10-25-2016, 08:13 AM
This fits in exactly with what I have always ranted about with the Democratic Party coming to be dominated by highly-educated technocrats that can only comprehend society in "big picture" terms of numbers and impersonal forces rather than small-scale human terms. Giant super-corporations have come to be seen as OK as long as they can be taxed to support the social safety net, all the while people have come to feel increasingly helpless and powerless, their only voice being in elections and in protests, their communities and daily lives increasingly dominated by monopolistic giant corporations (which local governments are too terrified to offend). As the article said, the economy has been "de-politicized" so the Masters of The Universe can do what they want without "the stupid, ignorant masses" interfering with their Randian genius.
This is exactly how you get Fascism, when ordinary people feel that they are at the mercy of distant forces outside of their control and people look for a charismatic savior to save them from those forces.
This is exactly how you get Fascism, when ordinary people feel that they are at the mercy of distant forces outside of their control and people look for a charismatic savior to save them from those forces.
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