Hey Dennis, this clip sums up quite a few (not all) of my perceptions and feelings towards neo-conservative philosophy, the US govt, and the increasingly non-realist worldview of the conservative republican platform.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPDKer0tXnA&NR=1 (this is a YouTube clip featuring an interview of Noam Chomsky by Peter Coyote about the military industrial complex)
Attached to Bill as well. Hi to you both. Watch the documentary dvds I
gave Laura months ago, as they go further to help explain my viewpoint
on these particular issues. I'll wait until later, when I'm drunk, to
yell at you in your kitchen about why gays should be allowed to marry,
why people who dont like abortions shouldn't get them - and allow
others to do what they choose, and why society and the individual
function more optimally AND more prosperously when governed by
socialist, free-market philosophies. And no, they're not mutually
exclusive. You can analyze the economy on a micro level, or on a macro
level, and easily perceive that the wealth being generated - either by
individual corporations, or by nation-states - is INCREASINGLY lopsided
towards the rich (those who control the means of production yada yada
yada)...with any semblance of an equal, fair, or common-sense
distribution of wealth (and power) gone out the window a long time
ago. Not a free or fair market, but something more akin to facism.
This may or may not keep you up at night, but the Fact of the matter
is: The middle class is disappearing, corporations are directing world
policy, and civilizations will continue fighting bullshit wars,
fighting bullshit terrorism, and fighting unrest at home and abroad,
instead of prospering, whilst they deny lessons easily learned from
History. Civilizations collapse when they function through fear and
greed. Basic History. Structuring Economy and Society so the Majority
of its members remain dumb, poor, sick, and hence afraid, invariably
leads to the decay of a prospering nation. Sure, an obscenely small
number of incredibly wealthy individuals will probably be OK - hey,
even thrive. But for the majority...and I don't just mean the masses
here...life will be an ugly and disappointing version of what it should
be.
Hope you're well and sorry about the delayed response. Tom
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