On Sat, 4 May 2002 03:46:15 +0200 Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > Since they now control the Department of Justice via bribe money, > > payoffs, and "soft money" (legal bribe money) I would assume then that > > they have already merged. Both them and susceptible members of > > congress. MSUSA is already a reality; the only thing left to do is > > to congratulate you on coming up with the new name for the old United > > States. Good work. > > > > Now we need to put it into use. > > > > Keep up the good work, > > > > LX > > > > (writing from inside the M$USA) > > > Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to "the land of the free" ? > > We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United > States of America. Mostly because you kicked the oppressors out, wrote a > brand new Constitution - and took it seriously ! > > What you describe here makes me doubt : is USA becoming "Europized" ? - > Reverting to feudalism, pseudo-democracy, corruption, fraud and mob-rule > ? <snip> The US has always been "Europized". The writers of the constitution are known to have commented on how very much they had created a system like England's--a transferral of the monarchy across the Atlantic. The only difference, of course, that there was a new, different ruling elite. One of the founders' greatest fears was that the common man would actually have political power. They feared that if the common man could vote and have political power, that he would institute laws that would redistribute wealth, taking it from the hardworking, noble wealthy and giving it to the shiftless, lazy commoners. The protection of private property from the hungry, greedy masses is the cornerstone of our capitalist system. We talk about how great our system of checks and balances is, in which neither the legislative, judicial, nor executive branch can have too much power. In fact, this serves to perpetuate the status quo--any anti-capitalist, anti-big business legislation, any true reform can never happen because it has to fight all three battles. Sure, you can point to some changes, like the civil rights movement of the 60s, or some labor movements. Those were wars. People were killed. The system did not welcome those changes. The same can be said of our electoral college. We don't directly elect the president, but vote for electors. Why? Should the lazy, shiftless masses ever vote for somebody like Nader in an overwhelming majority, the college would be right there to be sure that a Republicrat were elected instead. (The members of the college theoretically vote for the winner of the popular vote for their constituency, but there is no law stating that they have to. It is just one more protection for private property.) So democracy was never really an issue. Here we are raised to believe the myth that we live in a democracy, when the truly defining institution that enslaves us is capitalism. In the US, you get about as much democracy, freedom, and justice as you can pay for. This is why I will be fined $500 for dumping trash along the side of the road, but a giant corporation that poisons our drinking water and air does not pay a penalty, but gets rewarded with huge tax breaks. Justice, huh? Oh, I forgot, those multi-billion dollar transnational corporations need that money to create more jobs and fight the war on terrorism. Thank God, what with the Cold War being over, we might actually have considered spending money in all the "wrong" places. The sons of the poor will continue to die fighting for the rights of the sons of the rich to continue to exploit them, all the time believing they are fighting for "democracy". Don't get me wrong, I'm all for private property, democracy, and free speech; I enjoy possessing stuff and ranting. But like Bush says, there ought to be limits to freedom. There ought to be limits on the extent to which corporations can exploit their workers and the environment. There ought to be limits to how much our politicians can bend over and take it from their corporate sponsors. Not that I'm jaded or anything ;-) Todd -- Todd Slater 10:47am up 9 days, 58 min, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.11, 0.14 2.4.8-26mdk We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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