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Did you read past the headline (I'm guessing not, judging by the rest of your posts)? Traditional slanted, misleading headline, which doesn't represent what took place in reality.
In fact, both major parties — all partisan politics — have become too strident and stifling, he says.
Ron Paul and the Tea Party are seeing the Progressive values that are ruining this once great nation.
The insanity of the Teabaggrs, birthers, religious fanatics who mistakenly claim America a "Xtian" nation, the hysteria against Mexicans, Muslims, the poor. And now the stripping of financial programs which benefit the poor and Americans impoverished by the loss of jobs. We have never been closer to a religious Oligarchy. It's as though the crazed Conservobots have never read Matthew 25.
no see you have it wrong, it's usually Republican policies that threaten to turn us into a third world. I mean poor people are just lazy and rich people earned everything they have through hard work, not mommy and daddy's trust fund, am I right? who needs safe working conditions or child labor laws anyway? I mean corporations are people too aren't they?
You know....I have to agree with most of what you say, but there is that undelying tone that seems to say you think all wealthy people are sociopaths that are bent on destroying the U.S. Some big corporations....yes. Some wall street banks and traders....yes, but not the guy who busted his butt for 40 years and made 20 million bucks selling fire hydrants to the cities and states, or the chevy dealer who did the same.
My only argument with you is that you seem to paint the wealthy citizenry with a too broad brush.
No, I don't. Many who read my position about sociopathic wealthy have a defensive reaction that I am attacking all wealthy. Read carefully and thoughtfully. I do not ever say that being wealthy is sociopathic. Or evil.
Destructive, dangerous, and threatening social behaviors exist among all people: poor, rich, educated, uneducated, and ignorant -- and everyone in between.
Bad social behaviors among the poor and middle class are essentially powerless beyond self-abuse and affects to local venues, such as family, friends or neighborhood.
Some bad social behaviors among the sophisticated, educated, wealthy also have mostly self-abusive effects.
However, among the wealthy -- as among the poor -- sociopaths exist. Professional estimates are that between 1% and 3% of general population are sociopathic or psychopathic. Among corporate and financial elite, the estimate is 10%. That demonstates a gravitational effect to power positions -- an earmark of sociopathy / psychopathy.
Sociopathic behavior by the poor is essentially powerless.
Sociopathic behavior by wealthy, well-connected, highly articulate, professionally talented individuals is where the real damage to society lies. These are the people who have dangerous power to wield in executing their self-absorbed obsessions.
Poor people get the vilification (welfare cheats, lazy, immoral, criminal, etc.).
The rich sociopaths are often admired for their wealth and power ... they are lionized and lifestyles envied and emulated.
The comparative costs to society are ridiculously higher for the wealthy, powerful, well-connected sociopaths -- compared to the poor who live unfortunately unfulfilled lives including public assistance.
Also note I do not ascribe sociopathic personality to poor who simply can't rise above public assistance.
Every Democrat controlled State, has become the poster child for entitlement dumps.
Look at Indian Reservations and the tragic consequences of government entitlement, controlling their lives.
Native Americans have gotten the shaft like no other group in America. Their plight is not due to government entitlement programs ... It is due to historically premeditated governmental policies to destroy the native nations.
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