5 Signs the United States Is Undergoing a Coup - James Fallows

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The Filthy Rich have won a lot of battles

The genius of their plan was convincing the Republican base to go along with the hostile takeover, and also convincing the Republican base that they should blame any economic fallout on Democrats.

Everything's declined into nothing: housing, manufacturing, healthcare, our infrastructure, our schools, because greedy Filthy Rich People want it ALL.

And they have eager, willing little helpers in the Republican base, who help them shovel the dough into their limousines and whom the Filthy Rich bite whenever they feel like it. Then those bitten little Republicans curse Obama and liberals.

The little Republicans rejoice over unhealthy food, unsafe schools, houses that burn and people who are gunned down on mere suspicion. They love to see others get hurt, get punished, as if they themselves are completely above reproach.

They love rage and drama and enemies and bigotry, and a mean old Gawd who will whisk them snugly away at the Rapture but leave the rest of us burning to death because we said "Happy Holidays" and O'Reilly said that was War.

More people are waking up from the stupor. It's just a little late.

But the rich win battles. History doesn't always show the Filthy Rich People as the final victors. They get hanged or beheaded and then replaced by Other Filthy Rich People.


And so on.