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9.21.2004
via: Daily Kos: Grover Norquist, as always, is an interesting fellow. I think the WWII vets might find it a little puzzling to find that in Grover's eyes they fought to defend Anti-American values. I'm just wondering how that is possible. My question: You mean to say that people that lived through the Great Depression might have a mistrust of big business and corporate power? Now, why do you think that is? Could it be because they witnessed firsthand what happens when you give all control over to the business class? Repeal the New Deal : Because seventy years of prosperity was a fluke! "'Yes, because in addition their demographic base is shrinking. Each year, 2 million people who fought in the Second World War and lived through the Great Depression die. This generation has been an exeception in American history, because it has defended anti-American policies. They voted for the creation of the welfare state and obligatory military service. They are the base of the Democratic Party. And they are dying. And, at the same time, all the time more Americans have stocks. That makes them defend the interests of business, because it is their own interest. Because of that, it's impossible to bring to the fore policies of social hate, of class warfare.'" ...and now in the original Spanish? "Sí, porque además su base demográfica se está hundiendo.Cada año mueren dos millones de personas que combatieron en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que vivieron la Gran Depresión. Esa generación ha sido una excepción en la Historia de EEUU, porque ha defendido políticas antiamericanas. Ellos votaron por la creación del Estado de Bienestar y por el servicio militar obligatorio.Ellos son la base electoral demócrata. Y se están muriendo. Y, al mismo tiempo, cada vez más estadounidenses tienen acciones.Eso hace que defiendan los intereses de las empresas, porque son sus propios intereses. Por eso, es imposible llevar a cabo políticas de odio social, de lucha de clases." The Republican's new motto, "We're just waiting for a new generation of dupes to come around." |
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