"American collapse is a catastrophe of human possibility without modern parallel. ... The uniqueness of these social pathologies tell us that American collapse is not like a reversion to any mean, or the downswing of a trend. It is something outside the norm. ... We need a whole new language — and a new way of seeing — to even begin to make sense of it."
Why American collapse is being underestimated
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Why American collapse is being underestimated
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Having read the article it would seem that the Good Samaritan is in hiding in the USA if he's there at all. The article is a pretty damning indictment of a nation which professes so strongly to be Christian. And it is the self proclaimed Christian Right Republicans who seem to be leading the charge away from what they see as "socialist" public aid for the sick and downtrodden. I nearly said retreat but that doesn't describe the trajectory well enough.
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Re: Why American collapse is being underestimated
Reading this and then immediately reading/watching Trump's Davos speech is a good illustration how screwed we are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rDhvWgiq9oLittle John wrote:https://eand.co/why-were-underestimatin ... 04d9e55235
"American collapse is a catastrophe of human possibility without modern parallel. ... The uniqueness of these social pathologies tell us that American collapse is not like a reversion to any mean, or the downswing of a trend. It is something outside the norm. ... We need a whole new language — and a new way of seeing — to even begin to make sense of it."
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It's neatly explained in Democracy in Chains.kenneal - lagger wrote:...a pretty damning indictment of a nation which professes so strongly to be Christian. And it is the self proclaimed Christian Right Republicans who seem to be leading the charge away from what they see as "socialist" public aid for the sick and downtrodden...
Basically, the monied right have to appear to be Christian to capture that segment of the vote. It's mostly a sham.
It was realised very early in the capitalist fight against democracy that having the 'godfearing' vote - who tend to be the poor - was vital for sheer numbers.
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Doesn't say much for the integrity of many US politicians but then I didn't think that many of them had much integrity any way given the amount of money they take in bribes. Sorry, campaign contributions!!
I the UK it's slightly different in that it's the political parties which get bribed rather than the individual politicians.
I the UK it's slightly different in that it's the political parties which get bribed rather than the individual politicians.
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Henry VIII professed to be strongly Christian yet he was was probably the biggest tyrant in English history. The USA may be mild by comparison.kenneal - lagger wrote:Having read the article it would seem that the Good Samaritan is in hiding in the USA if he's there at all. The article is a pretty damning indictment of a nation which professes so strongly to be Christian. And it is the self proclaimed Christian Right Republicans who seem to be leading the charge away from what they see as "socialist" public aid for the sick and downtrodden. I nearly said retreat but that doesn't describe the trajectory well enough.
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