Category Archives: Plutocracy
U.S. POLITICS: “Republican Hypocrisy: Funny How That Works” / Democratic Underground ☮
U.S. POLITICS: “A Holiday for War Protesters? Final Judgment” / The Young Turks / John Iadarola ☮
PLUTOCRACY: “Oil Tycoon Attacks Anti-Fracking Researchers” / The Young Turks / Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and John Iadarola ☮
U.S. POLITICS: “These Two War Criminals Should Be in Prison for Life” ☮
h/t: Occupy Democrats
WHITE PRIVILEGE: “Do You Know What Affirmative Action Is?” / Larry Wilmore ☮
h/t: Daily Kos
WHITE-WING REACTIONARIES: “Jeb Bush: Jesus Would be the Perfect President!” ☮
PLUTOCRACY: “The Pathology of the Rich White Family” / Chris Hedges ☮

Portraits of former Presidents Goerge W. Bush, left, and his father George H.W. Bush which are part of the exhibit “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Diplomacy,” are on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2014. The exhibit of world leader portraits painted by George W. Bush opens Saturday and runs through June 3. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)
The pathology of the rich white family is the most dangerous pathology in America. The rich white family is cursed with too much money and privilege. It is devoid of empathy, the result of lifetimes of entitlement. It has little sense of loyalty and lacks the capacity for self-sacrifice. Its definition of friendship is reduced to “What can you do for me?” It is possessed by an insatiable lust to increase its fortunes and power. It believes that wealth and privilege confer to it a superior intelligence and virtue. It is infused with an unchecked hedonism and narcissism. And because of all this, it interprets reality through a lens of self-adulation and greed that renders it delusional. The rich white family is a menace. The pathologies of the poor, when set against the pathologies of rich white people, are like a candle set beside the sun.
MILITARISM AND CORPORATISM: “Military Paying NFL Teams to Salute Soldiers During Games” / David Pakman ☮
WHITE-WING CLOWN CAR CANDIDATE: “Ben Carson: Enjoy This Awkward Gay Marriage Exchange” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

