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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton’s Speech Shows that Only Sanders is Fit for the Presidency [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)47. Darkest of History Ahead
14 Points of Fascism
I know you know, but for those new to the subject:
I know you know, but for children:
SOURCE (WARNING: Graphic Images): http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/
I know you know, but for those new to the subject:
"They have pillaged the world. When the land has nothing left for men who ravage everything, they scour the sea. If an enemy is rich, they are greedy; if he is poor, they crave glory. Neither East nor West can sate their appetite. They are the only people on earth to covet wealth and poverty with equal craving. They plunder, they butcher, they ravish, and call it by the lying name of 'empire'. They make a desert and call it 'peace'." -- Publius Cornelius Tacitus - a historian of the Roman Empire
I know you know, but for children:
"There is a transnational ruling class, a "Superclass", that agrees on establishing a world government. The middle class is targeted for elimination, because most of the world has no middle class, and to fully integrate and internationalize a middle class, would require industrialization and development in Africa, and certain places in Asia and Latin America. The goal of the Superclass is not to lose their wealth and power to a transnational middle class, but rather to extinguish the notion of a middle class, and transnationalize a lower, uneducated, labor oriented class, through which they will secure ultimate wealth and power.
The global economic crisis serves these ends, as whatever remaining wealth the middle class holds is in the process of being eliminated, and as the crisis progresses, the middle classes of the world will suffer, while a great percentage of lower classes of the world, poverty-stricken even prior to the crisis, will suffer the greatest, most probably leading to a massive reduction in population levels, particularly in the "underdeveloped" or "Third World" states." -- Andrew Gavin Marshall
The global economic crisis serves these ends, as whatever remaining wealth the middle class holds is in the process of being eliminated, and as the crisis progresses, the middle classes of the world will suffer, while a great percentage of lower classes of the world, poverty-stricken even prior to the crisis, will suffer the greatest, most probably leading to a massive reduction in population levels, particularly in the "underdeveloped" or "Third World" states." -- Andrew Gavin Marshall
SOURCE (WARNING: Graphic Images): http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/
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Clinton’s Speech Shows that Only Sanders is Fit for the Presidency [View all]
portlander23
Jun 2016
OP
Columbia Professor of the University: ''Hillary is the candidate of the war machine.''
Octafish
Jun 2016
#32
Hillary Clearly Is A FERVENT PROPONENT OF AMERICAN "EXCEPTIONALISM!" Very Republicanesque?
CorporatistNation
Jun 2016
#43
Her foreign policy speech was excellent. She pointed out what a loose cannon Trump would be.
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#4
Sanders was not a conscientious objector. He applied, never got it. Ali went to jail for objecting.
merrily
Jun 2016
#5
They are free to take that stand. I didn't question that. But, that disqualifies them from being the
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#7
I'd rather a CIC who took a moral stand against a war than one who advocated for an immoral war.
merrily
Jun 2016
#9
Sometimes war is unavoidable as was the case after 911. No place for a conscientious objector
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#11
The direct result of 911 was the war in Afghanistan. A sloppy dodge on your part. That is an
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#20
Sanders had no moral objection to the Afghanistan War. He voted for it. So, I have no clue
merrily
Jun 2016
#24
He was a conscientious objector and, therefore, unfit to be Commander in Chief.
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#25
Both parts of your statement are false and you know that very well at least as to the first
merrily
Jun 2016
#46
By definition a conscientious objector opposes ALL war, not just a specific one.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#33
Um, no. He was not being drafted. He was never drafted. And most people agree that the
merrily
Jun 2016
#45
I don't know if he had a draft number or not and neither do you. You don't know if he appealed,
merrily
Jun 2016
#66
Where in the Constitution does it say a CO status prohibits one for being President?
EndElectoral
Jun 2016
#58
Getting a student deferment is so much more aceptable than being a conscientious objector
Autumn
Jun 2016
#17
Clinton made every effort to avoid the draft, got a deferment and I respected him on that.
Autumn
Jun 2016
#22
In my personal opinion, someone who took a public stand against an immoral war,
merrily
Jun 2016
#27
I don't know and I don't feel like googling. I just hope a man of conviction is resting in peace.
merrily
Jun 2016
#65
I don't think it's possible for the Huffington Post to embarrass itself any further.
BobbyDrake
Jun 2016
#8
God forbid there were a few media stories that did not tear down Sanders. The horror!
merrily
Jun 2016
#10
You don't have to "tear down Sanders" to report the truth. HP made a choice to lie in support
BobbyDrake
Jun 2016
#12
Many media outlets online and in RL have discredited themselves on behalf of Hillary.
merrily
Jun 2016
#14
Jeffrey Sachs was the guy who told Bernie it was a good use of $500,000 to go to Rome?
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#15