With Global Capitalism Exposed as a Sham, All the Global Elite Have Left Is Pure Force »
Posted By Tumultuous 2 months ago in Political OpinionThe rage of the disposed is fracturing the country, dividing it into camps that are unmoored from the political mainstream. Movements are building on the ends of the political spectrum that have lost faith in the mechanisms of democratic change. You can't blame them. But unless we on the left move quickly this rage will be captured by a virulent and racist right wing, one that seeks a disturbing proto-fascism.
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hyperbola2 months ago
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This extract from the article pretty much says it all. Corruption by corporations and oligarchs reigns supreme.
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""Our global economy, like our political system, has been hijacked by a tiny oligarchy, composed mostly of wealthy white men who serve corporations. They have pledged or raised a staggering $18 trillion, looted largely from state treasuries, to prop up banks and other financial institutions that engaged in suicidal acts of speculation and ruined the world economy. They have formulated trade deals so corporations can speculate across borders with currency, food and natural resources even as, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, 1.02 billion people on the planet struggle with hunger. Globalization has obliterated the ability of many poor countries to protect food staples such as corn, rice, beans and wheat with subsidies or taxes on imported staples. The abolishment of these protections has permitted the giant mechanized farms to wipe out tens of millions of small farmers-2 million in Mexico alone-bankrupting many and driving them off their land. Those who could once feed themselves can no longer find enough food, and the wealthiest governments use institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization like pit bulls to establish economic supremacy. There is little that most governments seem able to do to fight back.""" -
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Tumultuous2 months ago
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In October 2006, Bush signed into law the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act.
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Sec. 1042 of the Act, "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies," effectively overturns what is known as posse comitatus. The Posse Comitatus Act is a law, passed in 1878, that prohibits the use of the regular military within the U.S. borders.
(I don't know - can someone tell me - is a National Guard combat battalion considered the "regular military"? Certainly the G-20 can't be considered a major public emergency.)
However, if so, Obama has enacted de facto martial law for policing the G-20 Summit. This police state is stamping out the right to dissent and the right of the people to peaceably assemble. The security officials created a communications center for more than 50 federal, state and local agencies, from city police to the federal agency responsible for the nation's spy satellites. Every effort to subvert the work of those protesting will be utilized. I find it is puzzling that we hear nothing in the media about this subjection of civil rights. Where is the outrage?-
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alakazam2 months ago
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"In October 2006, Bush signed into law the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act.
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Sec. 1042 of the Act, "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies," effectively overturns what is known as posse comitatus. The Posse Comitatus Act is a law, passed in 1878, that prohibits the use of the regular military within the U.S. borders."
The Act is Treasonous...all who signed and voted for it are Traitors against the U.S. People and Their Constitution.
I am calling it out.
I will not be swayed in that opinion for it is indeed the Truth.
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alakazam2 months ago
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Hmmm.
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There is nothing wrong with Capitalism itself folks.
Unfettered Commerce is the problem.
Under any system a group may trade in a manner inimical to the general welfare of everyone else. Those people are without exception despots. Their goals are wealth and control. Given free reign they will amass the wealth of their crushed enemies forever.
Seems I have heard the words "General Welfare" before. I do not think it means that your Generals get to hand out the Welfare.
Trade must be regulated enough to maintain some semblance of a fair market or the few will dance on the backs of the bruised.
That is not Capitalism...That is Fascism. -
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