Tag: Democracy
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The True Purpose of the US Senate
Hi, Have you ever wondered why the U.S. Senate (and Congress) in general is so out of touch with the people? Why does it feel like they serve other interests other than the will of the people? Answer: The Senate was never intended to serve the people. It was intended to serve the rich. James…
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Confirmed: State Department Labels Human Rights as “Obstacles”
By now, we should all be familiar with the 1948 State Department memo written by Kennan which states: “We should cease to talk about vague — and for the Far East — unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are…
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Orwell on Political Speech
Excerpts from Politics and the English Language by George Orwell, 1946: The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’. The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word…
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Orwell on the Freedom of the Press
The role of concentrated power in shaping the ideological framework that dominates perception, interpretation, discussion, and choice of action is all too familiar. I’d like to review on one of the most perceptive analysts of this process, George Orwell. Orwell is famous for his searching and sardonic critique of the way thought is controlled by…
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Confirmed: DNC Had The Right To Rig 2016 Primary
On April 28, 2017 a transcript was released from the hearing at a federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on the lawsuit filed on behalf of Bernie Sanders supporters against the Democratic National Committee and former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for rigging the Democratic primaries for Hillary Clinton. In full admission to these charges,…
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James Madison’s Ideas on Protecting the Opulent Minority Against the Tyranny of the Majority
James Madison, fourth President of the United States (1809 – 1817) is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution”. He and the rest of the forefathers understood the dangers of democracy all too well, so they set out to create a system which would protect their interests, in other words the interests of the ruling…
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U.S. Policy in Latin America: Dictatorships over Democracies
George F. Kennan was the U.S. State Department’s premier expert on the Soviet Union and the author of the “containment” theory. His staunch view that the United States should fight communism at all costs was used to rationalize support for dictators throughout the world. The “Memorandum by the Counselor of the Department (Kennan) to the…
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Aristotle on the Inequality of Property
Politics by Aristotle. Written in 350 BCE Book 2 Our purpose is to consider what form of political community is best of all for those who are most able to realize their ideal of life. We must therefore examine not only this but other constitutions, both such as actually exist in well-governed states, and any…
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Walter Lippmann – Father of Modern Journalism
Hi, I decided to find the original sources for many of Chomsky’s quotes from Lippmann’s works. Turns out Chomsky was right. Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the term “stereotype”…
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“The People Who Own The Country Ought To Govern It” – The Democracy of our Forefathers.
Let’s start at the very beginning. Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 – July 12, 1804) was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as first Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton, much like the rest of the…