Welcome to Mother Russia - Cato/Heritage Memo

[lala_rawraw]

Sen. Boxer mentioned this memo on NPR. People have asked for links to it, so here it is in all of its glory:

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj3n2/cj3n2-11.pdf>

[tom_paine]

1. They are unquestionably Free-market Soviets, these Bushevik shitpiles

and I loathe them as I loathed the original Bolsheviks for the selfsame reasons.

Dishonest Totalitarian human grabage sacks.

Just like the Soviet Monsters they pattern themselves after.

[Eloriel]

2. Oh, goodness

Thanks for this!

[Luminous Animal]

3. And excerpt from the above link

And excellent 15 page read on the machinations employed to fuck us over:

ACHIEVING A “LENINIST” STRATEGY
Stuart Butler and Peter Germanis
Introduction

Marx believed that capitalism was doomed by its inherent contra-dictions, and that it would inevitably collapse—to he replaced by the next stage on the ladder leading to the socialist Utopia.

Lenin also believed that capitalism was doomed by its inherent contradictions, and would inevitably collapse. But just to be on the safe side, he sought to mobilize the working class, in alliance with other key elements in political society, both to hasten the collapse and to ensure that the result conformed with his interpretation of the proletarian state. Unlike many other socialists at the time, Lenin recognized that fundamental change is contingent both upon a movement’s ability to create a focused political coalition and upon its success in isolating and weakening its opponents.

As we contemplate basic reform of the Social Security system, we would do well to draw a few lessons from the Leninist strategy. Many critics of the present system believe, as Marx and Lenin did of capitalism, that the system’s days are numbered because of its contradictory objectives of attempting to provide both welfare and insurance.

All that really needs to be done, they contend, is to point out these inherent flaws to the taxpayers and to show them that Social Security would be vastly improved if it were restructured into a predominantly private system. Convinced by the undeniable facts and logic, individuals supposedly would then rise up and demand that their representatives make the appropriate reforms.

While this may indeed happen, the public’s reaction last year against politicians who simply noted the deep problems of the system, and the absence of even a recognition of the underlying problems during this spring’s Social Security “reform,” suggest that it will be a long time before citizen indignation will cause radical change to take place. Therefore, if we are to achieve basic changes in the system, we must first prepare the political ground so that the fiasco of the last 18 months is not repeated.
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[loudsue]

4. WOW!!! What a bunch of CRAP!!!

These frikkin' nazis are so ready to use corporate propaganda to dumb-down U.S. citizens .... it makes you want to :puke: !!!

They are also totally out of touch with the reality that is going on in this country, as far as the "class war" is concerned. They are still thinking so Reagan's 1980's it isn't funny. These bozos are caught in a Reagan euphoric time warp.

They're talking about how all these people are seeing their IRA's going up in the market, and how their social security allotments are so low. Well, guess what, Cato/Heritage zombies! Millions of Americans are now either unemployed, underemployed, are seeing massive jobs shifted overseas, are seeing their "real dollars" dropping due to inflation that the media/markets are ignoring, nobody seems to be getting much of a raise these days, and millions upon millions have watched their IRA's and 401Ks drop in value, or grow much more slowly, in the last few years.

More and more people can't afford IRA's. The gap between the rich and poor is growing daily, as the middle class very slowly disappears. But these assholes are still dreaming that everyone in the world is as well off as we were when we had an economy that worked for even the poorest, to at least have food stamps and child care. Those are now being cut....and welfare is largely non-existent. Health care is putting people in the poor house at an alarming rate.

These people are so delusional it makes me sick. They live in a cushy economic dream world.

:kick::kick::kick:

[Az]

5. What do you mean ready? They have been doing it for some time now

Have you seen what passes for entertainment these days. Reality shows are just reprogramming devices to teach us to behave more like a corporation. We are being remade to be good little consumers and dependent on corporations rather than looking to each other for support.

[loudsue]

6. You absolutely right, AZ.

But the fact that they've laid it out like they did in this document, even going back to 1982, they are discussing the spin they're going to put on it.....It's just so frikkin' SHAMELESS!!

:argh::nuke::argh::nuke: I JUST HATE THESE BASTARDS!!!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[lala_rawraw]

7. I am going to get

drunk tonight and listen to Mike... i am having a moment where my usual ability to fight off 2+2=5 is a bit shaky.

:toast: