Contrast the laws for the rich and the poor
If you have the time, Bill Moyer's speech on Washington under the rule of the conservative right is an excellent condensation of current political corruption and a little view of how the rich defraud the nation. At the same time the IRS is hounding the little guy by withholding tax refunds. We all know that there are different standards for different folks, so lets be honest and stop calling this place a democracy. If we do not practice equality ourselves, how can we talk of spreading it around the world?
Read this on Daily Kos, a comment from RabidNation: Democracy and capitalism are not synonymous; capitalism has nothing whatever to do with "freedom" and everything to do with concentrating economic and political power in progressively fewer elite hands. republican corruption results from that party's orientation towards capitalism and the capitalist class at the expense of democracy. it is past time to sever the perceived ties in the popular mind between democratic freedoms and the freedom of the capitalists to take what they please.
Read this on Daily Kos, a comment from RabidNation: Democracy and capitalism are not synonymous; capitalism has nothing whatever to do with "freedom" and everything to do with concentrating economic and political power in progressively fewer elite hands. republican corruption results from that party's orientation towards capitalism and the capitalist class at the expense of democracy. it is past time to sever the perceived ties in the popular mind between democratic freedoms and the freedom of the capitalists to take what they please.
posted by Flimsy Sanity @ 8:29 AM
5 Comments:
At 10:13 AM,
R J Adams said…
To me, the arrival of a fresh Bill Moyers speech is like the thrill and anticipation of a newly acquired book. I shall bide my time until the hour is right, and then settle down to enjoy its many intricacies. My thanks for bringing it to my attention.
As for Bush and the IRS - (insert a suitably rude expression here).
At 8:59 PM,
Neil Shakespeare said…
Long past time, I should say.
At 7:36 PM,
Anonymous said…
Flimsy, yes! I snagged the Moyers' speech from Common Dreams and did a post based on it -- see http://gadflying.blog.com/584809/ - The choices are Ineptitude or Corruption -- choose only one.
Moyers is my hero, reminding me what it's like when reason, wit, sound judgment, and a fondness for the truth are combined in one man. We don't see a lot of that lately!
At 5:44 AM,
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