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So what ? Americans are going to hug each other and tone down partisan rhetoric ? The shock at the massacre has shown that "words can kill", polarization is evil ? And with this realization, citizens will all unite against those who seek to "pervert" the American Way of Life ? Yeah, yeah. Enough with the PR stuff. The rich and powerful must (they are compelled to do so under Capitalism) continue to dominate the rest of society. They have their own agenda, and it is significantly different from ours. With the continued deterioration of the economy, they are shifting towards a more "totalitarian" (that is more drastic, more "total" solutions) rhetoric. Palin calling for Assange to be "taken out" is to be expected. But the real (though hidden) direction of all this talk is, I suspect, to get people ready for MORE not LESS authoritarian policies, including economic interventionism. The IRS is not a real threat to Big Business, absence of economic support from the federal government is. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
