Thread by @sillymickel

Chapter 20 is titled

“Only the Game Remains:

“Religion of Capitalism — The Game Is the One Truth Faith; The Game Is to Lie and Manipulate Without Consequence”

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 20/1

“[*Chapter 20 text begins:*] ”Well since they believe a loving God would condemn them to endless suffering, don’t see why we can’t convince them their own biggest enemy is to be found in a mirror.”

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CW22 20/2

“…since they believe a loving God would condemn them to endless suffering, don’t see why we can’t convince them their own biggest enemy is to be found in a mirror.” [What Republicans Wealthies must think about their “deplorable” followers.]”

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CW22 20/3

“*Reason and Action Eroded, The Game Is All That Remains*

“Note to Ordinary Folks: Ordinary Folks Are Out to Get You*”

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CW22 20/4

However, the Republicans were at one point cornered by justifiable attacks about being backed by special interests, so they concocted this idea that the Democrats were too.

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CW22 20/5

“*Everybody’s Doing It*

“[Republicans] couldn’t deny it was true about them [that they were backed by special interests], so they just made it like, well, it was everybody."

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CW22 20/6

"That way [Republicans] avoided being revealed as bad people. For what they did wouldn’t make them bad. It would just make them politicians.”

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CW22 20/7

“An added benefit for Republicans and the Filthy Rich in “democratizing” the guilt this way is that folks thinking all politicians are the same, that they’re all taking money, means they would be unlikely to vote."

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CW22 20/8

“[Folks] would say, “Ah, they’re all crooks.” Is not that what we’re hearing? Isn’t what we’re hearing that there is no such thing as an honest politician? And keeping the masses, who are helped by Democrats, away from the polls..."

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/9

“…keeping the masses, who are helped by Democrats, away from the polls [by telling them all politicians are crooks] can only help Republicans engaged in swindling them.”

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CW22 20/10

“*The *Really* Special Interests: What They Want Is at Our Expense*

“Yet at one time, the term *special interest* meant something very specific, and it was hardly confusing.”

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CW22 20/11

“We need to go back to the time before the whole subject [of “special interests”] became so muddled & full of misinformation that even the pundits didn’t know what they were talking about anymore.”

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CW22 20/12

“Back when the term was coined,the *special* interests were thought of as the interests of the very small numbers of wealthy people & their financial arms, big businesses, who sought favors from government that were at odds with the welfare…”

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CW22 20/13

“…[*special* interests were thought of as interests of the very small #s of wealthy people & their financial arms, big businesses, who sought favors from government that were at odds with the welfare] of the masses of less moneyed Americans.”

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CW22 20/14

For example there might be a group from, say, the coal industry, whose interests would be higher profits for being allowed to spew extra amounts of toxic fumes into the atmosphere.

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CW22 20/15

“That would be the kinds of things [corporations, the *real* special interests] would want: something that benefited them at the expense of the majority of folks.”

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CW22 20/16

“Consider: If what was sought [by the corporations, the “real” special interests] would benefit most other people as well, it would not need to be lobbied for solely by this small group, this business concern.”

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CW22 20/17

“[If it benefited everyone,] Such a change would be advanced on behalf of the greater number of people & would succeed that way.”

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CW22 20/18

“So a really *special* interest would push for something that would bring them greater profits in spite of the fact that it would hurt the majority of Americans.”

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CW22 20/19

“In this example of air pollution, it would be felt negatively by all Americans, eventually the whole planet, including people of other countries, & even the plant & animal life, in which species in existence 1000s of times longer than us…”

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CW22 20/20

“[air pollution would hurt the whole planet, species in existence 1000s of times longer than us] would be gone forever. This is why an interest might be “special.” It would be special in that its benefits would be singular, not shared.”

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CW22 20/21

“To the contrary, the common good would be reduced for the temporary financial benefit of a relatively small group of individuals, in this case, coal barons.”

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CW22 20/22

“Keep in mind also it would only be the rich capitalist *owners* in these industries who would see the benefits. That is the real meaning of *special*.”

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CW22 20/23

“*Religion of Capitalism—The Game Is the One Truth Faith*

“*And Then the Great Threat*

"In a clear-headed sense, a boon to a special interest would involve some sort of legislative help to the profits of, basically, these special rich..."

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CW22 20/24

“…[a boon to a special interest would involve legislative help to profits of rich] capitalist owners;& it would be given, very often, at great cost to all those others I have been mentioning who were not in the Congressional bargaining room.”

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CW22 20/25

“So how could such a thing [ … a boon to the wealthy at the cost of the mass of people … ] be justified? Well, here is how it works, beginning with another great lie, delivered as a threat.”

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CW22 20/26

“The threat would amount to this: That unless these favors are granted, say, as in the example, if you didn’t let us put that stuff in the air, we’re gonna have to have layoffs.”

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CW22 20/27

“The threat of workers losing their jobs is always, *always*, the gauntlet thrown down to jimmy profits into the hands of a few.”

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CW22 20/28

“And saving workers’ jobs is always, *always* thrown out to the public as the justification for granting these singular boons. So the American worker is indirectly threatened with the loss of a job & a paycheck.”

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CW22 20/29

“The part that will rarely be spoke is the cost of this legislative largess to the general population.”

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CW22 20/30

“In our example, what will not be mentioned is that some people’s lives will actually be ended—there is *always* some of this, though this is the biggest unspoken—for the granting of this wish.”

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CW22 20/31

“What is recklessly ignored is that when this regulation easing, as in our example, goes into effect, it will actually kill some people; it will diminish people’s lives; it will increase diseases, cancer & emphysema for example;”

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Blue

CW22 20/32

“& overall it will result in more suffering for thousands or millions of times more people than the few that will benefit. Do you begin to see how really special a *real* special interest is?”

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CW22 20/33

“But as for these costs to us ordinary, non-special, people, they will not be mentioned by either side of the bargaining. This will hardly even be a chip in the negotiations. What will be put on the table is workers’ jobs.”

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CW22 20/34

“That threat is that unless these favors are granted, well, we’re gonna have to have layoffs. & then they would say, “Well, American workers will suffer.”

"And that’s the magical meaningless mantram—“American workers will suffer”—"

THREAD … wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 20/35

"[“American workers will suffer”]—which is another one of those lies again added to create fog, to create confusion, in this case a smog of misinformation, stifling the reasoned understanding of what is actually at stake."

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/36

“*And Then Outright Extortion*

“In fact we had a conspicuous example of this, the way...let’s call it what it is...*extortion* was employed by the banks not many years ago.”

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CW22 20/37

“The Filthy Rich, in the guise of investors, pulled off one of the biggest extortions in American history & got away scot free. Even the Democrats could not see through it (still don’t).”

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CW22 20/38

“I am talking, of course, about the TARP bailout...the Troubled Asset Relief Program...that was put in place under George W. Bush in October of 2008 to protect the very entities responsible for the Great Recession from suffering..."

THREAD ... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/39

"...[TARP was put in place under George W. Bush in October of 2008 to protect the very entities responsible for the Great Recession from suffering] any consequences from their malfeasance.”

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue #TheGame #bankers #politics #Republicans

CW22 20/40

“Remember that I related in Chapter 2 how my experience with Oregon Fair Share & the WPPSS plants taught me the benefits of letting corporations pay for their own mistakes?”

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CW22 20/41

“How the economy would be better off if the ones gambling huge amounts of *our* money—the banks—would be forced to suffer the consequences of their actions?”

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CW22 20/42

“How that [accountability for their actions] might lend itself to them making better decisions in the future? Well, with George W. Bush at the helm, these bankers were rewarded for the harm done the rest of America & the world.”

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue

CW22 20/43

“Whereas, in any other instance of such a tactic, in any other instance by anybody in America doing what was done—extorting billions from the government to bail out the perpetrators of their unwise, often criminal, business decisions—"

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 20/44

“—[in any other instance of such a tactic by anybody in America doing what was done, i.e., extortion,] it would have been criminally prosecuted.

“But not so in the case of these special rich people, represented by these bank executives.”

>... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/45

“How spectacular this oversight in singling out the guilty is rarely brought out. But truly massive is this miscarriage of justice.”

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CW22 20/46

“Consider that there are vastly more ordinary Americans than there are in the tiny group of filthy rich. So there will, of course, be far more instances in the general population of any crime you would think of.”

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CW22 20/47

“In this case we are looking at extortion, & virtually every instance of such a crime committed among the general population would attract the intense attention & the full wrath of justice there.”

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CW22 20/48

“Naturally, the harm to the victim or even victims would be constrained to the tiny number of people affected, & the limited amounts of money involved, in any particular case.”

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CW22 20/49

"On the other hand here, with TARP, we had a much tinier group of people—the Filthy Rich & the heads of the banks that represent them."

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CW22 20/50

“& the percentage of that group [the Filthy Rich & the heads of banks that represent them] involved in such an extortion is far greater than the incidence of that crime in the greater population,..”

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CW22 20/51

“…another way of putting it, the [group, the Filthy Rich & the heads of banks that represent them] represents a high crime zone for such malfeasance & a much bigger danger when their crimes go unpunished & can continue unfettered.”

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CW22 20/52

“Such small groups with higher rates of crime, when there are smaller mounds of money to protect them, are labeled as “criminal gangs,” “hoodlums,” “organized crime,” “gang-bangers” & the like."

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CW22 20/53

“Not so, when the perpetrators dress in such fine suits & stink with money.”

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CW22 20/54

“Further, the scale on which these crimes [by the Filthy Rich] are perpetrated is that of the entire population of the United States & expands itself to include harm to those in other nations & even among the unborn—future generations.”

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CW22 20/55

“So the magnitude of the crime is infinitely larger than could ever be pulled off by an average American. Still, the smaller scale, less harmful instances of this crime are ruthlessly sought out & punished.”

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CW22 20/56

“Whereas the immeasurably larger crime of the super wealthy is let go...& this in spite of the fact mentioned that the future threat is larger & considerably more likely if the current wrong is not addressed.”

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CW22 20/57

“With these things known, how mind-boggling is it to notice this blatant extortion not pointed out, not labeled as such, hardly addressed?”

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CW22 20/58

“*Their Kind of “Sharing the Pain”—My Problems Will Be Your Problems, They Say*

“Well here we have, in this case, the banks, the preeminent fronts for the organized Filthy Rich, demanding extortion money, which if not received...here we g..."

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CW22 20/59

"...the organized Filthy Rich, demanding extortion money, which if not received...here we go again...eventually would result in their inability to do business & would affect people. This threat is one of their ploys."

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #TheGame #bankers

CW22 20/60

Just like the coal barons in the example above who would ask for concessions saying if they did not get them they would be forced to lay off American workers, the banks would have their way..."

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CW22 20/61

"...[the banks would have their way] of trying to convince that they should be helped or it will affect great numbers of people. In their case, they would say it would affect their ability to do business & to *serve* the American people."

... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/62

“One way or another the idea is to obscure the reality that help to the banks will help primarily this small group, in this case, of bankers, & to make it that their problem is seen as *our* problem, the public’s problem.”

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CW22 20/63

“This increases the pressure on politicians to grant the favor. For it is spun that it is not the wealthy investors whose welfare is at stake but the public at large.”

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CW22 20/64

“So there is the extortion, you see. Unlike coal barons threatening to fire workers, essentially bankers threatened to stop providing loans. They would hold them back if not paid.”

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CW22 20/65

“The degree to which this was untrue is shown by the fact that after they *did* get the bailout, they used it to feather their nests & to expand their bank’s market share.”

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CW22 20/66

“Chase Bank, for example, sat on the bailout cash they received, with the intention of using it to buy out other banks that would fail, which is exactly what they did with the money. Banks also gave out those high bonuses like I’ve discussed.”

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CW22 20/67

"Meanwhile the public was *not* served. Money remained tight. There arose a big hue & cry over the fact the money from TARP was covering bankers’ losses...i.e., going into their pockets...and the public was not getting the loans they needed."

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CW22 20/68

"So in retrospect that money would have been much more wisely spent going somehow directly into the people’s hands who needed it, not by funneling it through the hands of gluttonous banking institutions."

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue #TheGame #bankers #FBR

CW22 20/69

“And what about their threat of it affecting society at large if they were not placated? Well, society did pay dearly, did suffer, even though the banks were paid their extortion money, handsomely too."

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Blue #TheGame #bankers #politics

CW22 20/70

"& since so much of that loot went to the folks who didn’t need it, overall the economy ended up worse off."

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CW22 20/71

"Short term the problem was swept under the rug, but in borrowing from the future to help rich people today it guaranteed the problem would get a permanent installation in America’s economy."

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CW22 20/72

"Seriously, this problem cannot be calculated or even imagined away, so Americans will suffer its results forever as far as we know."

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CW22 20/73

“So this is the extortion & the lie that sits in the middle of the threat that it is the American workers who will suffer if the wealthy don’t receive their payola.”

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CW22 20/74

“For it is never the workers or, in this case, those needing loans who would suffer if the extortion is not given in to, it is the fat cats, coal barons, filthy rich, 1% who would suffer,..”

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CW22 20/75

“…& for that matter, not even all that much compared to the suffering inflicted on the public by their greedy practices, *whether or not* the extortion money or concession is provided.”

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CW22 20/76

“*The Game Is to Lie*

“Anyway, the game is to claim that the pain of those with wealth is really the American people’s pain,..”

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CW22 20/77

“…so as to make it seem a large number of people would be helped when they get the bailout, when they succeed at their larceny against the American people.”

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CW22 20/78

“That’s one of their lies that gets by; this is how they seek to “share the pain”...“spread their burden.” It is a banking problem, in this instance, something that has had disastrous effects on the economy & on people’s lives,..”

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/79

“…but it would be better handled by society if the problem of the people involved would be addressed, not the problems—money lost, investments gone under—of the Filthy Rich.”

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CW22 20/80

“The upshot is that over & over we hear these big lies of how “the American people”...one of those huge buzz words...“the American people are going to be hurt.” “

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CW22 20/81

“Or, it became, “the working people of this country,” or in the example of the coal barons, above, that a huge group of coal miners would see massive layoffs. In light of what has been said, I hope it is clear what b.s. that is.”

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CW22 20/82

“*How They Try to Convince That Their Problems Are Ours*

“We see the threat; we see the extortion; we see the crime & its magnitude, & we see the lie that gives life to it all.”

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CW22 20/83

“Let us look more closely at the manner of the making of this spectacular ruse.

“First...some of this has been said, yet watch how it unfolds...you’re starting out with a group that is a minute segment of the population as a whole.”

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/84

“But [these rich folks] maintain they are identical with or equivalent to society as a whole, making it that it is not the magnitude of their money but of their numbers which raises their voice above all, which is not true of course.”

… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Musk

CW22 20/85

“I was talking earlier about how they would do that in making up the tax codes. Recall, they would say, “Well, society as a whole will suffer if you don’t.…””

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CW22 20/86

“So the Filthy Rich would always package any benefit to them as being not for them, really, at all but for a great # of people. & if they could pull that off, if they could make that magical equivalency, then it was like they had a home run.”

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CW22 20/87

“They would say the working people of this country would be affected, that a huge group of coal miners would see massive layoffs, for example.”

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CW22 20/88

“Then here is how they make that number bigger: These people, in this example the coal barons, not to be underestimated, would assert that because of their layoffs naturally there would be more of these layoffs by other coal companies.”

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CW22 20/89

“& then, they’d say, these layoffs would affect *all* the shopkeepers, retail merchants & so on who service the impacted regions; which in turn...gotta keep making it bigger & bigger, more & more & more people...”

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CW22 20/90

“…which in turn would affect all the industries making the products that won’t be sold because of the layoffs; & of course a pullback in demand for products means fewer workers needed to make what is needed,..”

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue #TheGame #bankers

CW22 20/91

“…thus an increase of unemployment in all other sectors would ensue; which unemployed workers on a grander scale would have them unable to buy from their local merchants;”

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CW22 20/92

“which equals the losses to the manufacturers in an ever more expanding array of products & industries; requiring they let people go; thus even more, ever accelerating rates of layoffs & widening unemployment;”

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CW22 20/93

“&, they would claim, those laid off would not be buying the products in *their* local shops; which leads to...well, armageddon, the way they would have it.

“So it just gets bigger & bigger; it goes around & around & around.”

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #TheGame

CW22 20/94

“*To Win at All Costs*

“*But They Will Say Anything to Win*

“Just a hint though, this is one of those seemingly rational analyses that although appearing to make sense is not grounded in the real world;”

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CW22 20/95

“it is speculative & made up. Its roots are solely in the dark hearts & motivations of those attempting to push through their argument, to give it added weight, to basically win at any cost.”

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CW22 20/96

“That’s a lot of what the difference is. It is that some people will wager with any amount of harm to others; they will say anything, will make up anything. They don’t have to have any facts; they don’t have to know if thats the way it works.”

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CW22 20/97

“As McCain said, “I don’t know much about economics.” This is the guy who was popular among the corporate crowd of the country, the same group making that simplistic argument above.”

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CW22 20/98

“*What’s Truth Got to Do with It?*

“So basically their game—that of the Filthy Rich—involves winning at any cost to others, being willing to assert anything, with no thought that truth *should even come into a bargaining situation*.”

THREAD. drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/99

“I mean, really, the attitude is, what the hell does truth have to do w it? It’s like, we can make a good argument; we can convince people; we can persuade people; we can fool enuf people into thinking it’s true...& that’s all that matters.”

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CW22 20/100

“So you see they’re getting kind of cocky; they don’t even think they have to have truth...any actual facts or evidence backing up their arguments. Then you have your whole attitude of,..”

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CW22 20/101

““What the hell, why is anybody bothering to *bring* any truth to this?”

“So they don’t bother even to come with any evidence to be laid out on the table; it becomes the most elegant spectacle in sophistry imaginable.”

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CW22 20/102

“*Unlike Monopoly These Results Are Real*

“What it becomes then for these special interests & their Republican representatives is something with about as much gravity as a board game.”

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CW22 20/103

“The Filthy Rich are seeing these matters, which are of dire importance to most of society, about the way we do when playing a game of Monopoly, in which we compete without consequences & try to win without remorse.”

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CW22 20/104

“Though the differences should be noted. There’s nothing at stake in a game of Monopoly among friends; it is just simple play with light-hearted risks.”

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CW22 20/105

“There are no real families having to move out if one player buys up all the land & houses of another; thr’s nobody even paying rent of $40 if they land on Boardwalk, nobody suffering when you’re told to pay a doctor bill...or to go to jail.”

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CW22 20/106

“*Going Directly to Jail, Not Passing Go—The Only Part That’s Really Like Monopoly, for the 99%*

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CW22 20/107

“This point, however, keep in mind as increased perspective on the real-world actions of these wealthy folk. In Monopoly you try to win. & you would consider deception.”

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CW22 20/108

“You might hide how much money or property you have...if you’re asked, for example, you might not tell the truth. & this dissembling would be considered a good ploy & harmless. Even the other players might admire such a deception.”

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/109

“Yet is this the way it is in the bargaining of the special interests through their lackey paid-for Republican representatives? No.”

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CW22 20/110

“The consequences of their cavalier play are being felt somewhere. Yet the Filthy Rich cover up their unconcern through the pretense of acting on interests not of their own, but of that reliable home base of the society at large.”

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/111

“*We’re Not Supposed To Be Monopoly...Or the Wild West*

“So, there’s Monopoly, then there’s the real world, where things like deception, or whatever, for the purpose of winning have real world effects on people.”

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CW22 20/112

“Yet we’re supposedly living in an era that is not like the old Wild West. We purportedly have a democracy with the aim of benefiting the majority of people, or at least as many people as possible.”

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CW22 20/113

“& we claim our intention is to do this without unduly punishing any particular group or having any persons inflicted with unnecessary grief. It’s supposed to be fair; government is supposed to serve people.”

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CW22 20/114

“*This Game’s Not For You*

“So that’s why I was saying, in the early days when there was bargaining in Congress by the special interests, they maintained a pretense of caring about people.”

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CW22 20/115

“After all, we maintain that government is supposed to be representing the American people.

"*Getting to Home Base, in Their Baseball Game*

“So moneyed interests would garner these special breaks, in the tax codes or wherever,..”

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/116

“…because basically they would get to the point where they would convince enough deciders, even if it wasn’t true, that such a change, in the tax code or policy,or whatever, would benefit society at large.”

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CW22 20/117

“As I said, that is kind of like reaching home base for them. You got it then; you’re home free if you can make that link. For that is the touted purpose of our elected deciders;it is to benefit the society at large.”

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #TheGame #bankers

CW22 20/118

“Now, nobody can benefit all the people all the time, so that’s as close as you can get...society at large...it’s as near to a home base as you can get.”

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CW22 20/119

“Anyway, that was the thought involved on both sides of this whole game for a long time. & I stress—if you haven’t gotten the point already...I’ve been leading up to it—that this was the thinking on both sides of this *game*.”

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CW22 20/120

“It’s like a game for the Republicans, just like Monopoly for us.

“And, how was it played?”

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CW22 20/121

“Well the thoughts were, if you were able to get to home base—which is equal to proving a benefit for average Americans, society at large or as a whole, or the electorate—then you score.”

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CW22 20/122

“*But Supported by “Obvious Truths”—Those Untrue Truisms—It Is Now Easier for Them to “Score”*

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CW22 20/123

“Nonetheless, that thinking has changed over time. This difference in particular shows the effectiveness of the brainwashing resulting from the repetition of Republican lies over time...the enshrinement of “obvious truths.”

THREAD.. drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #TheGame

CW22 20/124

“I noticed that over the course of the decades...& this is a development folks younger than me don’t know about...that the terms formerly used in the game were no longer used.”

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CW22 20/125

“No longer were phrases like “society-at-large,” the common good, government of & by the people, the welfare of the majority, government “caring” for people, anyone’s suffering being eased, & such even brought in.”

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #TheGame

CW22 20/126

“*“It’ll Benefit Society-at-Large? What Are You, a Wuss?”*

“Words like *suffering, compassion, ease, good, benefit, the people,* were not uttered anymore. In fact they were felt to be counterproductive.”

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #TheGame #bankers #politics

CW22 20/127

“[Words like *suffering, compassion, ease, good, benefit, the people*] were considered deal breakers if let into the conversation on matters that were deemed, well...“real.””

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CW22 20/128

This has been the complete Chapter 20 of my book just published 10/16/2022,

titled *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*
which is

“A Cultural & Political Psychohistory of America from the 1950s to 2022”

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CW22 20/129

enjoy this threaded version of Chapter 20: “Only the Game Remains:

“Religion of Capitalism—The Game Is the One Truth Faith; The Game Is to Lie & Manipulate Without Consequence”

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations”

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 20/130

or click a link & enjoy the entire book--completely available now--with my compliments

The entire book is available online at the links

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CW22 20/131

The entire book is available online at the links

& you can download a free copy of *Culture War, Class War 2022* there.

Feel free to download it, pass it around, use it to help a Democratic & progressive causes, as you wish,

READ/DWL BOOK. drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/132

This is the completed, extensively illustrated document for *Culture War, Class War 2022*

Click link:

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

It's a pdf file & looks exactly as the book looks.

Download as many copies as you wish; use it to help Democratic & progressive causes

CW22 20/133

*Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

was written as a primer on history & current events, to provide a context for younger generations, who have not lived thru what this reveals, so they can understand how we got where we are.

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 20/134

The book was written to provide an historical context to today’s events, for those who haven’t lived it.

said about *Culture War, Class War 2022":

"Well worth reading...Describes where we are & how we got here with great accuracy."

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 20/135

If, instead of the free copies, you wish to purchase the book—ebook or paperback—these are links to use:

Paperback: amazon.com/dp/B0BJ4YVDQC/…

Ebook: amazon.com/Culture-War-Cl…

All my books are sold at cost or the absolute lowest price Amazon allows

#Blue #TheGame

CW22 20/136

Feel free to share & pass this book around as you wish

To help raise awareness of & to support Democratic & progressive

Our very lives, not to mention our freedom & democracy, are on the line like no other time

READ BOOK wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #TheGame #bankers

CW22 20/137

Democrats need to continue to WIN BIG

or it is all over for democracy in America & the world

& for the life on this planet.

You can use your copy of *Culture War, Class War 2022* to get word out to whoever or to whatever outlet you know.

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/138

If Democrats don't continue to win big & fight GOP treason the Ukraine war will not be just there. We will be fighting Putin here, in a civil war, if the party working for him, Republicans, get power again.

You choose. I suggest, get active.

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CW22 20/139

& please send any comments/reviews of the book to me at

[e-mail]

or dm me.

The idea being I might be able to use your comments in describing it in my own sharing on social media.

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CW22 20/140

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