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roachboy · 04-26-2011, 01:15 PM

that is a structure problem tho, derwood. what it reveals is the lack of democracy in the american system, in which people are politically free one day every 2 4 or 6 years. it's possible to do recalls, but these have become more about party-dominated organization and their power to get out signatures.

the right has been talking against democracy whenever they are out of power.
and it's also clear that privatization is not about efficiency, but rather is about reducing spaces of exposure/accountability to the public.
so conservatism in its american form is really quite opposed to democracy.

but i think there should be more of it, not less.

the problem is that extending or making more flexible/responsive the us democratic system would require---and this without question---a basic transformation of the infotainment system. it'd probably require a nationalization of a lot of it. i don't personally see the idea as a bad thing. the devil of course would be in the details.

but it's obvious that private corporations cannot be trusted to delivery high quality information, and it is also obvious that for a more flexible/responsive democracy high quality information is fundamental.

this lack of good information is the core of american soft authoritarian politics.
that soft authoritarian politics is the core of the ideological paralysis.[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]

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the reagan legacy:

the largest transfer of wealth into the top 1% in terms of income ever recorded.
dismantling of the american manufacturing sector
the refusal to take the military off cold-war footing
the expansion of the national-security state
illegal wars as normal operating procedure
union-busting.

reagan "cured" inflation by removing from its index the things that caused it.
the beginning of the neo-liberal fraud---statistics became an instrument of ideology.

read david stockman's book on the reagan budget process.
learn the history of your own political movement.

i'm not interested by your list of problems you in your amnesia would prefer to associated entirely with obama----->all 11 elements you list have direct causes from the bush period. and cowboy george talked the reagan-y talk. that's why you supported him.

04-26-2011, 01:15 PM	#18 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	that is a structure problem tho, derwood. what it reveals is the lack of democracy in the american system, in which people are politically free one day every 2 4 or 6 years. it's possible to do recalls, but these have become more about party-dominated organization and their power to get out signatures. the right has been talking against democracy whenever they are out of power. and it's also clear that privatization is not about efficiency, but rather is about reducing spaces of exposure/accountability to the public. so conservatism in its american form is really quite opposed to democracy. but i think there should be more of it, not less. the problem is that extending or making more flexible/responsive the us democratic system would require---and this without question---a basic transformation of the infotainment system. it'd probably require a nationalization of a lot of it. i don't personally see the idea as a bad thing. the devil of course would be in the details. but it's obvious that private corporations cannot be trusted to delivery high quality information, and it is also obvious that for a more flexible/responsive democracy high quality information is fundamental. this lack of good information is the core of american soft authoritarian politics. that soft authoritarian politics is the core of the ideological paralysis.[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"] ---------- Post added at 09:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:06 PM ---------- ================================================== the reagan legacy: the largest transfer of wealth into the top 1% in terms of income ever recorded. dismantling of the american manufacturing sector the refusal to take the military off cold-war footing the expansion of the national-security state illegal wars as normal operating procedure union-busting. reagan "cured" inflation by removing from its index the things that caused it. the beginning of the neo-liberal fraud---statistics became an instrument of ideology. read david stockman's book on the reagan budget process. learn the history of your own political movement. i'm not interested by your list of problems you in your amnesia would prefer to associated entirely with obama----->all 11 elements you list have direct causes from the bush period. and cowboy george talked the reagan-y talk. that's why you supported him. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite