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Corporatocracy: a term used to suggest an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.[1] It is a generally pejorative term often used by critics of the current economic situation in a particular country, especially the United States.[2][3] The term has been used by liberal and left-leaning critics, but also some economic libertarian critics and other political [...]
The next time you read about how vitamins are bad for you or how America needs to prosecute a “war on drugs”, ask yourself: is this just propaganda spun by the pharmaceutical companies and government agencies to protect the trillion dollar a year healthcare apparatus? What are some of the facts? Poison Control Statistics Prove [...]
Gun control. Suddenly, out of the clear pungent blue of dead bodies, cries of gun bans can be heard across the spectrum from people who had never given the matter much thought. It’s all so important and obvious. Even the incredibly smart writers over at truthdig.org have been flummoxed by the media circus. It wouldn’t [...]
Following up from my article here with some questions as to the real and perceived differences between Democrats and Republicans, some have taken the view that American democracy has become a corporatocracy, with both parties complicit in selling their ideals to moneyed interests. For most liberals the Democrats are the lesser of two evils, but Paul [...]
Great article by Nadeem Walayat (who writes the longest sentences in the history of the free world), “Mayan End of the World 2012 Prediction, Economy and Elite Use of Religion to Control“, that offers a brief outline of why religion developed, and shows how it morphs into the modern day state. Religion was used to control [...]
In a recent Google+ thread Stephen Miller asked the question, “As members of a “Sensible Politics” community engaged in “progressive democratic discussions,” I’ll ask this: What is your greatest frustration with the current state of the Democratic Party in the U.S.? While liberals see substantial differences between them and conservatives, it can be depressing to [...]
Are Republicans trying to use the debt ceiling for political revenge, forcing the sick and elderly to suffer cuts in Medicare to pay for the massively irresponsible deficit spending initiated during the Bush years? After starting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowing banks through deregulation to defraud the public out of trillions of dollars in the mortgage-backed securities scandal, refusing [...]
Linked In: political rumblings
Here’s a recent and ongoing discussion in the American Politics Culture & Economy group on Linked In. Add your comments below. The thread begins when “Sue” posted a link to the article The Socialist Mind Game: A Brief Manual. With regard to this confused and incoherent article, which pretends that Obama and the socialist liberals are the enemy and [...]