UNDERNEWS: Pocket paradigms

October 28, 2014

Pocket paradigms

More than any other political philosophy, populism offers the potential for those who serve this country to seize a bit of it back from those who control it. It brings right and left libertarians together against the totalitarianism of the American middle. It creates common ground for whites and blacks to stand upon as they fight their common predator. It emphasizes the issue that should be emphasized: economic justice, decentralized democracy and an end to the concentration of power. - Sam Smith

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Sam, at a minimum you are badly misinformed if you think right-wing Libertarians have anything to offer anyone but themselves.; October 28, 2014 at 11:16 AM
Anonymous said...: Sam, I tried to leave a comment, got the captcha wrong, and the software threw away my comment when it asked me to validate my humanity again.

It's very ochsian-liberal of you to require that we confirm our human nature, submit to approval by you of what we say, AND re-type any comment if we're so human as not to get the warped captcha (which is typically not an actual word) wrong.; October 28, 2014 at 11:21 AM

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The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

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