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In reply to the discussion: Bruce Bartlett, former Reagan economic policy advisor: "one of our political parties is insane" [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,020 posts)71. Thats the facts, Jack.
I'd argue their endgame is probably worse than anarchy. More of a fucked up corporate feudal, exploitative police state that dresses in theocracy and phony patriotism using fear and propaganda as tools of control.
Unfortunately, the alternative plan is to give the theocracy a pass and maintain government in a symbiotic relationship with the fucked up corporate feudal police state but it less evil and and chaotic which folks tend to get trampled less even if they are ground down just as much.
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Bruce Bartlett, former Reagan economic policy advisor: "one of our political parties is insane" [View all]
UnrepentantLiberal
Jul 2012
OP
Thanks for sharing with us what anarchism is. Every time I see that term misused on DU I try to
Puregonzo1188
Jul 2012
#70
No, they are corporatists in the traditional meaning of the word. They want chaos,
freshwest
Jul 2012
#42
I think that's a good deal of what we've done, is not look at it. We exclaim how stupid or crazy
freshwest
Jul 2012
#67
Agreed. Bartlett is right about the insane part, but wrong about ending government.
progressoid
Jul 2012
#39
Anarchism, the philosophy, is demonstrably nothing what the Republicans want.
Fantastic Anarchist
Jul 2012
#20
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Ronald Reagan could never get elected
justiceischeap
Jul 2012
#14
Ironically Raygun is responsible for starting the insanity of that party, it began with him. nt
Raine
Jul 2012
#23
Story is that, running up to Nov. 1968, Kissinger, seeking approval from
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#62
Clearly Bartlett doesn't know enough about anarchy to use the word correctly. That SAID..
annabanana
Jul 2012
#53