>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Looks like this professional brainwasher has got a few tugs on his line. 9 at the moment.
VOTE REAGAN!!


At first I was kinda angry at how much BS this guy was spewing and how easily others were buying into it (I read the transcript before watching the video--this may have colored my first impression, since the transcriber actually changes his words. More on that at the end). I was trying to think of something properly pissed-off to respond with. But now--it's just too ridiculous to even be mad at. These are his points:

What's destroying the United States? Civil rights, and Jane Fonda's ability to speak freely without government retaliation. She will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes, because she would be equally dangerous to the Soviet States of America.

When will the revolution come to the US? Step 1 was completed by 1985. Step 2 takes <5 years. Step 3 takes two months. So apparently the Marxist-Leninist revolution was slated for 1990--I never knew!
What's at stake? (from the transcript above) "You may kiss goodbye your freedoms, including [sending] homosexuals to prison inmate." -- And this is especially hilarious, because it highlights the kind of person that this talk appeals to. The transcriber completely changed this guy's intended meaning. What he actually says (you have to watch the full-length video) is that homosexuals and prison inmates will lose their freedoms.

What can we do? Abolish welfare. Educate people in "real patriotism" (whatever that is). "Force the government to stop aiding communism" is a way that doesn't include letter-writing or petitions or--presumably--voting. Even the longer video cuts off there, so I'm not sure what he counts as 'force'. A revolution, maybe?

I chose Maoist/Marxist/Leninist, just to give the Republicans a run for their money.

In truth I am a Smurfist/Pornist/Pharmacist.

Obama is no marxist. His policies are centrist liberal. Yes, he cut some taxes but they are not enough.

Furthermore, let's not forget the policies of Reagan were an antidote to the high inflation caused by the military Keynesianism/supposed golden era of Liberalism of the post war boom period (1945-67). Unions were too strong and corrupt, durable and nondurable good consumption started falling in the late 60's, the emergence of OPEC, the expansion of the communist menace leading us into Vietnam, various conflicts to combat Marxist-Leninist-Maonist armed resistence groups taking power under political party fronts and an arms race with the Soviets and off the gold standard...While Europe had their social welfare experiment, we were busy policing the globe.

After the Volcker shock of 1979 (boosted IR to 20%) this lead to the financialization of the economy and the move away from manufacturing. All of this happened under the Carter Administration. Realizing the golden era of liberalism was untenable it brought the inevitable Reagan to prominence whose new regime (following the prescription of Milton Freidman and others was to allow consumers and the market to decide and to decrease the centralized control of government) - as denationalization of the public sector was the only way to create more opportunities and jobs. Cheap credit was not only championed by Wall Street as an antitode to problems, but was also championed by Democrats.

Democrats were almost completely unelectable in the White House until Bill Clinton and his administration (was Republican lite in essence as enacting Welfare Reform and setting the infrastructure for the War in Iraq and following the financial privitization schemes of the Chicago School, the FED fueled dotcom and mortgage bubble which created the much ballyhooed and fictitiuous Clinton surplus) is the reason for the financial deregulation in the late 90's (Clinton is now distancing himself from Rubin and Summers regading derivatives). The Neoconservatives and Democrats have much in common - as they both believe in crazy spending. Neocons through military (some of which does create nascent industries of the future), and Democrats who spend on any frivoulous social programs that work to break states and keep their politicos electable. Where is the incentive to become a producer in this country? If you are not paying high taxes you are competing against government subsidized monopolies (stop whining for more jobs when you overregulate ad penalize big corporations for doing what they need to do to make profits). The Democrats kill the ability to start a small to medium sized business thus making it more attractive to join big firms - that everyone continues to attack - sending them racing abroad.

And last time I checked the "real left" - which Obama distances himself from for good reason - is too busy scratching their heads ain petty sectarianism about how all of their wonderfully utopian ideas caused over 70 years of dreary totalitarianism. Seems the working class in the US now wants nothing to do with them. They want Palin. While you upper middle class liberals eat organic, sip latte's, do your hipster environmental thing and make fun of these people - they are forming the next grassroots that will be a vital contituency to covet.

These people may not be smart - but know that Obama is untrustworthy if he thinks the Federal Government can spend its way out of this mess, not understanding that for every 1/2 cent we have saved we still owe 2 dollars and that if we start increasing our deficits to create new jobs, the Chinese will sell off their currency reserves which are in dollars and then...