Re: Re: The giant cop out
no one in particular said:
Originally posted by Malachi151
I think most people on "the right" side are either confused, mislead, or malicious.
That's fine, but I can back up my points with facts.
When I say "right" I'm primarily talking about those who consider themselves "fiscal ceonservatives", and people who base their polical ideas on religion.
#1 I think that religon is a crock and by definition anyone basing political ideology on religion is mislead and confused.
#2 I think that this country has been filled with free-market capitalist propaganda for 30 years to the point that many people have such a poor grasp of economics today they support "right wing" economic policy out of being mislead and having misconceptions.
IMO anyone that supports the idea of a flat tax or thinks that the free-market is a good idea is simply not educated on economics.
The politicans that promote this stuff are likewise either mislead or malicious in their attempt to consolidate economic power in the country and support malicious corporatism and big business.
Anyone who is against environment regulation ideologically has got to either be a moron or malicious.
Many people who support "the right" do so out of not understanding the real effects of their policies, which I have written an entire paper about, which you can find in my sig.
Its things like "The Healthy Forest Initiative" and "The Clear Skies Act", etc, which do the exact opposite of what Bush claims that they do.
We have lots of people in this country that say things like: "All these countries need to be kissing our ass because we give everyone so much foreign aid, etc, etc, all they do is complain and all we do is give handouts."
Yet, you try to explain to them how foreign aid relaly works and they either dismiss it or just walk away. There is a whole legion of willfully ignorant people in America who support the "right -wing" agenda. If you want to contest that claim then fine, but I'll support it all day long. I don't consider pointing out facts to be either left wing or right wing. Facts are facts and should always be considered neutral IMO.
When I say stuff like:
Overall, what has taken place in America over the past 50 years is that American leadership, both public and private, has become increasingly secretive. A framework of lies has been created in which American society functions, which is separate from the modern views of reality in which American leadership functions. American leaders continue to support this framework of lies and use this framework of lies as an arena within which to present ideas to us, the American people. Within this framework of lies the world appears to be a simplistic place of good and evil. The feeling of Americans that we are the most successful people on earth and that America is the most successful country is used to support the idea that America's policies are inherently altruistic because our culture tells us that success is the measure of goodness. What is actually the case though is that America is successful precisely because American policy is not altruistic.
"We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world-benefaction."
It's time for George Keenan's message to be understood by all Americans, and for us to face reality as a society with our eyes wide open, not as an uninformed mob that is puppeted by liars and thieves.
Yep, I'll be considered a radical lefty all day long by some people, but the facts still remain. Left and right is relative. Our country is so immersed in "right-wing" ideology that anything slightly left of center appears to be radical leftist to many Americans, yet in reality its actually quite tame.
