America Won the Cold War But Now Is Turning Into the USSR, Gerald Celente Says

[unhappycamper]

America Won the Cold War But Now Is Turning Into the USSR, Gerald Celente Says
Posted Aug 20, 2010 11:05am EDT by Aaron Task

There's a lot of talk these days about America being an empire in decline. Gerald Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute, goes a step further, arguing America is following a similar path as the former Soviet Union.

"While the many glaring differences between the two political systems have been exhaustively publicized - especially in the U.S. - the glaring similarities unnoticed," Celente writes in The Trends Journal, which he publishes.

In the accompanying video, Celente describes some of these similarities, including:

A rotten political system: He compares politicians (Democrats and Republicans alike) to "Mafioso" and says campaign contributions are really thinly disguised "bribes and payoffs."

Crony capitalism: Like in the USSR of old, Celente laments that so much of America's wealth (93%) is controlled by such a small group small portion of its population (10%). Owing to that concentration of wealth, the government makes policies designed to reward "the bigs" at the expense of average citizens (see: Bailouts, banks).



unhappycamper comment: Be sure to watch the video at the link.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. Definitely headed down the same road.

All the signs are there. How can our elected officials be so blind?
Or is it just blind greed? They've got theirs.......

I know I'm doing the best I can to be a road block in their coup.
What more can I do?

[Iterate]

2. A general strike?

Anything less would be a speedbump, not a roadblock. Worldwide would be nice, as most democracies are losing power to international corporations and share this failed concept of what an economy must be. Pity the first person in China to advocate such a thing. And it's not easy to strike when you're not working or are "self-employed".

Still, I'll sign up.

[unblock]

3. complete with afghan quagmire!

[Delphinus]

4. Very interesting.

August - the magic month to put the dots together?

[Greyhound]

5. Damn, almost this one. K&R

[JVS]

6. That's total bullshit!

Wealth was much more evenly spread in the Soviet Union.