Since I have fighting poverty on the brain lately, I immediately related this news to my own favorite obsession.It strikes me that Americans are feeling more economically vulnerable as a whole than we have since the depression, and with good reason. There is mostly a vacuum where the effort and resources to organize should be. This is not only appallingly shortsighted; it is dangerous.
Times of economic crisis do not augur well for the future in proto-fascist states. In the absence of a concerted progressive effort to get ahead of the times in which we live, the inevitable economic downturn which we face is much more likely to trigger authoritarian repression than a movement toward progressive reform.
Something to think about.
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If one wanted to be really, really cynical, one could speculate that the reason for throwing the economy into such straights was to create the desperation that would welcome a totalitarian rule.
It's a whole lot easier to con a tired and hungry man than when he is healthy, well-fed and secure.
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