"What shocks me about neoliberalism is how utterly unapologetic it is about the misery it produces."

[woo me with science]

86. I think most people out in the country

are too busy working to survive to know what the actual policies are....They only hear the public speeches, which are full of lies.

The politicians proclaim loudly to care about all the same principles and policy goals of the old Democratic Party, while their actual policies quietly do just the opposite. And the MSM colludes by hyperventilating that they are all SOCIALISTS. No wonder people are confused and frustrated as hell.

Lies upon lies upon lies just this year:

Months ago: Obama's heavily publicized speech about reining in military involvement...followed immediately by a new war in Iraq, a new war in Syria, carpet bombing of a captive population in Gaza, and a TRILLION DOLLAR new nuclear weapons escalation.

Then: the shameless public claim to support net neutrality, when his own appointees are enabling corporate takeover of the internet.

Then: that jaw-dropping public proclamation: “If you blow the whistle-You should be thanked & protected for doing the right thing," when we have all watched first-hand this administration's treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, and the vicious, systematic crackdown on whistleblowing in the federal government.

Then: Advertising and bragging about his plan to impose limitations on biotech monopolies for protection of citizens...and even putting the anticipated savings in his budget,....all the while making specific proposals to do exactly the opposite through the TPP.

Let's not forget DiFi's vows to "reform" NSA spying, when the actual proposals she wanted would actually entrench and legalize the vast majority of it.

In my state, Third Way Governor Terry McAuliffe ran his gubernatorial campaign on all sorts of specific things he would do to force Medicaid expansion, got into office, and changed his mind.

And that's not even to mention the mass propaganda machines whose tactics Edward Snowden revealed, aimed at the government's own citizens.

This is what we have come to in the United States of America. This is our lying, manipulative government on corporate money, waving flags on the teevee while sticking knives in our backs for their corporate masters. This whole country marinates in propaganda that tells us that 2+2=5, and our politicians are more liberal than ever.

Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
Torturers are patriots.
And we are not spying on Americans.

We all live in Oceania now.