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In reply to the discussion: Bernie! Bernie, bernie bernie bernie bernie bernie. Bernie: Bernie bernie [View all]HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)It's why the whole "We're the most powerful nation in the world" crap rings hollow.
"Powerful" would imply "more intelligent", "more willing to stand up and help others", "stronger" . . . yet nearly every institution of power here is run by mostly rich white male third-basers who make laws to favor rich white male third-basers.
America goes right along with it, because we mistake "faith" for "strength". We have "faith" that we're going to BE the next Bill Gates; we just need that one lucky break or unique circumstance, which seems far easier and more plausible a feat than just demanding economic fairness and human rights so one can live comfortably instead of hoping a lottery comes our way. We think the CEOs of the land have something unique and special about them; otherwise, they wouldn't have earned all this money, right? The only unique thing about many of them is that they fell out of the right womb at the right time.
If Orange Lincoln Rockwell wanted to start a nuclear war, there'd would be not ONE member of the police or military there to arrest him. They'd simply bask in the shockwave and get vaporized before they'd step out of line and say "wait, this fucker's committing a war crime, a crime against humanity. Oh well, he's rich, and the rich know best, right?" And America would burn to death, all because we took the easy way out . . . a path we choose with stunning regularity.