Republicans Use Chaos as a Shock Doctrine to Create Authoritarian Rule

[MrScorpio]

Submitted by mark karlin on Sat, 08/08/2009 - 9:49am.

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BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

By Mark Karlin

There is a method to this madness of chaos and obstructionism that is the hallmark of modern Republicanism.

It is to do politically what Naomi Klein detailed in her economic analysis in the "Shock Doctrine"; it is to so bollix and confuse and make feel vulnerable the displaced white working and middle class that they will turn to authoritarian leadership out of fear.

Fear is the cudgel of the GOP leadership across the nation, and the "victimization" of white people (particularly the white male) is the emotional drumbeat of the right wing media echo chamber.

Together, they have converged to ignite the Townhall Terrorists and create an incipient threat of violence and revolt against democracy in order to establish a white rightwing tyrannical corporate government with a GOP leadership.

The corporations that now basically run the government need four things to achieve their goals of unregulated global commerce: 1) politicians in their pocket; 2) corporate/GOP media that conveys propaganda instead of truth; 3) anxious white Americans fed fear by winger media; and 4) entrenched wealth willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into a shadow propaganda ministry of think tanks, "analysts," government regulators on the take, etc.

Together, this merger of media, corporations (which owns the mainstream media) and government is called fascism. Fascism uses scapegoats -- "liberals" -- and lies fostered by the likes of an army of high-paid media "Tokyo Roses" to keep the working class and racists pumped up in their "victimhood" and resentment that democracy has evolved into an America that is no longer a nation of "white entitlement."

But all this is accomplished for one reason: to ensure that the U.S. government meets the needs of the multi-national corporations and not the citizens of the state.

The battle we have been facing since the '60s boils down to this: does America exist to fulfill the destiny of the majority of its population or does it exist to enhance the economic wealth of its corporations?

The Townhall Terrorists (who are losing out economically by the very corporations using them as shock troops) are useful tools for the latter, egged on by media shills who are experts in demagoguery.

The rest: http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/9173

[SpiralHawk]

1. A thousand Ks & a thousand Rs

...were it in my power.

This IS the Republicon Homelander occult strategery against honesty, freedom, democracy, justice, and honor.

[MrScorpio]

2. Mark Karlin is confirming everything I've been saying about the Republicans

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who sees them as I do.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Perverted Republicon Shock & Awe all the ugly, cynical way...

Hang on America, it's going to be a bumpy ride...

[janet118]

4. The "shock troops"/brownshirts had better watch their backs

From Wikipedia:

The Night of the Long Knives was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political executions, most of those killed being members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary Brownshirts.

The corpro/fascists will use the teabaggers/racists/nutters until they become a liability. Then, they will be crushed like bugs.

[SpiralHawk]

5. "Sneer." - Corporo-fascist Teabag Puppeteers

[SpiralHawk]

6. kick

on account of this ought not to sink out of sight so damn fast

[BumRushDaShow]

7. K&R

And the question will now be - can these THTs (Townhall Terrorists) sustain the attacks. It seems to me that they showed their hands way too early in the game - i.e., they happily revealed and continue to brag that what they are doing is not protest in support for any rational ideas, but is disruptive for the sole purpose of being disruptive.

I think most of us here recall a year ago this month when a similar bunch of hoods - albeit elected ones - spent the month of August in a darkened House chamber, mics off but mouths still running, "entertaining" tourists with alot of "Drill baby drill" talking-loud-and-saying-nothing nonsense, and holding daily press conferences that the corporate RW-owned media dutifully aired as if it meant anything or added anything substantive to the oil speculation crises... And then the whole thing died out as the wingnuts were blown away at the polls on election day.

Back then, I kept hoping that the majority of American people weren't the zombified brainwashed shills that the RW-owned M$M kept showcasing as "average Americans" and fortunately they weren't.

I think that this summer is a repeat. You have the wingnut elected officials once again doing everything they can to NOT go back to their constituents (a good number of them are off on junkets and vacations abroad or plan to do such) and we are seeing a distorted view of what is really going on in the "average" American household.

[lonestarnot]

8. fuckwads v. democracy.

[dgibby]

9. I couldn't agree more.

I'm linking to a previous post in hopes more people will call the SPLC.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6245901

[RagAss]

10. The American Cretins !

[Echo In Light]

11. Rec

[HCE SuiGeneris]

12. KICK!

Highly recommended as well.

[Wednesdays]

13. K&R

:kick:

[spanone]

14. ...and it works...

[glinda]

15. the Political video on this in DU today is great and relates to this.

[glinda]

16. here's the link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x350999