Pantload Lite, taken completely out of context:
That happened because the old Liberal paradigm's main enemies were Stalinist and Fascist central planning.
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America finds itself in a position now where we need a massive transformation of our economy. But we find ourselves without access to any worldview that can imagine it. Reconstructing such a worldview is the great task of our age. We have to be careful to do it with full awareness of the very real threats from Socialism and Fascism. Especially if America's economic crisis deepens into a depression, both of those paradigms will become tempting to many once again.
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That tradition was suppressed through the rise of big capital after the Civil War, and then it was forgotten forever when the left was flooded by European Technocrats, Communists, Socialists and Fascists in the 20th century. But that is long story for another time.
We're on the edge of fucking seat in anticipation of that.
NB: "Stalinist," "Socialist." Six of one, half a dozen of the other. They both start w/ A CAPITAL "S," don't they? SEE?
And, we hope the typist is no relation to Fred Exley. Anyone heard any spinning sounds?
If you look at American history, it's that kind of decentralized action that has always moved us forward, and the big collective efforts have been footnotes.
ReplyDeleteLike, um, unemployment insurance and social security.
Welfare & Hand-Outs Editor Claims:
ReplyDeleteAs a prime example, we can state that both those soul-sapping, will-weakening programs have made us (both "us" & the rest of them) into a nation of moochers & losers, no longer wiling to put in 12-hr. days for Top Ramen pay.
The end of America, in other words.