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In reply to the discussion: Would You Call THIS Treason? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)103. You are absolutely right.
You are going by the letter of the law.
Stevenson was going by the spirit of the law -- justice.
Today, I believe, most of the US political and legal leadership feel like you do. As long as it's legal, they can do whatever they want to do.
Seeing how they make the laws, that's pretty much everything from looting the banks and defrauding investors to secret police spying on America and making wars without end for profits without cease.
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In the '70s there was a lot of 1% anxiety. Check out "The Crisis of Governability of Democracies"
leveymg
Nov 2015
#51
The heads of the corporate state declared war on the American working class because
mountain grammy
Nov 2015
#29
Of course it matters what we think, this is not Congress so you are wasting our time
Rex
Nov 2015
#140
What the Koch Brothers are doing is damaging to the American Republic and to all of us
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2015
#146
Yes, but our Gov't has been taken over and non-functional for at least 35 years now
Hydra
Nov 2015
#11
I guess not. I guess there is no law against Americans destroying their own country.
NonMetro
Nov 2015
#57
No. But then again, I've actually read the constitutional definition of treason.
NuclearDem
Nov 2015
#58
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them,
grahamhgreen
Nov 2015
#69
the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that appear to be intended
grahamhgreen
Nov 2015
#145
Yes, then by that definition, the oligarchy are domestic terrorists. Thanks for your post, graham.
Dont call me Shirley
Nov 2015
#72
It's vague. Is dumping dangerous chemical waste in fiolation of criminal laws terrorism?
JDPriestly
Nov 2015
#81
No, it is not treason to have different political views, even if those views are demonstrably bad.nt
kelly1mm
Nov 2015
#61
And bribing officials to stop efforts to stop climate change is also the crime of MASS MURDER!!!
cascadiance
Nov 2015
#76
Do you have a link? The picture or whatever it is does not show up on my computer.
JDPriestly
Nov 2015
#78
Who can tell, since the funding source for these extremely wealthy might well be foreign gov'ts.
sorechasm
Nov 2015
#82
If some of the money came from foreign interests intent on destroying our democracy and our
JDPriestly
Nov 2015
#83
I'm with you JDPriestly. It seems that CU creates an obvious weakness counter to
sorechasm
Nov 2015
#88
That would not be treason. There is a very specific legal definition of the term "treason"
totodeinhere
Nov 2015
#100
The only thing that matters is whether the Constitution would call it treason. And it wouldn't.
onenote
Nov 2015
#101
You got that right .. just read article by Chris Hedges .. wow we're screwed if this goes through
YOHABLO
Nov 2015
#113
Look over my posts all you want. I don't care. But what the oligarchy is doing does not meet
totodeinhere
Nov 2015
#155
If there are that many opinions on the topic then at the very least that should mean that
totodeinhere
Nov 2015
#157
Definite "no" here, and any would-be Dolores Umbridge, High Inqusitor of DU,
Nye Bevan
Nov 2015
#167
I would, but that list does not come within the legal definition of treason.
SunSeeker
Nov 2015
#112
just like what MLKing said about hitler, "everything they(he did was) do is legal"
Sunlei
Nov 2015
#120
What does that even mean? Is "corporate fascism" like having a really mean boss?
Nye Bevan
Nov 2015
#166