Tag Archives: Leviathan

Class Warfare 2: Electric Boogaloo

Posted on August 16, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left loves to crouch their terminology in Marxist terms, of a parasitic class with their Bourgeois running-dogs who exploits the Proletarian.  Hence, the existence of the Occupy movement who shriek that they are the “99%” and condeming the … Continue reading →

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When 2 + 2 = “Oppression”

Posted on August 15, 2013 by The Political Hat

     As has often been said, if one wishes to win the future, one must win the hearts and minds of the children.  From the Frankfurt School to modern college campuses, trained indoctrinators have been emerging for a century or more … Continue reading →

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The Fundamental Failure of Welfare

Posted on August 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     One of the problems with the Welfare State is that it conflated Middle Class accoutrements, such as nice homes, with Middle Class values.  Simply having the accoutrements of the Middle Class will not make one Middle Class, or instill Middle … Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Machine: Cory Booker’s Technological Corporatism

Posted on August 12, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Soon-to-be New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is set to transcend Obama in the realm of both crony corporatist dealing and campaign technology, all at the same time.      In a puff-piece on the civil liberties hating Cory Booker, the “Old Gray … Continue reading →

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America’s Marxist Future?

Posted on August 8, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Under Obamanomics, people have been dropping out of the workforce, which results in an artificially low unemployment rate.  The labor participation rate has been stagnant, or depressed, if you will.  What is most worrisome is that the jobs that America … Continue reading →

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The Nudging of America

Posted on August 7, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Obama administration is hiring a “Behavioral Insights Team” in order to tweak and alter people’s behavior without them noticing.  Such dark shenanigans are referred to as “nudges,” the term deriving from Obama’s fellow traveler Cass Sunstein.  The problem with … Continue reading →

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Who Owns Your Labor?

Posted on August 4, 2013 by The Political Hat

     An excellent question form a pic that’s been making the rounds:      So, what is your answer?

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It Is In Our Nature

Posted on July 31, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The nature of man, and antithetical beliefs there regarding, are at the heart of the differences between the Progressives and those stand athwart their march in history and yell, “Stop.”      The Progressives’ view can be discerned from their intellectual ancestors … Continue reading →

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News of the Week for July 28th, 2013

Posted on July 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for July 28th, 2013

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“Justice” as Social Engineering

Posted on July 26, 2013 by The Political Hat

     For the Progressive left, “justice” requires a superficial equality of outcome (those who are “more equal than others,” excepted, of course).  To achieve these aims, they must play the social engineer, thus treating individual human beings like simple cogs in … Continue reading →

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