Surviving Capitalism (Not) : 50 Random Facts That Make You Wonder What In The World Has Happened To America

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, July 3, 2010

50 Random Facts That Make You Wonder What In The World Has Happened To America

from The Economic Collapse.

The "land of the free and the home of the brave" has been transformed into a socialized Big Brother nanny state....

Really! Well, the people at this website seem to be concerned and they do sometimes get things right. They also appear to be right wing populists or maybe "AstroTurf" populists. Such efforts are sometimes used by the ruling class to corral the minds of working people and steer them away from any substantive changes to the capitalist system.