.
Actually the standard of living grew fantastically during the 19th century. But lying about the fact that freedom works makes it easier for you to suck the blood of your victims.
They worked in dangerous factories and lived in roach-infested tenements.
Get in your time machine and tell those people to remain in even worse conditions in decaying rural Europe. That would be the most compassionate thing to do.
If you insist on having discussions with progressives, you should at least get educated on what they know that you don't.
You're the one who insists on having a conversation about how my labor belongs to you. Fuck off.
Naaah!
10,000 years ago, all humans lived in tribes and made their living through foraging. Anthopologists call it a "subsistence existence". Today, we call it "poverty".
Then, someone invented agriculture and herding, and people learned how to provide for the future, trade, and get rich. Today, we call it "capitalism".
Socialism is just tribalism with lipstick.
Socialism is NOT modern or "smart". It is very primitive.
Bernie Sanders tipped his hand at the Debate, when he did not put Hillary in her place, but set her up for the email retort.
It is clear that he is gunning for the VP position, on a Clinton-Sanders ticket.
No VP for him
Too old. A VP is nothing but a P in the batter's box
Name one legacy of any VP.
Guns and Butter - The War on Poverty
Lyndon Baines Johnson (well, former VP)
Millions of dead Vietnamese sacrified over the Gulf of Tonkin lie.
As a libertarian, I can vouch for widely held views that Bernie's outright populist democratic socialist proposals are a hell of a lot less scary than the plutocratic socialism-for-the-rich system that we currently suffer under. The bulk of my taxes go to the well off, not to the needy. President Sanders is not going to be able to pass universal health care or free college degrees. But he may very well slash spending that goes into the coffers of banksters and beltway parasites, and meanwhile legalize weed.
Yep, my thoughts exactly. Rich banker risk is already socialized, but with all gains privatized.
Socialism can't work without the central bank. Are you suggesting that Bernie will destroy the very thing that will make his insane fantasies seem plausible if only for a brief period of time?
And if you want to smoke weed then go smoke some weed. Why do you feel the need to slip into ankle chains and manacles if you just want to burn one?
I'm not aware that Bernie has EVER said anything about doing away with central banks.
It's part of the Communist Manifesto.
Commies DREAM of a central bank under state control.
Has giving away free food ever really been a problem? "Free" medical for the poor is payoffs to the hospital system, "free" money for college students is a subsidy for the Deep State's recruitment process called the university system.
The problem is not poor people voting for free stuff. Poor people are not so stupid that they don't notice the politicians are giving them jack squat. Nobody votes out of the public coffers, that's a misdirection.
People vote against their fears now, they don't vote for anything. Poor people may not like the Democrat that isn't doing anything for them, but they know for sure an asshole Republican is going to try their damnedest to cut what little they do get and start wars. That's why they vote Democrat. Same in reverse for Republican voters.
Sometimes I wonder how much these libertarian writers are keeping up with the times. A little ivory towerism seems to go a long way.
Right. I no longer have a horse in this race, I haven't voted in many years, I have no cell phone, no self driving car, no GPS, and no I-pad (whatever that is). I have withdrawn from the system to the greatest extent that I am able and freed myself. I highly recommend it, it's a great feeling to allow oneself to enjoy life's simple pleasures.
Now if you could just stop Gilligan from screwing up everything would be great.
But seriously, +1. I've shrugged too.
Don't come whining to me when you run out of toilet paper.
No problem. I'll just use US dollars. Don't tell me your one of those idiots who thinks voting actually means anything.
You are mistaking a simple arrangement in play that is a pathological need for Control versus an enabling ignorance.
This is not new territory; laws, in the context of still healthy principles arrive because of it...
and there is no time or reason left to mince words,
the only rational, reasoned approach is to exert what is limited energy on preserving Rule of Law and protecting Principle.
But that approach assumes humility and an investment in nothing other than the original idea.
Now that Met Expectations has run its course,
the real humble, the real patriots will emerge...
This article is a bunch of horseshit.
His attacks on capitalism?
He doesn't attack capitalism. He's disgusted with criminals who have been robbing us all, and when he says he wants to raise their taxes, they say "No Bernie...I'll leave the country with all the money I stole. I'm not going to ***invest*** one red cent in the American people, All I want is for my stawk prices to go up any way I can manipulate the markets to make it happen."
All Bernie Sanders is saying is that they are a bunch of unpatriotic jerks who don't give a shit about the U.S.A. and they rub it in our financial faces every chance they get.
This video is NOT a campaign speech. This video is an address Sanders made on the floor of the Senate in 2012.
The American people are Angry
And while you watch it, bear in mind people can avoid paying taxes when they INVEST IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES
And also you might want to keep in mind what Bernie Sanders is talking about when he speaks about Welfare?
What do know... he seems to think the best welfare for the American is the DIGNITY OF HAVING A JOB.
Yes.
- We have War Pigs in power
Now in darkness world stops turning,
Ashes were the bodies burning
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the War Pigs crawling,
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
Oh Lord Yeah!
Wall of Sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ao7GD6R7Y8
Now from darkness there springs light
Wall of Sleep is cool and bright
Wall of Sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in you have awoken
Really great video, thanks for sharing!
Before SS recipients, disabled veterans, etc got ASS FUCKED today by the zero COLA increase there was BUT ONE MOTHERF*CKER who mentioned anything about Social Security in the Democratic debate. Not only did BERNIE SANDERS state his feelings bout SS, but also how he would fund it by ending the cap for contributions. NO ONE ELSE SAID SHIT ABOUT IT.
There was ZERO mention in the press debate coverage about this. NONE. Just think how timely it would have been for the media to address that given todays f*ckjob. But no - it was completely ignored by the douchebags declaring the cunt Clinton the debate winner. How many people affected by the "no COLA increase" would have liked to have heard it for the first time or had Bernie Sanders' message reiterated since no one else gives a f*ck about them?
And you wonder why cobweb cunt will be the nominee?
Republicans control both houses of Congress. The best way to get angry voters out is to not give out any COLAs. I think it is the Democrat plan.
All faithful Republicans should contribute $35 to Bernie, and go to every caucus or primary and vote for Bernie. If he can win the Democrat nomination (or force Hillary to burn her warchest), it will ensure a Republican in the White House.
Blah, another Republican Socialist in the White House means another four years of slowly drifting toward full socialism. Let's get Bernie in there and get to full socialism right quick.
For as we see in the Soviet Union and now in Greece, the next step after full socialism is no socialism.
"Voting for Hillary is like trying to push poop back into the hiney hole."
-Albert Einstein
A new kind of fascism has taken over America: the merger of corporations and government whereby corporate power dominates. With the emergence of ever-larger multinational corporations -- due to consolidation facilitated by the Federal Reserve's endless FIAT money -- the corporatocracy has been in a position to literally purchase the U.S. Congress.
A James Jaeger Film featuring RON PAUL, Congressman/Presidential Candidate; PAT BUCHANAN, Author/Political Analyst; G. EDWARD GRIFFIN, Author/Producer; EDWIN VIEIRA, Author/Constitutional Attorney and TED BAEHR, Founder of MovieGuide and Christian Film & TV Commission.
A result of the corporate purchase of Congress is that many of the nation's "laws" have been re-configured to benefit WE THE CORPORATIONS, rather than WE THE PEOPLE. "Laws" like NAFTA and GATT resulted in the outsourcing of the U.S. manufacturing base and the destruction of the Middle Class. This is nothing less than the 1 Percenters abusing the 99 Percenters. Known as "monopoly capitalism," "crony capitalism," "mercantilism," "globalization," "the new world order," and/or "free trade" -- this is NOT your Grandfather's capitalism.
If you'd take only 1 minute to stop calling Bernie Sanders a commie, you would see this is what Bernie Sanders is talking about. At 21:53 in the film, they begin to talk about the DESTRUCTION of the MIDDLE CLASS. This is what Bernie Sanders is trying to expose, and this is what he is trying to get this country TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT.
You have to start somewhere... We can worry about Bernie Sanders being a socialist after we clean this crap up.
CORPORATE FASCISM: The Destruction of America's Middle Class
On my local news the other night {before the debates} they interviewed people and asked them if they were going to be watching the debates. Every response from a woman went something like this: "Well, I watched the Republican debates, and they didn't offer me nothing I don't already have. In fact, they hinted they might take some of it back. I'm going to watch the democrat debates tonight, and see what they have to offer me". Bitches might as well come clean and said:"MY VOTE IS FOR SALE." The voting system in this country is completely fucked up {paper ballot issue aside}. It was wrong to give women the vote. There, I said it. Too many of them are all emotions. They refuse to use their brains. Maybe that is a good thing.
ObsoleteMan,
Her vote (like your vote), is for sale because our government has been for sale for decades. I don't pretend to know your age, but I would surmise you (and for a fact, I know at least, myself) were born in to this.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC)
I had to chuckle a bit at the notion of Vermont being prosperous. Try going somewhere....well just about anywhere else besides Burlington...
Nah, they are just mouth breathing losers.