Those who still mistake Tina Fay's skit as Sarah Palin seeing Alaska from her house could not be reached for comment
so you were part of the generation that slowly conceded and gave away freedomsI did NOT claim that HRC would have been a better POTUS. You have misread what I wrote....and now that I have reread what I wrote, I wasn't clear (I wrote that in the wee hours, mea culpa). I think both Trump and Clinton feed the oligarchs. A miserable set of choices for the citizenry.
"Would you like the strawberry oligarchy or would you prefer the vanilla oligarchy?"
I was born in 1949. So, what I observe as changes in freedoms over time are from that perspective. Corporate power is much greater than when Eisenhower cautioned about the military/industrial complex. Personal liberties have been significantly reduced based on fear (the Patriot Act). Corporations are now "people" (Citizens United). Wealth is concentrated in a smaller percentage of the citizenry than at any time in history.
So, I ask you, how can you not see these signs?
I did NOT claim that HRC would have been a better POTUS. You have misread what I wrote....and now that I have reread what I wrote, I wasn't clear (I wrote that in the wee hours, mea culpa). I think both Trump and Clinton feed the oligarchs. A miserable set of choices for the citizenry.
"Would you like the strawberry oligarchy or would you prefer the vanilla oligarchy?"
I was born in 1949. So, what I observe as changes in freedoms over time are from that perspective. Corporate power is much greater than when Eisenhower cautioned about the military/industrial complex. Personal liberties have been significantly reduced based on fear (the Patriot Act). Corporations are now "people" (Citizens United). Wealth is concentrated in a smaller percentage of the citizenry than at any time in history.
So, I ask you, how can you not see these signs?
so you were part of the generation that slowly conceded and gave away freedoms
Bug: Consider the source. He doesn't really prove his case. In fact, he doesn't do anything other than state general opinions and observations, blame government and call the whole thing "a muddle".
And you've quoted a 2007 article written and "researched" before the Great Recession?
LOL