Stephen Hawking's final words to the internet:

[LiberalLovinLug]

54. Thank you so much for your posts!

It was a good read. I agree with everything you said, and was educated on some issues. I'll check out your book suggestions.

What I find maddening is that some of us may KNOW there needs to be a balanced system, how to get there is another thing. And one of the big stumbling blocks is that because we allowed the elite classes to gain so much at the expense of others, they have now enough wealth to fund a large PR campaign against any attempts to bring any fairness to the system. That capitalism, like a giant pyramid scheme, has concentrated so much wealth at the top now, with so many on the bottom rung, that they can afford to buy every major media company as well. They can control the message. And if any leader came along and proposed public banks, for instance, all these corporate loyal institutions would attack and smear them relentlessly.

I always think about the what could have been. If during the last 40 or so years, the progressive tax levels had remained higher, if so much of the treasury was not wasted on wars and invasions, and relatedly, spent on the MIC. If the US had set up a single payer universal health care system when most other western democracies were doing it, it would have saved a lot of money too. If these kinds of progressive building blocks had been in place decades ago, the US could be the world leaders they should be in regards to advancements in technology, transportation, alternative energy. Say a high speed rail system criss-crossing the entire country, and high speed fibre optic internet wiring to every corner. And all the while with a less stressed out citizenry, less crime etc..
Oh well, its best not to live in the could a should a world.
cheers