kelley wrote:elections in this bipartisan duopoly represent the interests of a propertied class. this much should be apparent. the only hope left for the vast citizenry of the US will arise when these guaranteed rights, perhaps improperly understood as 'the pursuit of happiness' but nonetheless embodied as very real things, are threatened by the state as a matter of course. romney's role, should he be installed by the state, will be to pursue such a program in a manner similar to the actions performed while at bain capital. the cultural issues with which the right has been preoccupied since the mid-70s will serve as a screen for this final stripping of assets, performed in the nominal defense of liberty, all the while subjugating the interests of the last bulwark against such a consolidation of power. in a perverse sort of way, the american bourgeoisie, or what's left of its middle class, will have to assume the revolutionary mantle once ascribed to the lower classes if they wish to protect their position of privilege.
i look forward to a romney administration. it's the only way in which the fight can be taken to its logical end, without aspersions of blame cast elsewhere.
Gotta agree, because people simply don't act or even react until they are personally threatened. That's where Ellsberg's hope of "organizing, building movements and agitating"
especially if Obama becomes installed again, is so delusional. This isn't the late 60s, early 70s. The
ratchet effect has shifted the center way right, and most people simply aren't aware of it.
Yeah, like
Norman Pollack suggested only partly tongue-in-cheek, perhaps a Romney "win" will actually galvanize progressives (and everyone else affected by the presumed draconian legislation he'll initiate) to fight the good fight again.
