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and national security is it a coup? When a minority in the Senate can prevent Federal appointments is it a coup? When women's constitutional rights can be inked away in secret, is it a coup?
This is about way more than the NSA.

and more to do about the accumulation of actions by many self-serving, self-interested individuals and groups taking advantage of opportunities that have become more and more available as they chip away at regulations and insert more and more people aligned with their goals in positions within the government. I see it less as a conspiracy and more the fact that we are reaping the results of right-wing efforts that have been very popular with a lot of people in this country especially over the last 30 years.

It's disgusting, the results we are seeing. But we are not fighting a "secret" organization. It's the hearts and minds of people that need to change. When more people prefer justice over revenge, peace over war, and compassion over blame, then those values will reflect in the leadership choices we make. But as long as we continue to put more trust in those who "talk tough" and are "willing to make the hard choices" (as in, willing to hurt people for gain), then we're just going to keep seeing those attitudes reflected in our leadership.

The coup is our darker angels getting the best of us.

to go back to the pre-depression days of greed is good and fuck the poor. That was the Reagan plan.

The fact that they produce results and make a few people very rich is why people cling to them. But they have a very negative effect overall and that is what is hard for these people to grasp.

There is also a left-wing plan as well. It's usually stated as the "left-wing agenda" in a derogatory fashion. It's a matter of what people value and believe. I'd say the left-wing agenda is a conspiracy to get people to breath clean air, drink pure water, eat healthy food, work in safe conditions, earn a living wage, take regular vacations, build things for the community, eliminate poverty, etc., etc. Republicans fear we are trying to control their lives and keep them down... but just look whose policies are doing just that.

Wasn't there a folk song with the words "Whose side are you on"? I think it's kind of like that.

It certainly is the values system that's being imposed that's causing the problem, but the people in charge pushing them are more than an organization- they're family.

Almost all of the people in Washington that are pushing these programs and benefiting from them are tied to each other by blood or marriage or business. You pick up any of these people and their wives or brothers or cousins are all connected to some other part of the massive machine. That machine is connected by money and power, so it's self-sustaining.

So yes, there are people in their boardrooms making 5 year plans to dismantle the law, steal our tax money and other things we'd not approve of. They are organized, believe their ideology, and a "big club." They pass their money and power to their kids, and it all continues.

This is how entrenched the power is that we need to fight. Voting isn't going to make them go away. Enforcing the law would.

it was the 2000 election, when the loser was installed.

What is described here might be bad, but it does not rise to the level of a coup. Abuse of power maybe, but all those involved are rightfully in office.

"nearly 4,000 organizations in the United States, "each with its own counterterrorism responsibilities and jurisdictions."

NSA spying benefits one small group at the expense of the majority -- those in on the secrets. They use that information in their public and private affairs to secure and increase their holdings.

Who's been in on those secrets from Day One? Who's used office to enrich themselves and their cronies? Who's used war to consolidate political power? Who's used political power to punish their enemies? DU's been on to their gangster arses a while...

Know your BFEE: Scions of the Military Industrial Complex

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