Guest Post: Pimping The Empire, Progressive-Style
by Charles Hugh-Smith
ZeroHedge.com
01/07/2014
The central illusion of both Left (so-called Progressives) and Right (so-called conservatives) is that the Central State’s essentially unlimited powers can be narrowly directed to further their agenda. Supporting the central state to protect your favored cartels and protect your political power over the state’s tax revenues is simply pimping for the Empire. You can call it “progressive,” but it’s still pimping for the Empire.
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