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“The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold”, by Andy Kroll in The Nation

By / 16 Comments / 19 December 2009

There is a discussion in progress in the comments to Are we citizens? Or peasants?, asking if America is a tyranny?  If so, Americans requires astonishingly little oppression.  Ignorant and apathetic — don’t know and don’t care — the government needs no secret police, no concentration camps, no limits on free speech, and no limits on free assembly. “Anger …

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Now is the time for America to get angry

By / 34 Comments / 11 December 2013

Are we sheep or men?  The next year might reveal the true mettle of modern Americans.  The challenge is described in this except by Matt Taibbi:  “The Big Takeover“, Rolling Stone, 19 March 2009 —  “The global economic crisis isn’t about money – it’s about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution.” …

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An important article which every American should read

By / Leave a Comment / 2 June 2013

This article at Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture is IMO an important and powerful article, which I strongly recommend every American read.  It is off-topic for this site, so I post it without futher comment — and with comments closed.  Please post your thoughts at the author’s site. Anger is easy. Anger at the right person, …

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Say good-bye to the old America. Welcome to our new socialist paradise!

By / 43 Comments / 7 December 2010

America is changing while we debate the minutia of the presidential candidates’ syntax and style.  No conspiracies, nothing hidden.  A Tonkin Gulf resolution for our generation.  The Executive branch reshapes our economy in plain sight.  With just a nod from Congress (no tiresome bother with debate and voting).  Not only is our economy being restructured, but powerful precedents …

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The intelligentsia takes easy steps to abandoning America

By / 19 Comments / 23 November 2019

Summary of conclusions to my review of comments on this site about reforming America.  These are provocative speculation,s nothing more, based on a tiny sample.  However, we are in trouble if these are representative of America’s intelligentsia.  These comments show a deep alienation from our Republic, going beyond indifference to antipathy.  This situation has historical analogs, in which a dissatisfied …

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