Empires are always dependent on violent repression and this is not a revelation; but the specifics are new to me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-iraq-video
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of course saying anything good about Chavez is controversial in the US and many other rich countries.
Posted: 2013/03/06 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Bolivarian revolution, colonialism, denial, Hugo Chavez, justice, Latin America, post-colonialism, propaganda, radical, socialism, Venezuela, Washington Consensus
So we are looking for available air-time to discuss this and examine the big picture. Also, I will write a very short obituary in the East Orlando Post as soon as I can…
In the meantime, check out these 2 articles:
Defending Chavez: http://www.thenation.com/article/173212/legacy-hugo-chavez
Most well-meaning (but somewhat misinformed) people relied on this one to establish how bad Chavez was: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/05/venezuela-chavez-s-authoritarian-legacy (I’m very disappointed in Human Rights Watch for providing information with NO CONTEXT AT ALL–Fox/MSNBC style)
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Hugo Chavez was a great man.
Posted: 2013/03/05 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Bolivarian revolution, colonialism, democracy, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, socialism, spanish conquest, Venezuela
Like all great men he was a complicated man in a complicated situation. But he created the first democracy in Latin America and even enabled the wave of liberty and justice beyond his own Venezuela. Also, he was the first indigenous leader to overcome the racist colonial and postcolonial regimes in the region for 500+ years since the Spanish conquest.
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Most of the American people are decent people whether they are Reps Dems or ind. It’s the system and the plutocrats who rule it that are corrupt bastards.
Posted: 2013/03/04 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoMost of the American people are decent people whether they are Reps Dems or independent. It is the system and the plutocrats who rule it that are corrupt bastards. John Lock explained it well in the 1700s: “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely” Adam Smith also knew that the market system (aka capitalism) REQUIRES a reasonably fair distribution of wealth to function & survive. What we have now is a complete sham.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QPKKQnijnsM
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Oh no! Not another old guy bitching about video game violence!
Posted: 2013/02/07 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Star Trek, video games, violence
STFU! I’ve been playing since Star Trek on an IBM 360 mainframe with printer in 1976! With a break to get my PhD (UNC Chapel Hill), I’ve been keeping up and am now a wise old man of gaming n00b. But just in case I have Brandon and Corey to lower the average age.
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