The War Against Democracy

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

more at: http://truth-out.org/news/item/24121...henry-a-giroux

I just wish there were right wingers here capable of more than just calling this names. My main issue with the whole article is that while the criticism of current events and trends is incisive, suggestions on 'what is to be done' are vague and abstract.

I wish there were left wingers here who would open their eyes and see that they are enablers of the process described in the article as well. For example:

The commanding institutions of society in many countries, including the United States, are now in the hands of powerful corporate interests, the financial elite and right-wing bigots whose strangulating control over politics renders democracy corrupt and dysfunctional.

While the author would choose to blame "right wing zealots", its truly the left in this country that is firmly in control of the machinery of government. The "machinery of government" goes far beyond the current inhabitants of the White House and Congress. Its the left that controls the bureaucracies that actually carry out the laws and regulations that government imposes, which are written by elected officials that have become corrupted by those "powerful corporate interests".

Yet folks in this forum want to continue to turn to the elected class to solve the very issues that the author or your article cites. It blows my mind how some folks in this forum can conclude that more laws and more government oversight is the solution, when government is corrupt and dysfunctional as a result of being polluted by money and influence pedaling. I just can't figure out how some folks think that feeding the beast and helping it grow and sustain itself is the fix for this.

Picking sides in the political battle isn't going to fix this. I really think we're at the point where we need to disassemble the machine, give it a thorough cleaning, and then put it back together so it works correctly.