An empire based on unrestrained capitalism, rampant militarism and violence, inequality and conspicuous greed — with no concern for preservation of the common good — is doomed to fail. Long valued as an agent of upward mobility and progress, The American Dream has now turned pathological. It’s become sociopathic. In a sociopathic society, anti-social behavior […]
The main reason so many EU countries have strong economies and a better quality of life than the USA is due to the compatibility between labor unions and corporate management. In America we have an adversarial relationship between the corporate State and blue-collar workers – and what’s left of the unions. CEOs can make three […]
The US is an oligarchical republic in the guise of ancient Rome. The only public services the unwashed masses will be afforded are the scraps [the ‘Bread and Circuses‘] that are deemed necessary to keep them compliant. The USA doesn’t provide basic anything to most citizens. We aren’t entitled to stuff like livable wages, decent […]
Of course they lie. They lie because they want to. They lie because they can. They lie because it is second nature to them; it just comes naturally. These people have no conscience: they lack empathy, and they lack of any sense of responsibility for their actions. Dishonesty, arrogance, greed and corruption are hardwired into […]
America’s corporations are sitting on close to $2 trillion in offshore bank accounts in places like the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. That’s cash that is not being used to create jobs, build factories, or improve infrastructure. In a country where upward mobility is virtually impossible, corporations have become less committed to workers well-being and more […]
In Federalist Paper #30, Alexander Hamilton argues that the new American government must possess unrestrained power to impose taxes to support all the basic functions of that government – particularly the power to raise and supply an army or militia. He mentions building fleets and paying debts, but most of his examples deal with the […]
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