My God! I have found the local thinkers! Funny how they are often the
technologically curious...
I think that the current extreme of these attitudes hit a high note with the
consolidation of most of the media companies. There are now very few voices
talking at us out of very many mouths. Also, less than a decade ago,
history repeated itself when most of the internet infrastructure was handed
over to private companies without asking the taxpayers (who funded it all)
what they though. These same companies and their Government spokesmen have
got the American public thinking that everything is best when it is making a
proffit for industry. The same thing happend with radio in the 30s...
I can suggest a reading list for those interested in democracy.
Tim
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> Jacob Meuser
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> On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:11:10PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> > I hope you are right. The current attitude in this country
> that whatever a
> > large corporation says is law scares the shit out of me...
> >
> I think you can trace this back to the 1920's and in particular the
> Sect. of the Treas. at the time, Andrew Melon. I can't remember the
> exact quote, but it goes something like this:
> "The only true Americans are the industrial barons. They are the ones
> who have worked hard to make America what is is."
>
> Other interesting notes on Andrew Melon:
> He was the banker for du Pont, one of the first corporations
> in Ameirica.
> The du Ponts made most of their money selling muntitions.
> (Their highest
> profit margins of all time were during the Civil War.)
>
> He was responsible for what are known today as the FBI and the DEA.
>
> He was one of, if not THE wealthiest person in America when
> he was the
> Treasury Secretary.
>
> Sorry for the history bit. I just wanted point out that corruption
> is nothing new, and the US Gov't is VERY unwilling to admit that any
> mistakes were ever made.
>
> > We have the most gullible and sheepish intellectual middle
> class in the
> > world.
> >
> What do you expect, when our schools don't teach us to think, but to
> repeat "The Truth". I find it amusing that Plato was
> mentioned in this
> discussion. He said that to rule effectively, you had to propogate
> a "Golden Myth", a story (read LIE) that people would believe, so that
> they would happily go about their lives, and not cause problems (read
> THINK FOR THEMSELVES). In America, we have the Myth of Celebrity,
> the Myth of Wealth, and the ultra hippocritical Myth of
> Family Values.
>
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