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To: Scanian
A mass movement is being created in America. Mass movements are not nuanced. They need good guys and bad guys, and an emotional desire to ruthlessly steamroller the bad guys.

This is very true and very frightening. I think one of the reasons it has been easy to get the ball rolling on this is the factor that the author cites, that is, for years we have had movies and entertainment feature Big, Mean, Eeeevil Capitalist Corporations and the public, as a result, is primed to pick this particular focus for its hatred.

This may be all Obama needs for a while, but I bet he's going to have to haul out another, more specific enemy for his mass movement (particularly once he's destroyed all the Eeeevil Corporations). I don't know what or who it's going to be, though.

2 posted on 04/01/2009 3:34:22 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius
This may be all Obama needs for a while, but I bet he's going to have to haul out another, more specific enemy for his mass movement (particularly once he's destroyed all the Eeeevil Corporations). I don't know what or who it's going to be, though.

Christians.

3 posted on 04/01/2009 3:39:35 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: livius
This may be all Obama needs for a while, but I bet he's going to have to haul out another, more specific enemy for his mass movement (particularly once he's destroyed all the Eeeevil Corporations). I don't know what or who it's going to be, though.
The AIG execs have already been used as the Alinsky #12 targets.

7 posted on 04/01/2009 6:40:36 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The conceit of journalistic objectivity is profoundly subversive of democratic principle.)
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