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headsplice · 01-12-2004, 05:50 PM

Take a big ol' bite of that cynical cake, russotto!
The "Grand Experiment" isn't dead, but you could certainly make a strong argument that it is on its last legs. Paul Krugman (yes, of the NYT) was on MPR today talking about, amongst other things, the psychology of revolutionaries (taken from writing by Henry Kissinger) and when you take the points he outlined and compare them to the Neo-conservatives and they're behavior over the past ten years or so, we have some scary shit on our hands.
Does anyone doubt that the Neo-conservatives want to fundamentally reshape the political and social landscape of the United States? If you have any doubts, see what the think tanks (who are the philosophical brains behind Bush and Co.) write about, not what the current administration says it is doing (NEVER trust the horse's mouth).
So, does anyone want to take bets that in the next, say, three decades we either have a Depression-sized depression and/or massive internal strife (probably, though not necessarily, military in nature) that leads to the break up of the United States of America?
mmm....cynical cake.....ooohhhhhhh

01-12-2004, 05:50 PM	#1
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	Take a big ol' bite of that cynical cake, russotto! The "Grand Experiment" isn't dead, but you could certainly make a strong argument that it is on its last legs. Paul Krugman (yes, of the NYT) was on MPR today talking about, amongst other things, the psychology of revolutionaries (taken from writing by Henry Kissinger) and when you take the points he outlined and compare them to the Neo-conservatives and they're behavior over the past ten years or so, we have some scary shit on our hands. Does anyone doubt that the Neo-conservatives want to fundamentally reshape the political and social landscape of the United States? If you have any doubts, see what the think tanks (who are the philosophical brains behind Bush and Co.) write about, not what the current administration says it is doing (NEVER trust the horse's mouth). So, does anyone want to take bets that in the next, say, three decades we either have a Depression-sized depression and/or massive internal strife (probably, though not necessarily, military in nature) that leads to the break up of the United States of America? mmm....cynical cake.....ooohhhhhhh __________________ Don't Panic

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