Posted on 11/03/2009 4:52:16 AM PST by Wpin
There is full employment yet no one is working. No one is working yet the factory quotas are fulfilled. The factory quotas are fulfilled yet the stores have nothing to sell. The stores have nothing to sell yet people got all the stuff at home. People got all the stuff at home yet everyone is complaining. Everyone is complaining yet the voting is always unanimous.
Economic justice: America is capitalist and greedy yet half of the population is subsidized. Half of the population is subsidized yet they think they are victims. They think they are victims yet their representatives run the government. Their representatives run the government yet the poor keep getting poorer. The poor keep getting poorer yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about. They have things that people in other countries only dream about yet they want America to be more like those other countries.
Hollywood cliches: all for freedom of the people while they love on Castro and Hugh Chavez . Without capitalism thered be no Hollywood yet filmmakers hate capitalism. Filmmakers hate capitalism yet they sue for unauthorized copying of their movies. They sue for unauthorized copying yet on screen they teach us to share. On screen they teach us to share yet they keep their millions to themselves. They keep their millions to themselves yet they revel in stories of American misery and depravity. They revel in stories of American misery and depravity yet they blame the resulting anti-American sentiment on conservatism. They blame the anti-American sentiment on conservatism yet conservatism ensures the continuation of a system that makes Hollywood possible."
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Very good!
Thanks!
Doublethink exposed.
This is brilliant rhetoric. Thanks very much for posting it. It is one of those compilations of ideas that should go viral in personal emails. A clever person could add suitable images and use interesting fonts...
For example:
Economic justice:
America is capitalist and greedy
yet half of the population is subsidized.
Half of the population is subsidized
yet they think they are victims.
They think they are victims
yet their representatives run the government.
Their representatives run the government
yet the poor keep getting poorer.
The poor keep getting poorer
yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
They have things that people in other countries only dream about
yet they want America to be more like those other countries.
Worthy reading. “In a nutshell” if anything is.
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