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America is moving towards an oligarchical Socialism
oc register ^ | Joel Kotkin

Posted on 09/03/2018 7:11:37 AM PDT by amnestynone

Where do we go after Trump? This question becomes more pertinent as the soap opera administration seeks its own dramatic demise. Yet before they can seize power from the president and his now subservient party, the Democrats need to agree on what will replace Trumpism. Conventional wisdom implies an endless battle between pragmatic, corporate Clintonites on one side, and Democratic socialists of the Bernie brand. Yet this conflict could resolve itself in a new, innovative approach that could be best described as oligarchal socialism. Oligarchal socialism allows for the current, ever-growing concentration of wealth and power in a few hands — notably tech and financial moguls — while seeking ways to ameliorate the reality of growing poverty, slowing social mobility and indebtedness. This will be achieved not by breaking up or targeting the oligarchs, which they would fight to the bitter end, but through the massive increase in state taxpayer support.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History
KEYWORDS: 123oclock4oclockzot; amnestytroll; california; elites; incometaxes; joelkotkin; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; orangecounty; siliconvalley; socialism; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; ubi
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To: Celerity

He has to get a second term.


41 posted on 09/03/2018 2:40:26 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: amnestynone
One of our best thinkers

Uh, say what? This cr@p shows no evidence of any thinking whatsoever. It's the stuff of latenite dorm BS.

42 posted on 09/04/2018 2:42:55 AM PDT by gogeo (No justice, no peace.)
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To: Teacher317; PeterPrinciple
You're a moron. No rational person WANTS a civil war.

Big talk. Let's see your plan.

43 posted on 09/04/2018 2:50:13 AM PDT by gogeo (No justice, no peace.)
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To: gogeo

There is going to be a fight, let’s get it started and over with.


I still stand by that. As I stated, I don’t know what the fight will look like, you made a judgement on what it will look like. Hopefully the fight will be in the election process as our founding fathers designed revolutions to happen.

Do you think we can continue along the lines of compromise and appeasement?


44 posted on 09/04/2018 8:37:04 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Note that my comment was aimed at Teacher 317, not you. I thought he was very snippy and dismissive. We're struggling with this question, and if he's sure you're so wrong, let's hear his answer. That or he can just STFU.

I suspect it will be more a guerrilla war than conventional. I also think we face a decision now, live free or fight.

I believe it's inevitable. I think we'll see someone on 'our side,' fire the first shot. We'll recognize it as such. Then it's on like Donkey Kong.

Once it's on, I think it will end relatively quickly...weeks instead of months.

45 posted on 09/04/2018 9:20:03 AM PDT by gogeo (No justice, no peace.)
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To: gogeo

“Uh, say what? This cr@p shows no evidence of any thinking whatsoever. It’s the stuff of late nite dorm BS.”

I think you just red the first paragraph. Going back and looking at that I think one could get that feeling. Try reading the whole thing.


46 posted on 09/04/2018 9:56:25 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: amnestynone

I did. This guy is peddling a Blade Runnerish dystopia as desirable and, to some degree, inevitable. Not only no, but HELL NO!!!


47 posted on 09/04/2018 1:49:32 PM PDT by gogeo (No justice, no peace.)
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To: gogeo

” did. This guy is peddling a Blade Runnerish dystopia as desirable and, to some degree, inevitable. Not only no, but HELL NO!!!”

He I snot a socialist and you obviously did not read the article.


48 posted on 09/04/2018 6:15:04 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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