The Despotic Right

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The Tea Party 'movement' is a farce. It's just yet another partisan group trying to achieve political power and when they do they will do their best to suppress objective journalism. They are merely actors in a drama that already ended: the story of how capitalism cannibalized itself towards destruction.

When the Crash really happens the despotic right, backed by the super-rich and the religious right, will take power. Without a competent Democratic Party that can give economic power back to the masses, there will be no alternative for the dispossessed other then to rally behind some demagogue who promises whatever they want to hear.  This is the last dying breath of a nation. 

One of my favorite senators, Russ Feingold, is losing horribly in the polls because he does not take soft money. The discussion that can't be talked about enough is the compatibility between the democratic process and capitalism unbound. All of the anger right now is directed towards the State even though the State has become impotent. The anger should be directed towards the people hoarding the wealth.