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Spitfire of ATJ

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13. The invention of the the US middle class was for Cold War propaganda....

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 07:16 PM

Nov 2014

The US would flaunt it's middle class to the world telling other people, "This is what Capitalism can do for you".

Now that Communism is no longer a threat the middle class is not needed anymore and, let's face it, it is a hell of a big expense to support a whole community with profits that could (and should in their minds) go to Wall Street.

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Who Rules the World? How a Concentration of Wealth and Political Power Undermines Democracy [View all] Octafish Nov 2014 OP

Also helps the rich when the voters are a bunch of ass-kissing nitwits! dmosh42 Nov 2014 #1

True. Who makes them dumb? LACKademia and Corporate McPravda. Octafish Nov 2014 #3

We think alike, sir. hifiguy Nov 2014 #5

So how is Rothschild involved with the Bushes? Wella Nov 2014 #2

Don't know. The connection is not in official biographies of either House. Octafish Nov 2014 #4

And, we're still spending trillions on our nuclear 'deterrent' decades after the end of the Cold War LongTomH Nov 2014 #9

Only taxing the rich will solve it FiveGoodMen Nov 2014 #6

You might want to check this out. hifiguy Nov 2014 #10

Totally! 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #11

democracy can beat those fuckers but not while the left ignores their best propaganda tool certainot Nov 2014 #7

I'll Add This to My Already Very Long List of Reasons for Open Revolt nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #8

yep G_j Nov 2014 #12

The invention of the the US middle class was for Cold War propaganda.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #13