2016 Postmortem

Utopian Leftist

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37. That's the second most important thing!

Reply to nashville_brook (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 04:20 PM

Nov 2015

Right after we get the money out of politics, converting our system to publicly financed elections, the next most important thing we can do for our future is to rid ourselves of the ludicrous notion that Corporations are PEOPLE!

The "Divine Right of Corporate Profit," as you call it, is an apt metaphor for Capitalism, and as Al Gore has stated, we need a new kind of capitalism: one that puts the public good before the bottom line of profit! How about the Divine Right of the Common Good? THAT IS Democratic Socialism!

Go Bernie!

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How to spot a threat to Democracy: Bernie Sanders and Philip K. Dick on radicalism and revolt [View all] nashville_brook Nov 2015 OP

WE have become radical. Sanders has stayed the same. DirkGently Nov 2015 #1

heh heh -- you're being too kind -- i told that James Madison Institute jackass that nashville_brook Nov 2015 #15

reform vs revolutionary -- it's what the RW has wrought nashville_brook Nov 2015 #23

I can tell by the vitriol from people not supporting Sanders how scared they really Fawke Em Nov 2015 #2

yep, it's beyond just him being a primary threat - he threatens the status quo nashville_brook Nov 2015 #4

+1 daleanime Nov 2015 #7

Insecurity is as important as inequality starroute Nov 2015 #3

Add to that the hyper-partisanship used to distract us and get us pointing the finger at Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #5

Very well stated, starroute FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #13

Most people are asleep starroute Nov 2015 #18

i have to respond to this tomorrow nashville_brook Nov 2015 #20

we must stop replacing the interests of people with the interests of money nashville_brook Nov 2015 #27

Thanks for this great post Nashville_brook, and great article! sorechasm Nov 2015 #54

^ This is a critical point! n/t DirkGently Nov 2015 #28

"He’s signaling that the social contract has been broken, and it’s our responsibility to fix it." Luminous Animal Nov 2015 #6

Indeed, it cannot be done any other way Demeter Nov 2015 #9

+1 nashville_brook Nov 2015 #21

it's called a social contract for a reason :) nashville_brook Nov 2015 #10

We thought we were being called into service in 2008.. FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #14

yeppers. such a missed opportunity. nashville_brook Nov 2015 #16

Such a critical point. Neither Sanders nor anyone else DirkGently Nov 2015 #11

The only way it can be done, LWolf Nov 2015 #24

BTW if you Google man in the high castle pdf you can read it for free Doctor_J Nov 2015 #8

people might not know if you have Prime Amazon, Man in the High Castle is Free streaming nashville_brook Nov 2015 #22

Amazon's streaming video of The Man In the High Castle is remarkable. hedda_foil Nov 2015 #26

I have Amazon Prime Spirochete Nov 2015 #35

Thank you so much reading it now Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #30

Youtube The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick Audiobook Full Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #45

every one should read w0nderer Nov 2015 #12

it' a thought that's always in the back of my mind nashville_brook Nov 2015 #25

Long time ago w0nderer Nov 2015 #34

thankyou for this! gosh, i wonder if civics is taught anymore. nashville_brook Nov 2015 #39

sad isn't it w0nderer Nov 2015 #41

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Nov 2015 #17

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #19

K&R Babel_17 Nov 2015 #29

totally checking this out! nashville_brook Nov 2015 #31

Ask me again after Mercerism/Dudeism becomes a thing. :) Babel_17 Nov 2015 #32

DURec. bvar22 Nov 2015 #33

A better world is not unimaginable Babel_17 Nov 2015 #36

"the ideal could be made real." DirkGently Nov 2015 #38

That's the second most important thing! Utopian Leftist Nov 2015 #37

Is that satire...? AOR Nov 2015 #40

Not satire, fact. Utopian Leftist Nov 2015 #43

That's very sad that it's not satire... AOR Nov 2015 #44

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Utopian Leftist Nov 2015 #46

I think you already know what's incorrect in your thinking... AOR Nov 2015 #49

Wow. Great article. I hope we can fix this mess. jwirr Nov 2015 #42

me too. thanks! nashville_brook Nov 2015 #48

Thank you silenttigersong Nov 2015 #47

Thank you! burrowowl Nov 2015 #50

i'm simply fascinating by him. i love scifi, and especially love his take on it... nashville_brook Nov 2015 #52

Me too. P K Dick showed incredible foresight as he unraveled his deep neurotic tales. sorechasm Nov 2015 #53

Bookmarking for later, thanks! n/t slipslidingaway Nov 2015 #51