Dear Group, Possibly we are polarized when it come to SOCIALISM. It would seem that way in our discourses in "bikies." But aren't we at the extreme poles thinking that maybe we SPEAK FOR THAT ELUSIVE SILENT MAJORITY?
But, these days just who IS that SILENT MAJORITY? Reagan claimed to be speaking for them to reverse the trends in US politics from 1932 and FDR through LB Johnson. Some on the LEFT tried to define direction with Ralph Nader and on the RIGHT the vote was siphoned off to that Texan. In reality, the DNA of American politics is nearly identical with both parties. Like with humans, where it is claimed that all the variability is represented by the last fractional percent of our genes, both parties appease and succor the same voting groups. We at the poles talk a good line, but the reality of politics follows the negative autocratic and aristocratic forces endemic to the system, regardless of our efforts. For whatever reasons sociologists might suggest, the LEFT has controlled THE WRITTEN WORD through education. This was pointed out by economist, Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950). He bemoaned the demise of capitalism and attributed that inevitability to a variety of causes. He updated a number of the causes enumerated earlier by Marx. During my economic training, I felt Schumpeter was the supreme observer and analyst--and he was. But hopefully and thankfully for my views, his predictions have taken various detours. In some cases his described version of "the road to serfdom" has been met with no more than occasional "reactions" or death throws toward STATE socialism. And we have steadily moved from an entrepreneurial capitalism to a form of STATE capitalism, beginning in 1928. And this shift can be seen in our WORLD policy. If the "peak oil" thesis as expressed in "bikies" is correct, it is our STATE--the Bush Cheney Mid-East policy which is the determinate. And the new target of the STATE cabal is Kurdistan(Iraq), Iran, Turkey, and Syria--all for destabilization and a foothold in the oil, separate from OPEC dependence? When the Brits re-arranged the Middle East after WWI, they were open about the "oil prize." Today, we wonder why the destruction of Iraq was not envisioned with our attacks. But if Kurdistan is the prize--wasn't the Iraq civil destruction the modus operandi? The "fun and games" of the STATE are "yet to come" as Turkey IS NOT ONBOARD.-----I digress---sorry! My point is that we do not have small competing and efficient interests, but STATE committees determining American life. And as usual, where IS the SILENT MAJORITY? As in the past----they are too busy with daily life to be writing in "bikies?" Eric _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
