Polite or not is irrelevant. No major political change was achieved by really rude or polite decorum. The assault on peoples' rights by this ultra-conservative court is about being hugely wealthy or not. The wealthy get most of this court's decisions, disguised usually, but regular citizens don't have enough friends in the 6 versus 3 cou…
Polite or not is irrelevant. No major political change was achieved by really rude or polite decorum. The assault on peoples' rights by this ultra-conservative court is about being hugely wealthy or not. The wealthy get most of this court's decisions, disguised usually, but regular citizens don't have enough friends in the 6 versus 3 court because they aren't wealthy enough to engage in bribery in its various forms, ie. The Heritage Foundation, the Koch organization, etc. Louis Brandeis warned us all about allowing great wealth in the hands of a few, but he spent his life fighting against monopolies and huge trust in the early 20th century and knew well what power the ultra-wealthy wielded then. The rich mostly don't give a damn about good schools, health care, human rights, the environment, decent pay for regular workers. Thomas Piketty's grand opus on wealth shows clearly that wealth always makes more money than labor and tends to not bear the burden of national debt, so they always are getting further ahead and getting away with not supporting their nations or their own citizens and neighbors. Their sons (now daughters too) tend to get out of military service, while ordinary families lose members to our wars. They are always seeking more money and more power, so are not going to be stopped unless The People stop them and keep stopping them as a regular feature of democratic life. Polite discussion is nothing in this class warfare.
The United States has always been about money. Rarely do we pass legislation that helps the working class, or the poor for that matter. Public education has been under attack lately. It disgusts me that the wealthy feel that public school deserves no support. It's the lifeblood of this country.
Amen. Piketty's analysis is not widely known/understood. It completely shatters the notion that we should allow the free market to decide our destiny by showing that it will always lead to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It also leads to the depletion of the common good as the rich extract more and more wealth from available resources. Only when the majority stand up to these forces and use government to intervene (tax the rich, protect the environment, invest in our infrastructure, support unions to demand fair wages and safe working conditions, etc.) can we create a just, humane and healthy society.
Polite or not is irrelevant. No major political change was achieved by really rude or polite decorum. The assault on peoples' rights by this ultra-conservative court is about being hugely wealthy or not. The wealthy get most of this court's decisions, disguised usually, but regular citizens don't have enough friends in the 6 versus 3 court because they aren't wealthy enough to engage in bribery in its various forms, ie. The Heritage Foundation, the Koch organization, etc. Louis Brandeis warned us all about allowing great wealth in the hands of a few, but he spent his life fighting against monopolies and huge trust in the early 20th century and knew well what power the ultra-wealthy wielded then. The rich mostly don't give a damn about good schools, health care, human rights, the environment, decent pay for regular workers. Thomas Piketty's grand opus on wealth shows clearly that wealth always makes more money than labor and tends to not bear the burden of national debt, so they always are getting further ahead and getting away with not supporting their nations or their own citizens and neighbors. Their sons (now daughters too) tend to get out of military service, while ordinary families lose members to our wars. They are always seeking more money and more power, so are not going to be stopped unless The People stop them and keep stopping them as a regular feature of democratic life. Polite discussion is nothing in this class warfare.
Thank you for saying what I often think -- and for saying it better than I often think, too.
The United States has always been about money. Rarely do we pass legislation that helps the working class, or the poor for that matter. Public education has been under attack lately. It disgusts me that the wealthy feel that public school deserves no support. It's the lifeblood of this country.
Amen. Piketty's analysis is not widely known/understood. It completely shatters the notion that we should allow the free market to decide our destiny by showing that it will always lead to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It also leads to the depletion of the common good as the rich extract more and more wealth from available resources. Only when the majority stand up to these forces and use government to intervene (tax the rich, protect the environment, invest in our infrastructure, support unions to demand fair wages and safe working conditions, etc.) can we create a just, humane and healthy society.
Amen!!!
I'd say their wars as it is a war economy and monumental energy is put into the military.