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I like this post, it is

David Seaton — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:58:01 +0000

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I like this post, it is intelligent without being wonky-termpaperish, has humanity and passion and poses interesting questions... full points.

The problem is that those on

cmaukonen — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:07:46 +0000

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The problem is that those on the right and most on the left still believe that the system - economic, political and to an extent social - still works. It just needs to be fixed is all. Left wants it fixed their way and the right wants it fixed their way.

I - on the other hand - believe that the system is broken to the point of being unfix-able by anyone. That any fixing needed to be done 40 years ago. It's too damn late now. The parts have failed or are failing and there are not longer any replacements to be found. Not even on eBay.

You don't have to convince

kgb999 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:11:52 +0000

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You don't have to convince people of anything other than to follow you. For most people, that's really all they want. So long as you provide the leadership that takes them to a better place, most people don't really give a hoot how you got them there.

It's not the people that are making it impossible to enact good policy. Those who drive policy are able to create whatever reality they want on the TV ... and then they use that narrative as a proxy for the public. Our politicians/pundits pretending as if a fictional reality is true and setting policy based on that fiction doesn't actually turn fiction into reality. It all traces back to the demonstrative lie that America is a "center-right" nation.

Thanks for the link.

EmmaZahn — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:06:34 +0000

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Thanks for the link.

To be perfectly honest I

cmaukonen — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:03:18 +0000

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To be perfectly honest I really do not think a new political party will save the system from it's inevitable demise. For this would require a sufficient number of people with the experience and wisdom to be able to plan ahead and prevent it. In fact I believe that that time is gone for this needed to happen 40 years ago when the writing was already on the wall vis-a-vis energy resources and infrastructure etc.

Those in Washington simply do not know what to do because it is outside their experience. In your previous post of the video my Dmitry Orlov, he expresses what I have been thinking for over 20 years. Taking a simplistic view of it simply will not do.

Now I don't see us all of a sudden becoming some Mel Gibson post apocalyptic country, though there are places that already look it. I know because I have seen them myself. But a more socially, economically connected community based situation where the local needs take precedence is what we need to be looking at. Ways to circumvent an increasingly dysfunctional system to provide for the common good.

Not some pie in the sky revamp of the entire country. Remember that the vast majority of people in this country are living in a bubble - ignorant and clueless and content for the time being to remain so. Convincing them that another way, different that what has been done - would be a herculean task at best.

A lot of thoughts to chew on,

LisB — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:26:00 +0000

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A lot of thoughts to chew on, here - which is as per your usual, Donal. So while I'm digesting it all, may I just say I love the Guy Fawkes masks. V for Vendetta gets me every time.

How about a Labor Party?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Richard Day — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:02:00 +0000

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BZl7lPzfp0&feature=fvst