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truedelphi

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16. Of course, the Corporatists would not be so fond of lying if
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 02:56 PM
Nov 2013

So many people in this country didn't refuse to investigate the headlines.

I always remember a conversation I had with a friend, who has a PhD in education, and is an administrator at a mid sized university.

Back in 2008, I had just read "The Shock Doctrine" and was pointing out the many ways that our current political situation was heading toward fascism. Her reply was, "Oh for Pete's sake, if we were headed into being a fascist state, I am sure our media would warn us about it!"

And in terms of less educated friends, they found my analysis of Obama being bought and paid for to be cruel and sometimes I was told, racist. Then after they lost their jobs and their homes, they suddenly got more curious about what had happened to them. And they started to realize how tightly controlled our elections are, and how our economy and rule of law is dictated by .17 percent of the top One Percent.

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