The unbridled greed.

[Jack Sprat]

I had a bad day. Whenever I have a bad day, it seems inevitably linked to being gouged by American businesses and my relentless resistance to them, no matter how futile. I hate their commercialism, their intrusiveness in our daily lives, and their insatiable longing to get in our wallets. Particularly, I hate the way they manipulate the public with their advertising. If you don't buy a teddy bear or a pajama gram on Valentine's, you're not going to get rewarded. If you don't buy her a diamond at Christmas, you don't deserve her. If you don't take some kind of performance enhancer, you won't be ready when the time is right. It is all so sick. They pump the public full of shit, then suck it back out when it turns green. I can't stand them. It has gone to extremes. If you are poor or just middle class, they now want you to feel guilty for not having whatever it takes to be rich beyond your dreams. It almost seems that they never are satisfied and there is never enough. They don't want anyone to be content with their simple lives. No, they want a public that wants more and more and more. And they want you to feel guilty for not already having it. Their is no limits on their greed. When is enough ever enough for them?

In short, the blend of a fair mixture of socialism and capitalism in my younger years seemed to complement one another well. But, since 1980 and the Reagan era of union busting, deregulation, and non-progressive taxation, I see socialism as a salvation from the cold aloofness of a corporate government. Do any of you share these feelings and think sometimes that we should be headhunting for Socialist Progressives within our Democrat Party? Sometimes, I think we are fighting a losing battle in the general population of the mainstream party.

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Sad that no one has answered

But I'm totally with you, friend. It's gotten completely out of control.

[LWolf]

2. I think we are fighting a losing battle in the party at all.

I doubt whether the socialist progressives within the party will ever be able to get anything past the mainstream.

I'd like to see some signs of hope, something constructive to work on, I just don't.

Tell me more about the "headhunting" you envision.

[Two Americas]

4. Hi LWolf

I have to disagree with you, I think, when you say "I doubt whether the socialist progressives within the party will ever be able to get anything past the mainstream." By "mainstream" do you mean the general public? If so, I strongly believe that the general public is more than ready to here a socialist perspective. It is the liberal activists who block and sabotage any efforts at this.

[KoKo]

3. Maye before this primary we could have gotten a good discussion going on

here about this... But, everyone is tired...all of it. Spineless Dem Congress we worked so hard to give power to. The crap going on with this Primary. What about those of us who know that neither Clinton nor Obama will make the change that's needed without strong Progressives and Socialists in the House and Senate? What about all the fighting going on and the alienation of so many of us who thought this would be the year we could sail through and demand the changes from our candidate. What we get is "Hope for Change" and more Clinton Rehash.

Anyway...I came over here looking for a break from the GDP/GD Forums...thought maybe there would be some discussion...but realize we all are kind of in limbo now...

Sorry to be cranky...just thought I'd give this post a kick as I was passing through...with a comment.

[Two Americas]

5. great post

I agree with you completely.

[Help_I_Live_In_Idaho]

6. YES

I want to have democratic socialism. I want to have our banance of powers, our democracy and socialism. I hate comercialism and consumerism :puke: