Big Lies

[David Horn]

(12-15-2016, 07:58 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(12-15-2016, 04:40 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: That is the big lie. Socialism is not our problem; capitalism is our problem. Always has been.

I'd say the problem is elite classes gathering too much power, unchecked by the working classes.  This problem manifests under either capitalism or socialism.  The communists took it to quite an extreme, but the capitalists are working on it.

All systems create an over-class to maintain them.  Jefferson thought the solution was a little revolution every 25 years or so.  After the ACW, that idea died for good.  So here we are with no corrective except electoral politics, and that's under siege. 

When the historians look back from 50 to 100 years, they may find that the theme of this 4Twas how to keep our democratic republic intact -- assuming we do, of course.