and posting at Ian Welsh’s blog.
It is very encouraging to see Stirling active again. We have missed his passion for truth and insightful analysis.
Today about 10% of the population calls the shots: primary voters, because primaries are the real elections. This is as those in power wanted it: just enough people to thwart any attempt to stampede the election, but little more than that.
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There is another side to story, often commented upon, but not paid enough attention to. What our leaders give is the power to lord it over others
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But the game is changing, because the oligarchs are turning on each other.
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The world is awash in monstrous people treating other people monstrously; and the pace of nations being destroyed is picking up. The choice is no longer Democrat or Republican, progressive or conservative: the choice is human or not.
In a world submerged in bad news, Stirling’s recovery is a very welcome bit of good news.
We, The People, have lost our moral center. There is no trust.