Money Psychosis


Money Psychosis
01-21-10
mpg

The United States of Corporate America: From Democracy to Plutocracy
Some quotes....""The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." -- *Plato*, ancient Greek philosopher

“The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.” -- *Alex Carey*, Australian social scientist

“The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.” -- *Noam Chomsky*, M.I.T. Emeritus Professor of Linguistics
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Think about it this way folks, ninety percent of the people in this nation spend almost one hundred percent of their time worrying about money.  How to get it, work for it, scheme for it, beg for it, steal it, borrow it (boy that's been a big one for the last thirty years) and of course, in the end, how to spend it.

Let's be honest about the matter folks, just about everyone in this country treats those little bits of green paper as their gods, they will debase themselves for it, sell themselves for it, grovel and pray to it in their very own churches, kill millions of foreigners and even their next door neighbors for it.  Almost all of which they're perfectly happy to talk about, complain about, or even boast about.

Yet ask them how it's created, who owns most of it, which groups get it, how it's distributed, who controls it, what it does to society, how it moves through society and most importantly, how their votes and who they vote for, can effect how its distributed, and they'll go totally, absolutely, berserk. 

They'll start fulminating about things that have absolutely nothing to do with the creation of wealth or "money" (a totally separate issue) in this country or how it's distributed, their eyes start rolling to the back of their heads, their faces will turn beet red, some will even look like their having an epileptic seizure, they'll start drooling, waving their arms wildly about in the air while screaming about communists, socialists and terrorists (boy, that's also been another big one for the last thirty years) and how "we have to get them" - "all of them" - and other completely ridiculous issues that have nothing to do with how this nation's economy actually works.

Folks, that's not just sick or even schizophrenic....that's psychotic.  Think about that next time you're walking down a street somewhere in this country, at least half of this nation’s population is stark raving mad. –  mpg