America is a collectively delusional society. We believe that we are a democratic society, but we are not. We are a consumer society in a state owned and operated by fasciest capitalists and their agents.
By definition, a capitalist is not a democrat or a republican, (s)he is an executive, a despot, a dictator, a professional. Business enterprises, especially corporations, are never democratic organizations, they are faciest organizations with an executive director at the top calling all the shots and a supporting cast of deputies who follow orders without question or they are gone. The executives decide what policy will be, not the common people--the 80% of the population known as the working class.
The corporate directors that drive the American economy write the policies for our so called "representatives of the people" in Congress to pass into law, not the population. The true power lies in the executive management of a short list of omni-powerful, multi-national corporations and conglomorates. These people collectively hold all the cards, they are the dealers, they are the producers of goods and services and they own the means of production. We the people are mearly consumers of what we are sold and what we are told.
Everything that this country is banking on, the totality of the American economy, is tied to three fundamentals 1.) the hegemony of the U.S. Dollar as the world's defacto reserve currency; 2.) increased consumption of goods and services by Americans; 3.) increased military and security realated spending, including increased arms exports worldwide.
But here's the thing, We Americans are already to fat and lazy! Americans are more financially insecure and in greater debt do to living beyond our means (over-consuming), than ever before in our history! We are also well engaged in a globally competitive race to the bottom for slave labor wages, so our per-capita disposible income is shrinking rapidly, that is, if we have to work for a living. Americans are producing less and less tradable goods each year, although, our productivity is said to be rapidly increasing... How does that work? Fewer of us are producing more with less, that's how. Most of that increased productivity, however, does not translate into the production of anything that anyone else in the world can use; essentially we are increasingly serving the wealthy class with intagibles such as shoe shines, dry-cleaning, consulting, and an ever-diversifying menu of personal and professional services to make their lives easier, better, or more valuable. Americans are working increasingly longer hours just to make ends meet.
This is called a growing and increasingly productive economy in the world's wealthiest and most delusional society ever. |
