Reply #20: The devil is in the details..... [View All]

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Ron Paul is a capitalist and capitalism will not constrain itself--something that is a pre-requisite for Paul's deregulation intensive approach. It is a fantasy world he lives in. He either doesn't recognize the immense power of these corporations to control politics and undermine the Public Interest, or he is being specious in his assessment of the problems.

To end the wars is to end capitalism, that is my point, and the capitalists. It barely warrants mentioning, history has proven, capitalists will not tolerate threats to their power. IOW Paul is a dead man walking if he seriously threatened their monopoly power which is the basis of his reform plan. His approach is the opposite of what is needed, what is needed is the public getting control over the economy, call it economic democracy, socialism or whatever but IMO THAT is what is necessary because all the other power flows from economic power and divorcing the worker from the means of production is what got us into this mess.