Comments on: Power Elite Analysis http://the-classic-liberal.com/power-elite-analysis/ Old Right Libertarian & Conservative Politics, Economics, and Opinion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:17:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FreeOklahoma: Falling Forward http://the-classic-liberal.com/power-elite-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-40715 FreeOklahoma: Falling Forward Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:53:18 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=50501#comment-40715 [...] of mammon. Mammon is about power, greed, lust, cruelty and oppression. Mammon is the system of the Ruling Class and its minions. Mammon is Satan. Man is an easy mark for Satan if he lacks discernment and [...] [...] of mammon. Mammon is about power, greed, lust, cruelty and oppression. Mammon is the system of the Ruling Class and its minions. Mammon is Satan. Man is an easy mark for Satan if he lacks discernment and [...]

]]> By: theCL http://the-classic-liberal.com/power-elite-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-20618 theCL Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:26:19 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=50501#comment-20618 If we're to be honest, you, me and David combined don't wield the political power in this country that David Rockefeller or George Soros wields with their pinky fingers. Those guys directly and indirectly influence policy. A couple years ago with the president announcing pending doom without a massive bailout, the majority of the country steadfastly told our reps in Washington "NO!" They passed it anyways. Unionized public employees may be part of the problem, but they're not part of the ruling class. They're used as pawns just like the rest of us. Ben Bernanke meets privately with foreign central banks, without any oversight from our government or any other. Not even the politicians are privy to what they say and do. You, me, David and all the unionized public employees combined don't wield the political power Bernanke does. Our only shot would be to take up arms. We have lost our government "of the people." If we're to be honest, you, me and David combined don't wield the political power in this country that David Rockefeller or George Soros wields with their pinky fingers. Those guys directly and indirectly influence policy.

A couple years ago with the president announcing pending doom without a massive bailout, the majority of the country steadfastly told our reps in Washington "NO!" They passed it anyways.

Unionized public employees may be part of the problem, but they're not part of the ruling class. They're used as pawns just like the rest of us.

Ben Bernanke meets privately with foreign central banks, without any oversight from our government or any other. Not even the politicians are privy to what they say and do. You, me, David and all the unionized public employees combined don't wield the political power Bernanke does. Our only shot would be to take up arms.

We have lost our government "of the people."

]]> By: David W. Walters http://the-classic-liberal.com/power-elite-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-20593 David W. Walters Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:54:19 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=50501#comment-20593 John David Galt opines: -"I mostly agree, but I don’t like the term “ruling class” because it connotes too small a group. Every unionized public employee and every scientist or NGO employee who receives tax-funded grants is part of that “class” of our enemies. That’s millions of people." -What the CL said was the "elite" has a following of hanger-ons "whose fortunes are linked directly or indirectly with government programs....", and those "those whose outlooks and interests derive from and focus on private affairs, especially the traditional family, religion, and genuine private enterprise." The "unionized employee and every scientist or NGO employee" IS a part of the "elites" in CL's view. (at least that's how i read it) I'd rather think that the REAL "elites" form this faux divide amongst us "peasants"......this divide between "unionized employee and every scientist or NGO employee" (-or liberal, if you will), and those who "focus on private affairs, especially the traditional family, religion, and genuine private enterprise." (-the conservatives) The real elites play this game to keep us from seeing the man behind the curtain. John Kerry and George W. Bush run in the same circles. The Democrat Republican divide is a useful tool for them to keep us peasants at each others throats. Divide and conquer. John David Galt opines:
-"I mostly agree, but I don’t like the term “ruling class” because it connotes too small a group. Every unionized public employee and every scientist or NGO employee who receives tax-funded grants is part of that “class” of our enemies. That’s millions of people."
-What the CL said was the "elite" has a following of hanger-ons "whose fortunes are linked directly or indirectly with government programs....", and those "those whose outlooks and interests derive from and focus on private affairs, especially the traditional family, religion, and genuine private enterprise."

The "unionized employee and every scientist or NGO employee" IS a part of the "elites" in CL's view. (at least that's how i read it)
I'd rather think that the REAL "elites" form this faux divide amongst us "peasants"......this divide between "unionized employee and every scientist or NGO employee" (-or liberal, if you will), and those who "focus on private affairs, especially the traditional family, religion, and genuine private enterprise." (-the conservatives)
The real elites play this game to keep us from seeing the man behind the curtain. John Kerry and George W. Bush run in the same circles. The Democrat Republican divide is a useful tool for them to keep us peasants at each others throats. Divide and conquer.

]]> By: John David Galt http://the-classic-liberal.com/power-elite-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-20506 John David Galt Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:40:14 +0000 http://the-classic-liberal.com/?p=50501#comment-20506 I mostly agree, but I don't like the term "ruling class" because it connotes too small a group. Every unionized public employee and every scientist or NGO employee who receives tax-funded grants is part of that "class" of our enemies. That's millions of people. I mostly agree, but I don't like the term "ruling class" because it connotes too small a group. Every unionized public employee and every scientist or NGO employee who receives tax-funded grants is part of that "class" of our enemies. That's millions of people.

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