4 Jan 2024 11:26 am
CannonPointer: "Yes, it's called capitalism, and it is governing us as a marketplace. You will notice that countries have borders, and we do not. That is because we are not a country - we are a SHAM of a country whose "elected" leaders serve at the pleasure of the oligarchs: a corporatocracy. And we are a marketplace - with a logo that looks a lot like our old flag, back when we were a nation. On 9'11, they put some handles on the damned thing and made it look like a shopping bag. That told me what time it was."Cannonpointer » 03 Jan 2024, 4:33 pm » wrote: ↑ Yes, it's called capitalism, and it is governing us as a marketplace. You will notice that countries have borders, and we do not. That is because we are not a country - we are a SHAM of a country whose "elected" leaders serve at the pleasure of the oligarchs: a corporatocracy. And we are a market place - with a logo that looks a lot like our old flag, back when we were a nation. I remember on 9'11 they put some handles on the damned thing and made it look like a shopping bag. That told me what time it was.
Yes, the knee jerk right HATES the fairness doctrine - ape trained to do so by the very forces of consolidation that persecute their lives and eat out their polity.
But among the many fine things the orange buffoon accomplished is that he got the conjobs to peek around the corporate tautology to which they had thither-to been enslaved and at least dare to start questioning it. They got a little practice with the questioning muscle. It's still not nearly as strong as the pontificating muscle - but it's been isolated and identified. That's a start. We can build from there. They know the difference between the sexes - unless they watch fixed noise. Then they think bruce jenner is a gal.
Except to say that trade agreements such as NAFTA rather than undocumented immigration are what have negated America's sovereignty, I agree with CannonPointer's assessment. Indeed, Republican and Democratic politicians serve capitalists' interests rather than workers. Our flag looks much like the East India Company's flag because the American flag was modeled after the East India Company's. And, yes, George W. Bush's "keep shopping" comment on 09.12.01 was indicative of the globalized and imperialist nature of America's capitalist system of exploitation.
CannonPointer: "Yes, the knee-jerk right HATES the Fairness Doctrine - they are trained to do so by the very forces of consolidation that persecute their lives and eat out their polity.But among the many fine things the orange buffoon accomplished is that he got the con jobs to peek around the corporate tautology to which they had thither-to been enslaved and at least dare to start questioning it. They got a little practice with the questioning muscle. It's still not nearly as strong as the pontificating muscle - but it's been isolated and identified. That's a start. We can build from there."
Interestingly, CannonPointer understands that the decimation of the Fairness Doctrine served corporate interests while simultaneously supporting Trump's presidency. Like all presidents, Trump served corporate interests over that of workers. His massive and socially destructive tax cuts for the capitalist class and its corporations, his anti-labor practices, and his corporation-serving anti-environmental policies made his administration a quintessential capitalist-class serving entity. I wonder if CannonPointer would care to unpack his seemingly contradictory stance concerning Trump.