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szielinski commented on the diary post Alzheimer’s And Dementia: I Buried Them And Then I Went Home by Masoninblue.
My grandmother asked me to kill her. I couldn’t…..
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szielinski commented on the diary post Is Neoliberalism Fascism? by athena1.
Neoliberalism is not a kind of fascism. If fascism were to come to the United States, it would likely originate in an especially reactionary form of Christian fundamentalism, one that merged sectarian dogma with statist inclinations. Neoliberalism, on the other hand, is an ideological expression of the unique socio-political form called inverted totalitarianism . Neoliberalism no need for [...]
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szielinski wrote a new diary post: The ungrateful bastards
The New York Times reported that:
President Obama’s re-election campaign is straining to raise the huge sums it is counting on to run against Mitt Romney, with sharp dropoffs in donations from nearly every major industry forcing it to rely more than ever on small contributions and a relative handful of major donors. From Wall Street to Hollywood, from [...]
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szielinski commented on the diary post You Can’t “Grow the Movement” by Dissing the Kids: On Chris Hedges and Occupy by UndisciplinedPhD.
99% is a symbol. The reality to which it refers, the vast majority of Americans, is far more diverse and conflict-ridden than the sense encapsulated by the symbol. Thus some members of the 99% are enemies of the 99%, the agents of the security-surveillance apparatus being a key example of that group. Opposing the police [...]
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szielinski commented on the diary post You Can’t “Grow the Movement” by Dissing the Kids: On Chris Hedges and Occupy by UndisciplinedPhD.
It is stupid — practically senseless — for movements like the Occupy Movement to directly and violently confront the police, the militia (National Guard), the Army and the armed groups belonging to the federal security-surveillance apparatus. These institutions are powerful, control the means of violence, typically have the tacit consent of much of the population and [...]
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szielinski commented on the diary post Food for thought by szielinski.
I do not write just for the regulars. I write for anyone who happens to come upon this article. Enlightenment is not a collective achievement in this or any country. I let the readers make use of my articles as they see fit.
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szielinski commented on the diary post Food for thought by szielinski.
America’s security-surveillance apparatus, including the Pentagon and the overseas empire, exists primarily to protect America’s oligarchy and its economic elite. These institutions need not exist but to serve that purpose.
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szielinski commented on the diary post Our well-armed DHS by szielinski.
Israel is a client state within the American imperial system. It both affirms and uses that system to realize its goals. It is a part of the problem, both because it influences political debate and policy-making in the United States and because it acts as an agent of America’s imperial ambitions. That said, the United [...]
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szielinski wrote a new diary post: Food for thought
The political philosopher Andrew Levine recently addressed the nearly lifeless condition of democracy in America. The condition he discussed hardly affirms America’s self-identification as the world’s oldest, freest and most democratic country. Yet this sour claim resonates with the experience of many, and has real material and systemic causes which cannot be separated from the institutions which [...]
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szielinski commented on the diary post Our well-armed DHS by szielinski.
The United States looks like it will have its own dirty war…. The good and just American system always strives to “take care of the lesser people,” as Alan Simpson put it. Little did we know that “taking care” would someday mean killing citizens en mass.
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szielinski commented on the diary post US Judges Admit to Jailing Children for Money by Phoenix Woman.
Only the vilest of scum would act as these judges acted. Decades in prison will never undo the damage they did to the children they incarcerated.
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szielinski commented on the diary post Our well-armed DHS by szielinski.
The purchase is an ominous sign. It does seem as though the American governmental system plans to make war on sections of its citizens. The oligarchs and the elite must have lives addled by paranoid daydreams.
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szielinski wrote a new diary post: Our well-armed DHS
The Department of Homeland Security , another dubious post-9.11 artifact, recently ordered 450 million rounds of .40 cal. hollow-point bullets from the defense contractor ATK. The quantity ordered is massive when compared to the current population of the United States ( estimated to be 309M as of 2010), and immediately raises questions about the purposes to which this ammunition will be [...] -
szielinski commented on the diary post If Fracking Is Benign, How Come PA’ers Can’t Find Out What’s Making Them Sick? by TobyWollin.
Corbett — a disgrace for Western Pennsylvania
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szielinski commented on the blog post Would You Rather…?
The American party system is as defective as its electoral mechanism and its distribution of political power by this mechanism. These defects makes irrelevant the fate of the two legacy parties. One or both legacy parties may disappear, and one or more newcomers will replace them. If these newcomers fail to affirm America’s empire, its security-surveillance apparatus and big finance capital, I’d expect a coup d’état to settle the political crisis if the party system became that dysfunctional. Democratic political can be found in the streets, not in “centrist” political parties.
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szielinski wrote a new diary post: With friends like these
Pam and Russ Martens have made exposing the dubious methods of the Koch brothers and libertarian icon Ayn Rand their personal project (see this and this). During one of their reports, which detailed the dispute between the Kochs and the other owners (!) of the non-profit Cato Institute , they made the following observation:
The original Cato Five, who signed a “Shareholders [...]
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szielinski commented on the diary post Receive Public Assistance? Mary Franson Thinks You’re An Animal by Phoenix Woman.
Well, human beings are animals, some of whom are rational. It is because humans are animals that they need to eat from time to time. When social circumstances are such that some of these human animals cannot provide for themselves, a civil society takes it upon itself to provide those human animals with food, shelter, [...]
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szielinski commented on the diary post FCC Seeks Comments on Security Agencies Shutting Off Cell Service by wendydavis.
My comment: BART and his ilk can go fuck themselves.
Recommended, of course!
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szielinski commented on the diary post Are we looking at a possible intellectual and economic “ecological” disaster? by David Seaton.
Maybe we are fooling ourselves and the rest of the world when we think we live in a democratic, free market economy. In reality we may be immersed in some sort of Mussolini cum Disney corporate statism.
Sheldon Wolin identified the United States as an instance of “inverted totalitarianism” . An inverted totalitarian system is a capitalist democracy. [...]
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szielinski commented on the blog post Andrew Breitbart Dead
…I think his death is game changer in politics and it will be interesting to see what happens next.
Ummmm, another narcissistic sociopath takes his place.
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