The GOP believes in an "Out of pocket" existence

[MrScorpio]

Everything should be driven by the profit motive, even our very survival. The main role of the working class is to serve at the will and for the benefit of the rich. And one serves God best by doing so, in their world. Fear of something should always be kept in mind. But there is another way... A better way, than to follow the people who never have our interest at heart.


Why the left doesn't drive this message home 24/7 is beyond my understanding.

[MrScorpio]

1. If you destroy the power of the working person's purse...

You destroy the threat that democracy poses to the high and powerful position of the ruling class.

Our sad state of an economy is no accident. It's a war on all of us.

[MrScorpio]

2. For those that own next to everything...

Not even everything is ever enough for them.

The machine must always be maintained, otherwise a reversal is sure to be caused by the natural gravity of justice.

[MrScorpio]

3. As long as you're dreaming the "American Dream"...

You're not fully seeing the American Nightmare.

[old mark]

4. They believe in this for you and me, certainly not for themselves....nt

[MrScorpio]

6. The "Good life" for them...

The low end of the Misery Index for the rest of us

[old mark]

12. That is the republican vision for the US - nt

[MrScorpio]

5. War, as it is today, is not for the common defense...

But rather it's a for profit enterprise for the wealthy few and job security for the war mongering class.

[MrScorpio]

7. You're entitled to no more rights...

Than the ruling class can afford to give.

[klook]

8. I don't think they would shy away from this characterization

You hear all the time on conservative radio talk shows that they think of themselves as the "producers" (not Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, unfortunately -- although that's closer to what they really are...only a lot less funny). They think Democrats are passive freeloaders who couldn't survive without the ingenuity and drive of the producers.

They won't come right out and say "greed is good," although that's really where they are coming from. That is why many Republicans would be perfectly happy to privatize everything, so we could live in some kind of Ayn Rand paradise. They delude themselves into thinking they're all John Galts, making heroic individual progress despite being mired in a society of forced egalitarian mediocrity.

More significantly, though, they believe there must be winners and losers in life -- that there should be winners and losers. Success is no fun for them if they can't look down the ladder and see others struggling and suffering. That is what is truly sick about that worldview.

[safeinOhio]

9. Well said Klook

From now on I will look at the rich as the "producers" as in Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. They are in a sure-fire scam, about to backfire.

[VioletLake]

10. Out of pocket and hand to mouth. nt

[OHdem10]

11. Could it be that our Conservative Democrats believe the same

as Republicans? They control our Party as evidenced by all
legislation that has passed so far.

They (Cons.Dems) do appear more closely aligned with Republican
Philosophy.

[TalkingDog]

13. No, the GOP believes in a HAND TO MOUTH existence.

Except for themselves.

[Iterate]

14. I refuse: I refuse to serve them and I refuse to serve their god.

I am not Sisyphus but I have been a fool.