I believe that America is in far worse shape than most people realize. We are being financially raped and it won't be finished until the oligarchs have completely plundered the assets and labor of the USA. Few Americans are prepared for the final outcome of this, which I believe is just a few years away. The class war is already lost, we've been sold. As long as the supreme court decision giving corporations the right to buy our elections still stands, there is not a chance in hell. Do you see our beloved president and other democrats in congress moving to neutralize that ruling? No one important is even talking about it.
One positive thing is that I'm starting to see, is the divisive right/left, liberal/conservative paradigm beginning to break down - not among our politicians (as the theater must continue), but for the general population who are starting to realize just how much we've all been sold out by the elected officials from both parties. We will soon have more in common (a greatly lowered standard of living) that will make previous ideological differences seem minor.
I am becoming convinced that working within the structure of the two traditional parties is no longer meaningful. I realize this is a democratic blog, but this country is not going to change under the present two-party system, it is broken. I think time and energy would be better spent organizing protests such as general strikes and other acts of civil disobedience, because voting certainly isn't getting their attention. Obama might have been the best we could have done, but it's apparent that he's not near to being good enough. While he is "better than Bush", in the final analysis, he is just another front man for large economic interests that do not have the people's welfare anywhere in their hearts.
What inspired me to write this was stumbling across a blog called The Rookie Cynic. There are a couple of great interviews posted on this site with Chris Hedges and Michael Hudson.
Follow me below the fold for a list of some of the points made in these interviews. In aggregate, they predict a future which I think few Americans are prepared to face. I'm not much of a writer so please forgive any syntax or organizational problems with my diary. I publish this not as a "sky is falling" doom & gloom report, but as a reality check.
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