The fate of democracy is at stake in Madison, Wis., no less than it is in Tahrir Square
money = power = money = power...
noam chomsky...
for those of us who pay attention, chomsky's point has been abundantly clear for years... little to no daylight exists between republicans and democrats... both parties seek to be in power and getting that power, at least in our society as it's presently constructed, can only be accomplished with vast sums of money... where is the money...? concentrated in the hands of our super-rich elites... and there ya have it...
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noam chomsky...
Concentration of income confers political power, which in turn leads to legislation that further enhances the privilege of the super-rich: tax policies, deregulation, rules of corporate governance and much else.
Alongside this vicious cycle, costs of campaigning sharply increased, driving both political parties to cater to the corporate sector – the Republicans reflexively, and the Democrats (now pretty much equivalent to the moderate Republicans of earlier years) following not far behind.
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Popular anger must be diverted from the agents of the financial crisis, who are profiting from it; for example, Goldman Sachs, “on track to pay out $17.5 billion in compensation for last year,” the business press reports, with CEO Lloyd Blankfein receiving a $12.6 million bonus while his base salary more than triples to $2 million.
Instead, propaganda must blame teachers and other public-sector workers with their fat salaries and exorbitant pensions – all a fabrication, on a model that is all too familiar. To Wisconsin’s Gov. Scott Walker, to other Republicans and many Democrats, the slogan is that austerity must be shared – with some notable exceptions.
The propaganda has been fairly effective. Walker can count on at least a large minority to support his brazen effort to destroy the unions. Invoking the deficit as an excuse is pure farce.
In different ways, the fate of democracy is at stake in Madison, Wis., no less than it is in Tahrir Square.
for those of us who pay attention, chomsky's point has been abundantly clear for years... little to no daylight exists between republicans and democrats... both parties seek to be in power and getting that power, at least in our society as it's presently constructed, can only be accomplished with vast sums of money... where is the money...? concentrated in the hands of our super-rich elites... and there ya have it...
Labels: austerity, Democrats, elites, Madison, Noam Chomsky, Republicans, super-rich, union-busting, Wisconsin
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3/11/2011
