The simplest thing you MUST understand about the US, Britain, France and so on is that if you aren't in the top 2-3%, your leaders hate you and have nothing but contempt for you. They think you're worthless, replaceable eaters who don't understand how the world works.
Elites want you poor, because if you're poor you have less power. They think that they deserve their money and power and if you deserved any money or power you'd have it.
It's not just that they don't care about you, it's that they actively despise you and want you hurt.
It's not just that they don't care about you, it's that they actively despise you and want you hurt.
this probably seems like hyperbole or exaggeration for affect.
I assure you I mean it as neither. I've spent 30 years of my life studying how our systems work. I didn't start thinking elites were evil, I resisted the conclusion.
I assure you I mean it as neither. I've spent 30 years of my life studying how our systems work. I didn't start thinking elites were evil, I resisted the conclusion.
Shit, I even tried to work with Democratic elites, I thought they might want to do the right thing.
They didn't. If Democratic elites ever wanted to do the right thing, it has been over 40 years since those Dem elites lost power.
They didn't. If Democratic elites ever wanted to do the right thing, it has been over 40 years since those Dem elites lost power.
The Clintons and the 3rd way were the stake driving into the heart of the last good Democrats in the 90s. They are the pair who made Reagan's victory real: you've never won in politics till your opponents agree with you.
That's what the Clintons sealed.
That's what the Clintons sealed.
The Clinton's political methods was "OK, you want to be right wing bastards? We can do that. We can do shit the Republicans can't: gut welfare and pass even more punitive crime bills than they can."
This is what Bill and Hillary DID.
This is their legacy & they are proud of it.
This is what Bill and Hillary DID.
This is their legacy & they are proud of it.
In the UK, Tony Blair did the same thing that Clinton did in relation to Reagan: he gave Thatcher her final victory.
Blair and the Clintons are, to put it simply, collaborators with neoliberalism. They're the Petain's of the Democrats/Labour. Except they won.
Blair and the Clintons are, to put it simply, collaborators with neoliberalism. They're the Petain's of the Democrats/Labour. Except they won.
As for Obama, what he did was take the changes that Bush Jr. made and institutionalize them: the Patriot Act, drone murdering, gutting civil liberties, mass expelling of undocumented aliens, etc...
That's what Obama did: he said "what Bush did is the new normal."
That's what Obama did: he said "what Bush did is the new normal."
except that Obama, like Clinton, moved even farther to the right on key issues. 3x drone murders, for example. He was worse on civil liberties and in particular on whistleblowers than Bush was. He set up the immigrant camps ICE runs, etc...
Anyway, expecting people like the Clintons and Obamas and Biden to save you is ludicrous: they helped create the police state and oligarchy you live in.
They knew what they were doing, and they are proud of their life's work.
They knew what they were doing, and they are proud of their life's work.
