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gvstn

(2,805 posts)
3. Every bullet point is dead on.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 12:41 AM
Jun 2014

Really something to chew on and try to grasp even though it is obvious.

It is Oligarchy. [View all] HomerRamone Jun 2014 OP
Obvious For All With Eyes Willing To See cantbeserious Jun 2014 #1
+1000 nt Mnemosyne Jun 2014 #2
Every bullet point is dead on. gvstn Jun 2014 #3
The US is an oligarchy. defacto7 Jun 2014 #4
No, we aren't near as bad as Russia davidpdx Jun 2014 #11
Put it in context. defacto7 Jun 2014 #12
It DOES not matter who is in office, because it is an oligarchy! Puzzledtraveller Jun 2014 #5
The truth hurts. None of us know how to approach this. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #6
Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky had an idea ........ socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #15
which inevitably grew into an authoritarian society, a dictatorship of the apparatchniks. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #17
There was nothing "inevitable" about the bureaucratic takeover of Stalin... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #20
I like Richard Wolff's concept of cooperative enterprises being organized by those who JDPriestly Jun 2014 #22
You DO realize that Wolff IS a Marxist economists don't you?... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #25
Yes. I do realize that. I like his idea of cooperatives, and I think we should JDPriestly Jun 2014 #27
That Would be a More Convincing Argument if It Had Worked SOMEWHERE Before AndyTiedye Jun 2014 #23
EVERY one of the so-called "communist" and "socialist" nations...... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #24
Insightful and well worth reading. pa28 Jun 2014 #7
The Kochs are the real enemy of America. Initech Jun 2014 #8
So are Gates and Bloomberg and Peterson JackRiddler Jun 2014 #14
+1,000,000!!! Couldn't agree more, but I have a suggestion, we support Publicly Funded Elections Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #9
This almost describes the town closest to me. It's also the county seat. bearssoapbox Jun 2014 #10
Point #3 is why I keep on pleading with those I know to shop local. stillwaiting Jun 2014 #13
I agree and many others know it in their guts -- But it's scary to acknowledge Armstead Jun 2014 #16
But at least we have our guns!!! Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #18
To the Greatest Page. woo me with science Jun 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jun 2014 #21
Unless you're in Information Technology. randome Jun 2014 #26
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