THE Most Important documentary EVERYONE should see
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, May 24, 2024 17:35
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Yeah, a great film. Have you seen it Oonj?
I've just watched a half-hour+ of Dr. Reich's interview on Democracy
Now. Because that's what I can get right now.
Many of the economic inequalities in the USA are obvious to me, as
they are to you. But understanding Wall St., investments, banking
(+predatory lending, selling off bad loans, and all the other tricks
of the trade) is very uphill to me.
Whenever Reich says that our 1% "overlords" should wanna pay the
workers more, so that they can buy more from the Rich ... that, of
course, is too obvious. It would help everyone.
We have a pretty large percentage of Americans in the poverty class
for generations now. Crippled by what? Their own low expectations,
lack of intelligence, laziness? ... I can't even begin to answer that
one.
It seems to me that nowadays, the middle class is also seriously
crippled ... I feel this was done to them intentionally by the 1%.
Now we're all "peasants," with the great majority (farmer class)
busting their butts tryin' to get back to what was normal.
Ever since the crash, I've been saying, "O! They're taking us back
to Feudalism."
... oooOO}{OOooo ...
I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.
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This is where I see our problem.
Carl Sagan - Dumbing Down America
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/632474-i-have-a-foreboding-of-an-ameri
ca-in-my-children-s
"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's
time -- when the United States is a service and information economy;
when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other
countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a
very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp
the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own
agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority ..."
... oooOO}{OOooo ...
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Pretty prescient quote, there.
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov
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Quote:Who knew Carl was that 'political'?
Originally posted by Storymark:
Pretty prescient quote, there.
Heh...'political'... heh heh.
po·lit·i·cal (p?-lit'i-k?l)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or dealing with the pissing off of the other 'side'.
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I'm not going to watch it, so there.
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Originally posted by whozit:
I'm not going to watch it, so there.
You, choosing to be uninformed...
What, were we supposed to be surprised or something?
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov
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Originally posted by whozit:
I'm not going to watch it, so there.
You, choosing to be uninformed...
What, were we supposed to be surprised or something?
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov
I'm not going to get upset over your post, so there.
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Quote:STOP THE PRESS!
Originally posted by Storymark:
You, choosing to be uninformed...
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Originally posted by whozit:
I'm not going to get upset over your post, so there.
Why Annakin, you've grown up!
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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's
time -- when the United States is a service and information economy;
when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other
countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a
very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp
the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own
agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority ..."
Creepy.
Absolutely spot-on and applicable to the reality we live in today.
But not surprising.
My sister is a hippy anarchist rebellious artistic... fill in the rest here. I don't know how to describe her anymore than that. Point is, her son was a total square for most of his formative years purely in reaction to her.
Youth rebel against their elders. That's what they always do. We have entered an age of technology and logic and science. The youth will rebel, will fall in love with Beavis and Butthead, and the weak-minded will never grow out of it. But I think Carl Sagan wasn't seeing the whole picture. Let the kids rebel when they need to, let the idiots fall into the gutter and never get out. Society is having its eyes opened.
OK, so maybe we're as likely to destroy ourselves as we are to survive and evolve. But if we do muddle through, the future could be pretty damned cool. I can't explain that statement in any brief way, but I fully believe it. Holy cow, what we could achieve if we get over this moronic destructive phase... I wish I could live long enough to see it.
I don't mean to suggest that I'm up to such a level, but it's like what Francis Bacon was all about. He knew he was living in the Dark Ages and an Enlightenment might be just around the corner. Poor guy. Wish he could see what we have today. He'd shrug at the Tea Party/Faux News morons and say: Nice job getting this far folks. Keep up the good fight.
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