[Verginius Rufus]

Michael Ignatieff has a piece in the Sept. 25 issue of The New York Review of Books where he quotes Lawrence Summers' description of present-day Russia and China as examples of "authoritarian mercantilism" (combining authoritarianism in political form, capitalism in economics, and nationalism in ideology), but Ignatieff prefers the term "authoritarian capitalism" because of the strong element of cronyism in both Russia and China.

Maybe that should be seen as the goal that Obama is aiming for, to bring about in the US as well.

As Ignatieff points out, there is merely a pretense of the rule of law in Russia and China. That is certainly what Obama and the Democrats are trying to achieve in America.

[jazusamo]

I believe it’s definitely the goal 0bama and thugs are aiming for, many things that have taken place point to it.