Сочиализм Сау Барбарие said: "The infrastructure of a police state is well in place. A violent act by a disoriented individual, perhaps facilitated by elements of the state apparatus, can become the pretext for an attempt to impose openly authoritarian forms of rule. The scale of the violations under Barack Obama of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which expressly bar unreasonable searches and seizures, go far beyond those which led to impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon 39 years ago. Yet today, not a single prominent politician or media commentator has called for impeachment proceedings against Obama—a president who has ordered the extra-judicial assassination of thousands of people, including American citizens—or criminal prosecution of NSA, FBI, CIA and Pentagon officials. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, which nominally oversees the NSA, has been caught perjuring himself while testifying under oath before Congress, but there is no demand for his prosecution. This demonstrates the degree to which democratic consciousness has collapsed within the ruling elite, the state and the media and been superseded by conceptions of an authoritarian and even fascistic character. American democracy is disintegrating beneath the weight of staggering and unprecedented levels of social inequality and the general militarization of society. Democratic processes are incompatible with a society where wealth and power are concentrated in a tiny layer at the top. Likewise, they cannot survive under conditions where wars are waged in defiance of popular opposition and the military assumes an ever greater role in civilian and political affairs." WSWS.ORG Barry Grey June 24, 2013
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:52:35 +0000
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