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In reply to the discussion: Collapse of Austerity Talks in Netherlands Fuels Crisis [View all]truedelphi
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Most gains were taken from the struggling and soon to be extinct middle classed.
Naomi Klein and her Shock Doctrine theories have proven to be correct. And the style of "culture" that results is either control of the masses by a Mafia styled elite (as is the case now in Russia) a junta as we saw in South American nations like Chile, and Argentina, or else a totally fascist style of governing.
The thing is, most Americans refuse to see the writing on the wall. Until the leaders of the two parties tell them that it is so, and until the Talking Heads say it is. Way, way back in the nineteen sixties, Carl Jung stated that the American culture was the most conformist on earth.
And that pretty much sums it up. Name one other nation that says it is a democracy, yet only has two parties? Or that doesn't provide health insurance for all, as a given right.