The only good thing I can say about this is that nobody is likely to be taken out and shot as a result of all of these “show trials.”
Otherwise, this is identical to Stalin’s show trials of the late 1930’s. Gin up a fake scandal. Have all the politicians decry the “wreckers” as traitors (or crooks). Get the press (which is nothing more than the propaganda tool of the state) to whip up a public frenzy for retribution.
As an avid student of history, I’ve seen this before. 0bama and his Stalinist wanna-bes are playing out the same game plan. Unfortunately, most Americans are just like the Russians; too stupid and ignorant to see it for exactly what it is.
The goal, as always, is to subdue opposition in the pursuit of power. In this case, the “opposition” is any private industries targeted for takeover. First will be the finance “show trials.” The energy companies are next.
“The only good thing I can say about this is that nobody is likely to be taken out and shot as a result of all of these “show trials.”
Otherwise, this is identical to Stalin’s show trials of the late 1930’s. Gin up a fake scandal. Have all the politicians decry the “wreckers” as traitors (or crooks). Get the press (which is nothing more than the propaganda tool of the state) to whip up a public frenzy for retribution.”
In a discussion on Glenn Beck today, they were comparing what is happening to what happened in France right before the French Revolution. A public that doesn’t care that people’s lives are being threatened will not mind when the guillotine is brought out....