"Oh, it must be special to have 'sources' which can't be revealed...."

Oh, it is, Bill, it is. Sooooo special. ;-) But not as special as having a Dachshund!

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Excellent commentary from Russel Means, GfS. I don't think of the word "socialism" anything like he does (I think of it as providing vital social services...such as health care and education, libraries, roads, a legal system, etc...to everyone in a fair and equal fashion, regardless of who they are) (while he seems to think of it as a system which takes over absolutely everything)....thus he speaks of "corporate socialism" which I would call "corporate fascism"....however, he's American, right? And "socialism" is a word that's been totally demonized in the USA. He does say that it's "socialism on the Right" and I understand what he means by that...he means that a corporate elite ends up dominating and controlling the society in a centralized manner. That is accurate.

In any case, quite aside from our different take on the meaning of the word "socialism", I agree with pretty much everything he says.

Are these dire predictions what we want to see happen, Bill? Hell, no! But it's what we think IS probably happening even though it's about the last thing we could possibly want. You have to say it like you see it, even if it IS the last thing you would want to see happen. I see no hope of the Democratic or Republican parties delivering your nation from the mess it's in...no more than I would have seen any hope of the Nazi Party delivering Germany from the mess it was in in the 40s or Nero or Caligula delivering Rome from the mess it was in in its latter days.

This doesn't mean that I derive any satisfaction from seeing it that way. I don't. It horrifies me. I just hope to survive anyway and have a reasonably happy life regardless. That's the best you can hope for when you're living in a society that has lost touch with basic reality and sold itself to the highest bidders.