Reply #2: We are there [View All]

[callady]

there are just so many distractions and preoccupations that people don't recognize or don't want to acknowledge how deep and widespread the crisis is. it goes way beyond the political morass in DC.

Also, the "leaders" are less the expression of any sort than the tools of the ruling class. As always.


The planet is owned and ruled by the same people; not the heads of State, but the owners of the capital. State governments, if unyielding to the superior power of the capitals, run the risk of becoming figureheads in the claws of the neoliberals. Do what we tell you to do or we will unmask the vacuum behind your façade. Some leaders try courageously to prove their freedom of action, up to a point, but even socialists have turned towards what is to be seen as the new socialism – Gerhard Schröder, or the New Labour – Tony Blair. There is no real ‘left’ any more --anywhere.

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The heads of state are helpless tools in the claws of the predators since their countries would suffer loss of investment and capital flight in the face of their non-cooperation. The world thus depends on civil society and the strength of the masses of lucid and humane people, the power of the streets, to defeat the colossus that is eagerly devouring the world. Corruption and greed can ultimately be defeated if we the people see the truth and act in accordance with our common sense and human instincts.

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19839...