Sunday, February 06, 2005

Others Hear Newspeak, Too

All one has to do is listen to W and not even very carefully to hear the newspeak. In order to "save" Social Security, we must "remake" it. In W's world, a good social system is Darwinian with Big Brother ensuring no alleles in the system--a curious mix. That is, the Bushies want to divide and conquer, setting each of us against the other in a distracting, risky, and time-consuming struggle to determine our own financial future by getting government out of the role of safety net. At the same time, government is invoked to make sure there is as little deviation as possible from the pack as possible.

Harvey Wasserman has heard the newspeak code and writes an interesting critique. Take a look: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/020605X.shtml

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