The Real Reason Republicans Have Been Sabotaging America

[chknltl]

29. interesting take.

KnR and bookmarked. I would like to add a 'pet' notion of mine to this.

My notion is to treat democracy and capitalism as living breathing creatures. I think of democracy as a drunken sailor and capitalism as the sailor's big mean dog. As the sailor wanders to and fro through history, he sometimes loosens his grip on his dog. When the sailor loosens his grip on that dog the dog makes the decision to bite whoever it wants to bite. At this point it would be wise for the sailor to reign in his dog and make reparations to those who got bit but in our case, just like a drunken sailor we remain oblivious. If the sailor doesn't regain control over his dog it will turn around and begin biting the sailor. If then the sailor is too damn drunk to realize what is going on the dog will destroy the sailor and those around it. Eventually someone will have to put down that dog.

Sadly We The People, just like a drunk sailor, have yet to come to understand, that what is truly killing us is capitalism BARELY restricted. It is eating us and much of the world. Worse, thanks to our military industrial complex, this dog, capitalism is now bigger and meaner than any dog ever! A very real monster indeed!

In a very real way our democracy is a living breathing thing. I believe it was designed that way to begin with. Capitalism is also alive in that it has actual goals: to grow and to provide for its masters. Left to its own designs, aka 'the free market' capitalism will destroy our democracy. We see it doing so now with bought and paid for representatives and Citizens United.

I am in no way disagreeing with the OP, instead I am adding a further reason for the republicans actions. They do as their corporate masters bid them, or in my analogy, the dog is in control over the drunken sailor and he better do what the dog wants or he will get bit too!

Either we regain control over our dog or....well I am no psychic but imo things will get a whole lot worse for life on this planet.
Well that's my two cents worth.