[Zzlist-deux] Democracy Soiled: The Case against the US Ruling Class

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Democracy Soiled: The Case against the US Ruling Class
<http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2014/08/democracy-soiled-case-against-us-ruling.html>
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Reading the latest *Wall Street Journal/NBC News *opinion poll is like
glimpsing a snapshot of an alien civilization. Surely these are not the
opinions of the flag-waving, beer-guzzling US masses depicted on television
and by the rest of popular culture. Surely this is not the world view of
the self-absorbed, numbed populace, addicted to the NFL and movie weepers.
 Are we to believe that *nearly two out of three (62%) of those polled are
dissatisfied with “America's role in the world”*? If most citizens are
unhappy with the US government destabilizing Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine,
or supporting genocide in Palestine despite unrelenting media lies and
government deception, then how do our leaders justify their acts? Why do
innumerable and endless wars continue?
 Why do *almost two-thirds of those polled (64%) express dissatisfaction
with the “state of the US economy”*? Are they not following stock market
euphoria? Are they not listening to pundits who have declared “recovery”?
Aren't US citizens paying attention to financial cheerleaders?
 Why do *three out of four (76%) of the people have no confidence that
“life for our children's generation will be better than it has been for us*
*,**”* up from 60% in 2007?
 Why the negativism? Why the pessimism? Why do *over half (54%) of poll
respondents believe that “[t]he widening income gap between the wealthy and
everyone else is undermining the idea that every American has the
opportunity for a better standard of living”*?
 How can our fellow citizens hold such bold, radical ideas? How have they
escaped the constant beating of the drums of war and the ubiquitous
celebration of prosperity and American grandeur?
The answer is really quite simple: they have lost confidence in
politicians, the political system, and other key institutions....* to read
the rest of the article, go to: **http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
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