Comments on: JAMES PETRAS: Trends to Barbarism and Prospects for Socialism http://mycatbirdseat.com/2010/07/james-petras-trends-to-barbarism-and-prospects-for-socialism/ Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Drew Hunkins http://mycatbirdseat.com/2010/07/james-petras-trends-to-barbarism-and-prospects-for-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-21107 Drew Hunkins Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:11:19 +0000 http://mycatbirdseat.com/?p=6456#comment-21107 Dr. James Petras' piece on financial barbarians within the frontiers of western societies is one of the best socio-economic essays of the last 20 years. Spectacular! Dr. James Petras’ piece on financial barbarians within the frontiers of western societies is one of the best socio-economic essays of the last 20 years. Spectacular!

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By: William Peck http://mycatbirdseat.com/2010/07/james-petras-trends-to-barbarism-and-prospects-for-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-2949 William Peck Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:46:50 +0000 http://mycatbirdseat.com/?p=6456#comment-2949 This is an incredible, well written analysis of exactly where we are today. I have read several of James Petras's books and have listened to him on his website providing in-depth, well stated and a very accurate analysis of conditions that prevail. This particular piece ought to be raised to a higher level and exposed to a much broader audience, as I believe it has a mass appeal in today's world of trepidation. My only fear is that it gets lost on the "common man" as I relate back to Cheney's words: "Thank god people don't read!" Regardless of the source, I'm afraid it's a truism in a society addicted to the land of TV, computer games and other forms of instant media that serve to distract and, in some perverse way, produce a generation of bobbling heads attuned to instant gratification. This ADHD American Idol populace gorging themselves with alcohol, drugs [courtesy of the CIA operatives] and other forms of sedation are not tuned into “reality” enabling the elite, if you wish, to continue with their draconian games of pillage and plunder. In my opinion, the masses being driven downward by all of this negative activity will only wake up when "reality" hits them in the face! I read a peaceful solution being offered in the final paragraph of this article, but I'm afraid violence might prevail as people are driven towards the streets in desperation with nothing to lose. They are already discouraged and outraged by Obama's weak follow through on his campaign pledge of "change" or the "Yes we can!" promotions. That they were suckered into voting for, and believing in, the dream that he would somehow be different, righting all the wrongs of the previous eight plus years. Unrealistic? Perhaps, but he promoted himself with this agenda. Polls now reflect their overall dissatisfaction with his continual feeding of their money to the profiteering warmongers by continuing an unnecessary war as well as to the whores on Wall Street resulting in obscene profits and bonuses all at the people’s expense. That he has fallen into the trove of previous administrations becoming a puppet controlled by the Zionist puppeteer(s) within the confines of their well orchestrated Marionette Theater composed of supporting actors residing in, and running between, K-Street, Wall Street and the Hill. Alas, when the man on the street sees he's being ripped off and, worse, has no control over his future then, and only then, will the ripple of dissatisfaction become a wave of turmoil overturning not only the incumbents, but this deeply corrupted theater of activity with force! Veterans and active troops are not going to stand by idly watching their families disintegrate at the hands of these insatiable barbarians [as depicted in this piece] while they pursue an endless war on an illusive enemy in other parts of the world. I read many pieces from both the reservists and their active brethren who depict their dissatisfaction and frustration with their status quo [evidenced by the high rate of suicides within the services], which is quickly moving up the ranks as witnessed with the demise of McCrystal and evidenced in the Wiki-Leaks manifestations. It's only a matter of time before all of the above depictions regarding the plight of the man on the street and the disillusionment of the various elements of the military culminate into action! It could be a dramatic shift towards socialism but, unfortunately, I see a much more violent reaction. I believe the elite are not stupid and know all of this could easily happen. Hence, the hoarding of money and goods, building gated communities with private Blackwater type security firms guarding them [versus depending upon local and state police who could also become their enemies] to only mention a few of their actions of inviolate preparedness. It’s not a pretty picture as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It manifests a true division and a potential demise of our once great nation. Khrushchev said it all when he stated in the following paraphrase: "We will not bury you . . . you will bury yourself" referencing the Marxist saying: "The proletariat is the undertaker of capitalism". In no way is communism the solution BUT there is a mix between capitalism and socialism with the end result having to be more balanced towards active socialism, as presented in this article. Let us only hope that Petras’s proposed pathway of a "peaceful" transition will prevail. This is an incredible, well written analysis of exactly where we are today. I have read several of James Petras’s books and have listened to him on his website providing in-depth, well stated and a very accurate analysis of conditions that prevail. This particular piece ought to be raised to a higher level and exposed to a much broader audience, as I believe it has a mass appeal in today’s world of trepidation.

My only fear is that it gets lost on the “common man” as I relate back to Cheney’s words: “Thank god people don’t read!” Regardless of the source, I’m afraid it’s a truism in a society addicted to the land of TV, computer games and other forms of instant media that serve to distract and, in some perverse way, produce a generation of bobbling heads attuned to instant gratification. This ADHD American Idol populace gorging themselves with alcohol, drugs [courtesy of the CIA operatives] and other forms of sedation are not tuned into “reality” enabling the elite, if you wish, to continue with their draconian games of pillage and plunder.

In my opinion, the masses being driven downward by all of this negative activity will only wake up when “reality” hits them in the face! I read a peaceful solution being offered in the final paragraph of this article, but I’m afraid violence might prevail as people are driven towards the streets in desperation with nothing to lose. They are already discouraged and outraged by Obama’s weak follow through on his campaign pledge of “change” or the “Yes we can!” promotions. That they were suckered into voting for, and believing in, the dream that he would somehow be different, righting all the wrongs of the previous eight plus years. Unrealistic? Perhaps, but he promoted himself with this agenda. Polls now reflect their overall dissatisfaction with his continual feeding of their money to the profiteering warmongers by continuing an unnecessary war as well as to the whores on Wall Street resulting in obscene profits and bonuses all at the people’s expense. That he has fallen into the trove of previous administrations becoming a puppet controlled by the Zionist puppeteer(s) within the confines of their well orchestrated Marionette Theater composed of supporting actors residing in, and running between, K-Street, Wall Street and the Hill. Alas, when the man on the street sees he’s being ripped off and, worse, has no control over his future then, and only then, will the ripple of dissatisfaction become a wave of turmoil overturning not only the incumbents, but this deeply corrupted theater of activity with force! Veterans and active troops are not going to stand by idly watching their families disintegrate at the hands of these insatiable barbarians [as depicted in this piece] while they pursue an endless war on an illusive enemy in other parts of the world. I read many pieces from both the reservists and their active brethren who depict their dissatisfaction and frustration with their status quo [evidenced by the high rate of suicides within the services], which is quickly moving up the ranks as witnessed with the demise of McCrystal and evidenced in the Wiki-Leaks manifestations.

It’s only a matter of time before all of the above depictions regarding the plight of the man on the street and the disillusionment of the various elements of the military culminate into action! It could be a dramatic shift towards socialism but, unfortunately, I see a much more violent reaction. I believe the elite are not stupid and know all of this could easily happen. Hence, the hoarding of money and goods, building gated communities with private Blackwater type security firms guarding them [versus depending upon local and state police who could also become their enemies] to only mention a few of their actions of inviolate preparedness.

It’s not a pretty picture as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It manifests a true division and a potential demise of our once great nation. Khrushchev said it all when he stated in the following paraphrase: “We will not bury you . . . you will bury yourself” referencing the Marxist saying: “The proletariat is the undertaker of capitalism”. In no way is communism the solution BUT there is a mix between capitalism and socialism with the end result having to be more balanced towards active socialism, as presented in this article. Let us only hope that Petras’s proposed pathway of a “peaceful” transition will prevail.

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By: Rehmat http://mycatbirdseat.com/2010/07/james-petras-trends-to-barbarism-and-prospects-for-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 Rehmat Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:48:40 +0000 http://mycatbirdseat.com/?p=6456#comment-2930 John Feffer is a co-director of ‘Foreign Policy in Focus’, a US think tank. In his August 6, 2009 article titled Their Martyrs and Our Heroes wrote: “We have our suicide bombers – we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination – we call it basic training. We kill civilians, we call it collatoral damage….We have been indoctrinated to view the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a legitimate military target and 9/11 as a heinous crime against humanity. We have been trained to see acts like the attack in Tripoli as American heroism and attack at USS Cole as rank barbarism (though carried out by Israeli agents). Explosive vest is a sign of exremism; Predator missiles, of advanced sensibility….. Remove the occupying force and the suicide missions would disappear. It is not a stretch, then, to conclude that we, the occupiers (the US, Russia, Israel), through our actions, have played a significant part in formenting the very suicide missions that we now find so alien and comprehensible in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine, Lebanon, and elsewhere…..The fact is: Were we to end our occupation policies, we would go a long way toward eliminating “their” suicide bombers. But when and how will we end our own cult of martyrdom?” Though John Feffer tried to paint the Zionist entity, Hamas and Hizb’Allah with same brush – the fact is that the great majority of suicide bombing on ‘ Israeli civilian targets’ – were Israeli false-flag operations to dehumanize Islamic resistance groups fighting Zionist fascism. http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/terrorism-theirs-and-ours/ John Feffer is a co-director of ‘Foreign Policy in Focus’, a US think tank. In his August 6, 2009 article titled Their Martyrs and Our Heroes wrote: “We have our suicide bombers – we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination – we call it basic training. We kill civilians, we call it collatoral damage….We have been indoctrinated to view the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a legitimate military target and 9/11 as a heinous crime against humanity. We have been trained to see acts like the attack in Tripoli as American heroism and attack at USS Cole as rank barbarism (though carried out by Israeli agents). Explosive vest is a sign of exremism; Predator missiles, of advanced sensibility….. Remove the occupying force and the suicide missions would disappear. It is not a stretch, then, to conclude that we, the occupiers (the US, Russia, Israel), through our actions, have played a significant part in formenting the very suicide missions that we now find so alien and comprehensible in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine, Lebanon, and elsewhere…..The fact is: Were we to end our occupation policies, we would go a long way toward eliminating “their” suicide bombers. But when and how will we end our own cult of martyrdom?”

Though John Feffer tried to paint the Zionist entity, Hamas and Hizb’Allah with same brush – the fact is that the great majority of suicide bombing on ‘ Israeli civilian targets’ – were Israeli false-flag operations to dehumanize Islamic resistance groups fighting Zionist fascism.

http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/terrorism-theirs-and-ours/

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