It’s Time For The End Of The “Reagan Revolution, “ On All Fronts.

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We’re seeing a shift in the way most American’s view economics. There are some true believers and cultists left that are still singing the praises of Reaganomics, but their numbers are dwindling and the average person is not buying what they’re selling. Try to convince anyone outside of a Palin rally that Trickle Down Economics is the cure for what ails the country, and you’re libel to get same type of look you’d get if you had just said, “You know they’ve landed.” People have seen for themselves what was destined to become of a philosophy that purports to feed all by throwing a banquet for a few. It failed.

But now is the time to reject not just the economic philosophy ushered in during the early eighties, but also to discard the prudishness, distain for intellectuals, religious fanaticism and the institutionalized selfishness that came with it. It used to be axiomatic that what an employee did outside of work was the employee’s business, but now people accept that corporations will not only use your personal life in their decision on whether or not hire, but will spy on a person already employed and terminate said person if they find something outside of the company standards. It’s been a long process that has coalesced into a society where the individual matters less, the corporations have become more powerful and authority isn’t questioned. It is no coincidence that there has been an increase in religious fundamentalism, a decrease in personal freedom and the lines blurred between public and private. The exhibitionism that is now rampant is in good part technological in origin, but the other part is the lines that have been erased, that when crossed told people, “Hey, that’s nobody’s damn business.”

So, as Trickle Down Economics are flushed down history’s toilet, religious fundamentalism, puritanical culture, the idolization of a “me” society and the supremacy of corporations should go with it.