Matt Taibbi - does getting filthy rich now equate with winning the full rights of citizenship?
matt discusses some of the ramifications of the passage of the national defense authorization act with its indefinite detention provisions...
no... i don't see it ending well... not at all...
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On which side of the societal fence do you think the McCains and Grahams would put, say, an unemployed American plumber who refused an eviction order from Bank of America and holed up with his family in his Florida house, refusing to move? Would Graham/McCain consider that person to have the same rights as Lloyd Blankfein, or is that plumber closer, in their eyes, to being like the young Muslim who throws a rock at a U.S. embassy in Yemen?
A few years ago, that would have sounded like a hysterical question. But it just doesn’t seem that crazy anymore. We’re turning into a kind of sci-fi society in which making it and being a success not only means getting rich, but also means winning the full rights of citizenship. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t see this ending well.
no... i don't see it ending well... not at all...
Labels: domestic terrorism, indefinite detention, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Lloyd Blankfein, Matt Taibbi, National Defense Authorization Act, Rolling Stone
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posted by profmarcus at
12/12/2011
