I agree, but regarding the US, it seems a revolution will always be out of reach. The ruling elite have mastered their propaganda, and play the population like a violin. How can a revolution be contemplated, when their mythology trumpets that the great revolution has already happened, so clearly another is not required. The populace has been so well conditioned that they will dutifully vote against their own best interest, no matter how bad things get, and never see the irony, as they celebrate their fully subverted ideals.
-Pete On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Ed Weick wrote: > Yeah, but we know all of that already. The US economy has been moving > in the direction of the super-rich for some time now. Their hold on > politicians has grown much tighter. Unions, the guardians of middle > class interests, have mostly faded away. The middle class isn't > really needed very much anymore. Anything it produced can now be > produced much cheaper in China. For an account of how it all > happened, I'd suggest "Winner Take-All Politics" by Jacob Hacker and > Paul Pierson. > > While guys like Reich keep pointing at the problem, they have nothing > to say about what can be done about it. Perhaps nothing can, given > the way the system is now structured. Am I suggesting that some form > of system changing rebellion may be needed? Perhaps I am. > > Ed > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael gurstein" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME > DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:35 PM > Subject: [Futurework] Very good stuff from Robert Reich > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTzMqm2TwgE&feature=player_embedded > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
