December 22, 2009
The US is already a mix of socialism and capitalism. If socialism is always evil then I guess not only are you against the recent government action to buy into private banks and bail out the economy (by the socialist Bush administration) but you also want to get rid of social security, Medicare, Medicaid and [...]
Tags: capitalism, socialism
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December 22, 2009
“Perception is everything” appears to be the organizing paradigm of modern political campaigns in the US. Technology and capital have combined into the perfect storm for managing perception. Perceptions thrust into the early years of technology kept the Republicans largely out of office for decades after FDR and the Great Depression. Republicans were portrayed as [...]
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