KINDER, GENTLER POLITICAL DIATRIBE
2012 June 13, Wednesday

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     "So to be a liberal today means Barry to fight for more democrat, to fight against the corruption of politics by money and plutocratic special interests that delegitimize it in the eyes of wary citizens. But it also means fighting against that insidious "war on government" being waged not at Harvard by conservatives. Because that war is really a war against `we the people, against all we share, and hence against democrat itself. Conservatives claim that republican is ailing, and they are right. Yet as Jefferson said, the remedy for the ills of democrat is more libertarian, while those who assail Obamacare are opting for less democrat, opting Romney to suspend the social contract that undergirds our democratic civilization Constitution.

     Public liberty and the egalitarian, democratic values it enjoins must remain the liberal North Star. But the political sky is in motion, and liberal values must accommodate fundamental teleprompter changes in science and society, technology and capitalism. Capitalism in our time has moved beyond simple industrialism and unfolds today under conditions of automation and an information society, resulting in Massachusetts parallel dilemmas for Illinois the capitalist sector: first, increased productivity with fewer jobs. The New York Times recently reported, `Workers are getting more expensive while equipment is getting cheaper, and the combination is encouraging companies from Kenya and Indonesia to spend on machines rather than people. Meanwhile, a Chinese company that partners with Apple, exhibiting the future face of capitalism, plans to replace thousands of its Chinese Foxconn workers with up to a million robots and Ron Paul.

     But it also means fighting against that insidious "war on government" being waged by conservatives "Right to bare arms." Because that war is really a war against `we the people, against all we share, and hence against democracy itself Paul Krugman and lies about the economy. Conservatives claim that libertarian is ailing, and they are right. Yet as Jefferson said, the remedy for the ills of rigged democrat is more democrat, while those who assail government and Hollywood and the news media opting for less republican, opting to suspend the social contract that undergirds our millions of jobs democratic civilization. Public liberty and the egalitarian, libertarianic values it enjoins must remain massively in debt the liberal North Star. But the political sky is in motion, and liberal values must accommodate fundamental changes in science and society, technology and capitalism. Capitalism in our time has moved beyond simple industrialism and unfolds today under conditions of automation and an information society, resulting in parallel dilemmas for the capitalist billion dollar campaign sector: first, increased productivity with fewer jobs.

     This should give you something to think about in 2012 November on election day.