If you have a few minutes, check out the following video. Enlightened, witty and amusing, its message will, of course, be lost on many citizens of the Benighted States of America, as well as those most peculiar denizens of that entity known as "Ford Nation."
.. the video is a hoot.. an educted hoot
ReplyDeletetouches on stuff I had never considered
Thanks !
My pleasure, Sal. I enjoyed it immensely too, and it seems an apt way to break through all of the right-wing myths and rhetoric about this 'satanic plot'.
DeleteKnow nothings have demonized the word, Lorne. Oh, for a little light!
ReplyDeleteIn this benighted age, Owen, all of us have to serve as flashlights. (I won't say torchbearer, as that would exaggerate our ability to penetrate the darkness.)
DeleteProgressivism and socialism share the same core values. Both seek to advance the well being of the individual and the health of the state in the result. One follows the other. Again, Lorne, I am convinced that there'll be no "next great thing" to carry us out of neoliberalism. We're on a one-way street. The only way out is to reverse course and pursue the restoration of progressive democracy. That alone will expunge neoliberalism.
ReplyDeleteThe only way that stands a chance of success, Mound, is for people to become more engaged in our politics, a big order given today's propensity for chasing and obsessing over trivialities.
DeleteI wonder when we'll tire of being beaten over the head by this neoliberal club and decide we must have something else. When will be start to see it as predatory and ourselves as its prey? What becomes of us if we don't have that epiphany in time?
DeleteAll good questions, Mound. I wish we had the answers. Only by reading beyond the headlines will people begin to get a sense of what is really going on.
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