Larry Summers and the Secret "End-Game" Memo (collapse of the world economy)

[Jackpine Radical]

64. Welcome to my world.

I don't think the parties are the same by any means--at least on social issues: choice, LGBT & other civil rights, etc.

Even though I think both parties are acting as if they had no grasp of the direness of the world situation, there is a difference between them.

With the Republicans, the ride to Hell will be a short and painful one, all the more painful if you're a member of a sexual, racial or cultural out-group.

With the Democrats, the ride will take a little longer and won't be quite as uncomfortable, especially for the members of the "out-groups."

But the destination is the same.


I have been active to some degree in politics for more than 50 years. I was an officer in my county party organization for a number of years. These days, though, I've de-emphasized conventional politics and re-focused on a very different approach to change--namely, a change in consciousness, values, and attitudes because I have become convinced that we cannot survive unless we are able to totally re-orient ourselves into environmentally sustainable modes of living.

It sounds sappy to some when I say it, but--

We will not become a better--or even a long-term viable--species until we have outgrown our fears, tribalisms, rage addictions, and horrible confounding of wealth with merit, and replace them with more humane values based on love, nurturance, compassion and the like.