Oakvale is starting to sound like a parody of himself. Nothing too wrong with that, just an observation.
Anyway, FFs.
My "real opinion" is that I have no opinion on the Koch Brothers. At all. Hence I feel obliged to post in opposition to the prevailing view to provide important balance.
Why in the world would you assume there needs to be balance? I mean, by this logic you should vote FF in a Hitler poll right?
I have literally done that.
Oakvale: Massive FF.
Of course, the Koch Brothers are pretty Horrible People, but I agree with the sentiments expressed here. I'm more pissed off at the system that has allowed such individuals to pretty much buy our country (thanks corporate friendly campaign laws/rulings!). The problem here is much larger than two guys and really has been in our nation's psyche since the beginning. Lest we forget that the Revolution was pushed for and advocated mostly by Mercantile/Landowning interests because they felt the British Crown was getting too invasive into their local politics and hurting their economic activities. New Englanders did not enjoy being subject to large excise taxes on their commerce and Virginia plantation owners did not enjoy the power that the Colonial Government had over their slaves. It is also important to remember that these settlers were the descendants of European colonists who had settled in the New World mostly out of a need to find new markets and flourish trade!
Is it so shocking that in America, where many of the first white colonists were motivated by financial and economic gain, there is a strong economic hierarchy devoted to preserving a strong business elite? Sadly in such a system the only time that serious reform/changes seem to be made to make the society more equitable only comes when the system has gone bust and the consequences are quite extreme.
Does that make America inherently evil? No, however there are many attitudes we need to change before we have. . . change. The nations of Old Europe are becoming much more progressive than they were just a century ago, so there is some hope. If Britain could elect a Clement Attlee, I feel good about America's chances.
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