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Public Pain, Private GainWhat have we learned from 8 years of Bush, the economic crisis, the poorly planned bailout, etc.? Power insulates you from responsibility for your actions. Latest proof: AIG bonuses. Consequences are for losers. Basically, that is the essence of the platform of the GOP. What's sad, really, is that we seem to do so many things to distract ourselves from recognizing the truth. Oh sure, our politics and mass media do their best to pretend that the world is otherwise, but reasonably smart people figure it out. But too many of us just don't want to deal with the reality that capitalism is a form of organized crime on a global scale.
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In a democracy it is necessary that people should learn to endure having their sentiments outraged. -- Bertrand Russell Let us strangle the last king with the entrails of the last priest. -- Denis Diderot It's not that no one sees the straight line to Doomtown we've been on since Reagan, it's that there's big profits in it. The most superficially Christian and Other-Worldly-Yearning nation in the developed world is the one most likely to kill you for your shoes. -- Doghouse Riley The true purpose of education is to try to foster in students a kind of critical cosmopolitanism, such that they learn, among other things, to question any notion that one’s nation or tribe is favored by God or destiny. -- Michael Bérubé It is not enough to decry the existence of the Spectacle. We intend to use both art and theory as a battering ram against Capitalism and its false opposition, tribalism, in all of its mystical forms. We believe it is possible to move beyond the inexcusable savagery of everyday life. -- The Anti-Naturals Smartest Blogs in North AmericaSites I ReadDISCLAIMER: For those readers a little slow on the uptake—you know who you are—please keep in mind that the messages I post to this weblog reflect my own views as a private individual and do not represent any institution or organization with which I might be affiliated. Messages posted by other authors express their views and not necessarily those of the management. For the comments policy, consult the terms of use. Dangerous Theorizing!Electronic Frontier Foundation
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