04-03-2014, 03:32 PM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:These days, democracy is a pale ever diminishing shadow of what it was intended to be.
Never truer and sadder words were spoken here.....the very minor gains of the Plebs from the Oligarchies over the last centuries since the Enlightenment are all being taken back...and now very, VERY quickly. Fascism, as a concept, predates WWII - and goes back as far as a few chose to ruthlessly rule over the many and subject them to economic slavery and totalitarian state in service of those with money.
Agreed. The world seems darker every day to me. I find myself being glad that in Oct I will be 65. But I shudder to think of what kind of planet will await my grand daughters. My daughter is one of those who has never had interest in anything conspiracy, possibly a reaction to my obsession with it, pre-dating her birth. I believe most people are like my daughter. Smart but ignorant about how the world is truly run. It is also really speeding up. Since 9-11 we have seen the literal erosion of every right once held sacred.
In 1967 Jim Garrison told Playboy that "fascism will come to America in the name of National Security".
Dawn