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	<title>Comments on: Corporatist America: The revolution has already been televised&#8230;</title>
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		<title>By: RS Janes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the craziest things regarding the Teabaggers and other right-wing detritus is that they constantly carp about too much government power over our lives and their fears of despotism, yet they will defend the right of unelected corporations -- which are, after all, essentially run as tyrannies today -- to control their lives and their futures without regulation. (Hence, they see nothing wrong with apologizing to BP for &#039;inconveniencing&#039; them regarding minimal drilling safety standards.) 

Since the days of Reagan, they&#039;ve been so thoroughly indoctrinated with the &#039;government bad, business good&#039; message that they can no longer perceive their own best interests -- even after a corporation sends their job overseas or orders them to do the work of three employees at the same wage they were earning for doing one job. It&#039;s amazing -- even in these cases they believe in the &#039;free market&#039; right of the corporation to run them into the ground because, as they know from Fox News, et al, government regulation always leads to socialism or communism or some other &#039;ism&#039; they don&#039;t understand but are nevertheless terrified of living under.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the craziest things regarding the Teabaggers and other right-wing detritus is that they constantly carp about too much government power over our lives and their fears of despotism, yet they will defend the right of unelected corporations &#8212; which are, after all, essentially run as tyrannies today &#8212; to control their lives and their futures without regulation. (Hence, they see nothing wrong with apologizing to BP for &#8216;inconveniencing&#8217; them regarding minimal drilling safety standards.) </p>
<p>Since the days of Reagan, they&#8217;ve been so thoroughly indoctrinated with the &#8216;government bad, business good&#8217; message that they can no longer perceive their own best interests &#8212; even after a corporation sends their job overseas or orders them to do the work of three employees at the same wage they were earning for doing one job. It&#8217;s amazing &#8212; even in these cases they believe in the &#8216;free market&#8217; right of the corporation to run them into the ground because, as they know from Fox News, et al, government regulation always leads to socialism or communism or some other &#8216;ism&#8217; they don&#8217;t understand but are nevertheless terrified of living under.</p>
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