Reply #18: The lesser of two evils strategy. Neo-con or Neo-lib. [View All]

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

The republican bogey man will get you if you don't fall in line with the "not as bad" philosophy of the DLC.

Was Reagan worse than LBJ? If you lived in America, LBJ was infinitely better than Reagan. If you lived in Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia when LBJ was president...

Kerry promises more jobs, a cleaner environment, safer social security, etc. Paid for with what? Does he have the courage to demand higher taxes? Cut the military budget? Cut corporate welfare?
Sign the Kyoto treaty? Would congress back him if he did?

All of the problems you cite, every one, is the result of corporate power in this country and the need to protect it with military force against the "terrorists" of the rest of the world who have grown sick of being the providers of our luxuries.

The "real change" you speak of, isn't "change" at all. It's merely the slowing down of the suicidal course this country has been on since the 1950's when it convinced itself that unbridled capitalism at the expense of the rest of the world would provide us with unlimited prosperity. Instead, it has provided us with hollow riches that fatten the bank accounts of the elite, and a world that hates us.

So, the question isn't "is Kerry better than Bush?", but "is Kerry not as bad as Bush?"

Not much.