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08-26-2010 #1
Billionaire Koch Brothers Have Given More Than $100 Million to right wing causes...
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08-26-2010 #2
Covert Operations...
Covert Operations
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.
by Jane Mayer
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...0fa_fact_mayer
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08-26-2010 #3
Is that any different from billionaires waging a war against Bush?
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08-26-2010 #4
George Soros anyone?
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08-26-2010 #5
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welcome to politics
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08-26-2010 #6
AS...
I'm not a fan of either party. They're essentially separate wings of the same party. The business party.
What the Koch brothers are attempting to do and doing very well (and even George Soros does this too) is trying to undercut democracy. Now, look, some people don't believe in democracy. If you're running a Fortune 500 company you loathe democracy and want it to fail. For the simple reason: democracy is bad for business.
And businesses are very RATIONAL entities. They're trying to maximize profits. (They're what's called: rational wealth maximizers.) And to maximize shareholder return ya gotta beat down democracy. Democracy is a threat to rational self interest. That's understandable.
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08-27-2010 #7
Rational self-interest and democracy need not be separate entities. An issues arises when there aren't sufficient safeguards to protect individuals against tyranny of the majority.
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08-27-2010 #8
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Rational self-interest and democracy need not be separate entities. An issues arises when there aren't sufficient safeguards to protect individuals against tyranny of the majority.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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