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US Political Madness
originally posted by: Justoneman
originally posted by: bastion
The US is a neo-liberal, capitalist society bordering on pure corporatocracy (via lobbying). There's nothing remotely communist or socialist about it, the US has the worst workers rights of any developed nation and worse than most third world countries for paId paternity leave.
It's just a dogwhistle phrase used by people who don't know what it means, same way extremists on the US left try and label all right wingers as Nazis.
We who see this coming like a slow motion train wreck say GET OFF THAT TRAIN, it is headed to communism. Read Marx and you will see these are steps in the path. There is one playbook and the "whatever bastion calls them today" is a step to where we will be if they get their way.
Read "Rules for Radicals" to catch up to where the rest of us are on our scientific approach to their methods. They are using tried and true social practices to get to the long goal of communistic world lead by one leader, or group.
originally posted by: ADVISOR
a reply to: Degradation33
Meritocracy...are you serious?
Have you heard of diversity/equity hires?
Where people are hired based on skin color or alleged race, verses merit.
There is no meritocracy any more, the vice president and president are perfect examples. It's pathetic and sad.
It's like seeing a vokswagon in a tree. You just know it didn't get their on its own.
Meritocracy in the military is extinct, it's now diversity hires...
originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: ADVISOR
I feel It will always be a oligarchal meritocracy. People like money and having more than others too much. Capitalism loves social casting.
And I don't mean to nitpick this, but tell me a Trump reelection isn't also about a born-again compulsory evangelical America. Please, just focus on spending and the border.
The 80s America is forever gone.
The America of yesteryear is gone also.
That doesn't mean it's forgotten.
I don't care for this world, it's not my home.
Jesus Christ is King, and Heaven is where we belong.
Is it where we will end up?
Godless commies don't care, but they should.
1987 kinda sucked. All the greedy investment in the emerging Japanese markets backfired when their tech bubble collapsed. And then everyone turned on Bush a few years later because he dared raising taxes from 28% to 31%... and then Clinton got the credit for the recovery.
Also a war on drugs, an evil empire, and an officially ignored pandemic. But if you like secret budgets, and the advent of the 900 dollar stapler, the 80s rocked!
But the REAL question I want to ask is...
What does Jesus have to do with America for the non-christian? Is there something about the trinity in the constitution they missed? Something about a specific mandated version of morality?
What if you're from the school of Belinda Carlisle and you want to make heaven a place on earth?
What if, regardless of its revolutionary origin, the appeal to heaven flag that Judge Alito is so fond of makes you uncomfortable?
Like it makes you fear that the reinvigorated zealots are going to revoke or vote to block your privilege in the name of an America-reclaiming spiteful revenge - with 40% consensus support...
originally posted by: kwaka
China & Globalists at War with America – Karen Kingston
Links to a 1 hour interview with Greg Hunter. Follows the covid lipid nano particle production, all goes back to China. China blocked all investigation into the source of Sars-cov-2. Karen goes into some of the culture of the CCP, they know everyone is corruptible so do not believe in democracy. Has millions on the payroll.
originally posted by: Ohanka
a reply to: Justoneman
Rules for Radicals is about community organising and Sault Alinsky was not a communist. Nor is this international cabal.
originally posted by: Ohanka
a reply to: Justoneman
The advice in it is pretty solid for community organising and working within the US system to achieve political goals.
One can use the ideas & advice in it without being a communist or socialist or whatever.
Maybe Republicans should try it? Some good old grass roots organising instead of raging against the RINOs.
originally posted by: Ohanka
a reply to: EyeoftheHurricane
The goals of communists are clearly defined in the source material. Practically all Communist works (Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc.) are freely available online if you'd like to read for yourself. The world they envisage & advocate for doesn't resemble the one we live in today even remotely, and no major steps have been made to achieve it since the USSR fell.
Barack Obama (I assume that is B O?) was a "Progressive" Neoliberal. Not any flavour of Socialist or Communist. Like the overwhelming majority of the Democratic Party.
originally posted by: Coelacanth55
part of the problem is the media. instead of being the peoples' advocate it has become the mouthpiece of the left.
they're barely trying to pretend to be fair anymore. open political advocacy.
I'm old enough to remember the cold war. Tass and Pravda were USSR propaganda outlets, taking their talking points from Moscow. our media is the same, except they're doing it voluntarily.