Conservatives: The New Taliban by Thom Hartmann

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http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15107-conservatives-the-new-taliban

How does the Taliban work? They keep people stupid. Women are witches. Jews are another species. Westerners are degenerate. Only the "wise and powerful" Taliban leaders know what the Koran really says, because they're the only ones who can read, write, or tell everybody else what's real.

And don't for a minute think that it's really all about religion. Religion is just used to manipulate the useful idiots. It's really about money, power, and control. And that can only be held by thugs like the Taliban when the people are kept poor and stupid.

Here in America, there's a new Taliban rising. They fetishize guns, just like the Afghan Taliban. They fear women and education. They want to keep the people stupid and in chains.

They're the plutocrats and the billionaires who rose to power on the heels of Reagan's trickle-down economics. And now, what's trickling down to us is their stupidity.

Today, America faces a choice.

We can hand our country over to the new Taliban, and watch as the plutocrats and billionaires consolidate even more wealth, power and control over information in this country.

Or, we can fight for a progressive America, where there is a universal, high quality education for all, a strong social safety net and a broad and strong middle class.

[santamargarita]

1. I've said that for years-The American Taliban