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In reply to the discussion: Please check in if you believe the GOP has gone insane. [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)The Sequester and selective shutdown are quite rational, and this is the means the American political system has arrived at to deliver it Austerity is the point - the means are the ends, wrapped in a face saving theater of the absurd cast with its designated villains and heroes, depending upon which side of the audience one is sitting in.
A week ago, I likened it to Kabuki Theater, "Selective Shutdown Over for Pentagon. The Light just got turned on the Kabuki Theater Stage", http://election.democraticunderground.com/10023791304
But, the American version is more akin to something cruder, and seemingly mindless. Mexican Masked Wrestling:
Austerity in action is driven by the same global bankers who have their own designated Bad Guys, the global hedge funds that attack currencies and interest rates of states that resist austerity. Tag-team Mexican wrestling. The loud shouting and elaborate maneuvers of legislative bodies and mainstream political parties are largely a choreographed show intended to distract and mobilize the seated audience of rubes.