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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter: "I don't pay any attention to criminal Oliver North" [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Really, it's the only way to survive in a media owned by conservative billionaires. There is no difference between them and the paid Koch Brothers propaganda outfits, such as AFP, FW, TPP, etc. Rand Paul and Paul Ryan are at the top of the push to nationalize their goals.
Some links as to what is at stake, with many more links on the page below, with numerous websites and videos well-worth the time to search out. While people have been taught to disdain the style of government that Carter espoused, they need to know they will pay a high cost for walking away.
The vacuum left is being filled by ALEC. It's no mystery how the radical and hateful society was created, fed by big money and media presence using the hard left and hard ight to advance their goal which is to end democracy and subjugate us permanently under the boot of business. Sadly, some fail to realize that freedom from elected government means they'll bow directly to plutocrats.
What is The United States of ALEC?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-is-the-united-states-of-alec/2012/09/27/06dfb1ca-08b6-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html