chris hedges used to think this, but then ralph nader said there was periods in history where people just took it and didnt rebel.
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as far as he and the rich were concerned, the policies were a success. the policy is basically austerity.
Richard D. WolffVerified account @profwolff 2h2 hours ago
French mass street actions – the “yellow jackets” - in one week forced gov’t to cut fuel tax.
Now demands for more social changes. Big majorities polled are pro-mass actions.
Capitalism provokes its own undoing.
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French mass street actions – the “yellow jackets” - in one week forced gov’t to cut fuel tax.
Now demands for more social changes. Big majorities polled are pro-mass actions.
Capitalism provokes its own undoing.
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ed.one of the most important things ive ever heard about politics. i think chris hedges said politics is a game of fear.
nixon passed a ton of consumer rights legislation. more can be seen in ralph nader documentary "an unreasonable man":
Karl Popper in “The Open Society and Its Enemies” writes that the question is not how do you get good people to rule. Popper says this is the wrong question. Most people attracted to power, he writes, have “rarely been above average, either morally or intellectually, and often [have been] below it.” The question is how do we build forces to restrict the despotism of the powerful. There is a moment in Henry Kissinger’s memoirs—do not buy the book—when Nixon and Kissinger are looking out at tens of thousands of anti-war protesters who have surrounded the White House. Nixon had placed empty city buses in front of the White House to keep the protesters back. He worried out loud that the crowd would break through the barricades and get him and Kissinger. And that is exactly where we want people in power to be. This is why, although he was not a liberal, Nixon was our last liberal president. He was scared of movements. And if we cannot make the elites scared of us we will fail.
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nixon passed a ton of consumer rights legislation. more can be seen in ralph nader documentary "an unreasonable man":
Karl Popper in “The Open Society and Its Enemies” writes that the question is not how do you get good people to rule. Popper says this is the wrong question. Most people attracted to power, he writes, have “rarely been above average, either morally or intellectually, and often [have been] below it.” The question is how do we build forces to restrict the despotism of the powerful. There is a moment in Henry Kissinger’s memoirs—do not buy the book—when Nixon and Kissinger are looking out at tens of thousands of anti-war protesters who have surrounded the White House. Nixon had placed empty city buses in front of the White House to keep the protesters back. He worried out loud that the crowd would break through the barricades and get him and Kissinger. And that is exactly where we want people in power to be. This is why, although he was not a liberal, Nixon was our last liberal president. He was scared of movements. And if we cannot make the elites scared of us we will fail.
Defying the Politics of Fear
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DriveInDriveOut
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Wish we had that law here.
El Correcto
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anti-authority is the straw man you are setting up. Confusing a small limited government stance on politics with being anti-authority is dumb.
El Correcto
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I’m definately not a historian, I know more than the average person for sure though.
DriveInDriveOut
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True.
But sadly that's not saying a lot!
Really though, the founders werent against the idea of a "ruling class". They were just against a ruling class that didn't include them.
El Correcto
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They wanted no kings or anyone to have a monopoly on governing.
El Correcto
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This country has been severely damaged by the branches of government falling under partisan rule, working together to pass political agendas and the weakening of state governments. I can understand why with Civil War era, Jim Crowe south, the World Wars, the Cold War, the Great Depression and all that crap that gave it justification. But politically we are paying a pretty heavy price now and Americans can’t seem to stand each other under federal rule.
1BROWNWRENCH
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May not help with their general attitude, no.
Old Man Jingles
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1BROWNWRENCH
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A handy uniform.
