Self Preservation and Irreversible Decline [was: Electronic Freedom Foundation selective in support of freedom]

[juan]

On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:40 +0100
coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:

> related:
> 
> '''
> In Stayin’ Alive, his powerful history of the “last days” of the
> working class, the historian Jefferson Cowie describes how the proud
> blue-collar identity of previous generations disintegrated during the
> ’70s. “Liberty has largely been reduced to an ideology that promises
> economic and cultural refuge from the long arm of the state,” 


	Yes, that's a good description of what freedom is (the state
	does include interest groups that are not direct and official
	part of the state)


> he
> writes, “while seemingly lost to history is the logic that culminated
> under the New Deal: 

	new deal = hight point of american fascism.


> that genuine freedom could only happen within a
> context of economic security.” 

	So, american fascists get to redefine 'true' freedom. Priceless.

	
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfSU-VGixjM



As working-class solidarity receded, an
> identity built on racial tribalism often swept in.
> '''
>  -
> https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/white-working-class-poverty/424341/
> 
> The Atlantic
> All Hollowed Out
> 
> The lonely poverty of America’s white working class
> Eric Thayer / Reuters     Victor Tan Chen Jan 16, 2016 Business
> 
>