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Cyberpunk dystopia, here we come...

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 8th, 2010 at 06:32:30 PM EST
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Precisely.

The answer isn't a world without power, it's one in which power has a social purpose.

Which means combating neoliberal ideology, recapturing governments from the moneyed interests, and using them to create a better world.

If the US and European governments are on the same page about the world that they want than then that is the world that we will have.

It seems to me that the rage for civil society solutions has at least something to do with economic elites control over the machinery of state when the franchise was extended.  Because they've lost at the game of political democracy, they think that they can slip the leash by undermining national systems that regulate economies........

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Jun 8th, 2010 at 07:01:48 PM EST
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The answer isn't a world without power, it's one in which power has a social purpose.

In the case of military contractors, including Blackwater, this would better be served by euthanizing private military organizations than having taxpayers buy them. This would be accomplished by legislation making private military operations illegal. That way the US government would not be "taking" Prince's property.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Jun 8th, 2010 at 11:58:16 PM EST
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