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In reply to the discussion: Is it just me? [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Sarcasm tag or not.
You see Republicans as the only enemy and fail to see beyond that distraction to what they really are, like Saddam's Republican guard, they are simply the favorite thugs working for a larger enemy that is global and systemic in nature.
Yes, we should fight the guard, they are the most potent of the foot soldiers in this country's battle, but they are not alone among the useful political tools helping to syphon the resources, prosperity, freedoms and very life from this planet and 99.9% of it's denizens.
I should not have to point out another distressing fact. In the fight against these Republicans one does not beat them by joining them in their endeavors and helping them achieve 90% of their agenda as is the way of Centrists and appeasers.
Austerity, the destruction of the liberty required by the populace to effect change and the extraction of common resources needed to pursue a saner path is called "bipartisan" and reveals a collaboration that crosses party and even national lines.
Neofeudalism, shortsighted greed that would place all wealth in the hands of the few and multinational corporatism run by a psychopathic ethic of profit above all else (literally) is the real enemy. This enemy is made of several sociopathic individuals that run or work for (often as purchased politicians) these corporations and would gladly devour each other as well as the rest of us for short term gain.
It is an insane enemy that will kill itself along with the host in the end if not stopped; Manny is correct, they are winning and gaining more ground each day.
They will be the death of us and all you appear to see are the not so bright Republican foot soldiers directly in front of you.
Correct your vision and see the larger dangers that WILL kill us all if we ALL don't wake the fuck up.