tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post4516783072977239979..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: Oh, the Gnashing of Teeth; the Rending of GarmentsChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-2507652032018042522011-07-11T15:10:03.620-07:002011-07-11T15:10:03.620-07:00And, as a follow up, when they do Arise, it will m...And, as a follow up, when they do Arise, it will most likely be in the form of a right-wing populist revolt rather than either a full on revolution. It certainly will no happen from the "left."Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-89547348303865644562011-07-10T13:41:15.895-07:002011-07-10T13:41:15.895-07:00Sorry it took so long to get your comment posted. ...Sorry it took so long to get your comment posted. It was "filtered" automatically by Blogger. Bless their hearts.<br /><br />At any rate, it seems to be obvious -- now -- even to some the most "astute" observers that the austerity approach to the economy doesn't work, won't work, and can't work. All it can -- and will -- do is make matters worse for the masses in the short term, and much worse for everyone in the long term. <br /><br />And yet this backwards approach to dealing with the economy -- completely backwards because it provides almost all the economic support at the top (a la Hoover) and nothing or not nearly enough at the bottom -- will continue indefinitely.<br /><br />Nothing will be done about the unemployment situation; green jobs, green energy are out of the question ("can't afford it don'tchaknow"); the imperial wars of aggression will continue; no additional tax burden on the rich, indeed, more tax breaks for them, "balanced" by more payroll tax cuts *further reducing SS revenues* (conveniently); no Medicare for All; and on and on.<br /><br />Our Rulers must believe there is some advantage to them in performing this Opposite World sleight of hand, but it's not going to work in the short term or the long term. <br /><br />It isn't working now. More of the same isn't going to make it better.<br /><br />Thus I can only conclude we have a Ruling Class even dumber than the criminally dumb pre-Revolutionary French and Russian Rulers. <br /><br />Arise, citizens!<br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM</a><br /><br />When Americans actually do reach the point of Arising, I tend to think it will be unexpected, swift, and surprisingly successful. <br /><br />But we may have to wait quite a while longer for it to happen.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-83875266577223481922011-07-08T12:23:17.307-07:002011-07-08T12:23:17.307-07:00The narrative is not even subtle about this.
Som...The narrative is not even subtle about this. <br /><br />Somehow, "shared sacrifice" has caught on big time. Even on the left. Rather than the logical, rational way to see this:<br /><br />No. Sacrifice absolutely should not be "shared." The wealthy are separating themselves from everyone else at ever increasing, extremely alarming rates. They've had the vast majority of all tax cuts in the last 57 years. They live longer, healthier lives. And they utilize PUBLIC infrastructure far more than the non-rich. <br /><br />No "shared sacrifice." We raise <i>their</i> taxes, period. We end their loopholes, period. We don't touch the taxes or the loopholes or the services for anyone making less than X. We don't share in "the pain" because we've already sacrificed. Our wages have been suppressed since 1973. <br /><br />To me, if the GOP says spending cuts, no tax increases, the logical response is the opposite: All tax increases for the wealthy, no spending cuts on any programs beyond defense and surveillance. <br /><br />Instead, these morons think "negotiating" means caving in on 90% of your opponent's demands, and holding out for keeping that number down to 95% in the end. <br /><br />I see your austerity and I'll raise you this other kind of austerity . . . instead of a battle between . . . .:<br /><br />WPA, direct spending on jobs, an increase in spending for the poor, the working poor, green energy, transportation, agro . . an increase in spending on infrastructure . . . a switch to Medicare for ALL, etc. etc. <br /><br />No austerity versus major austerity. <br /><br />We get, instead, a lot of austerity versus a hell of a lot of austerity.<br /><br />This country is just about beyond all hope.Cuchulainnoreply@blogger.com