Category Archives: Strict-father State

Nations run by a strict-father based party (political, army or dictatorship) tend to become intensely nationalistic, racist, militaristic and imperialistic. They are supported by the “masses” but not necessarily the majority of the national population.  Support for this state is enhanced by identifying an “enemy” and their “supporters”, labelling them with prejudicial adjectives and urging the “masses” to support violence against them.

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Teapublicans Are Punishing America for Electing a Black Man President

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Andy Hailey

As we all know, our right-wing minority controlled Congress and many right-wing state leaders have opposed every effort of President Obama. The election of a gaggle of Tea Party members to Congress in 2010 reinforced this opposition and Mitch McConnell … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/drbob/Comment%20on%20the%20Tea%20Party.pdf" target="_blank" title="Tea Party exemplifies right-wing authoritarianism">Comment on the Tea Party Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/ann-coulter-gop-deserves-to-die_n_3435052.html" target="_blank" title="the only thing left for people like you and me to do, Sean, is to punish the people who destroyed America.">GOP 'Deserves To Die' If It Backs Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/18587-racist-roots-of-gop-war-on-obama" title="A key point is to slash help to what the Right sees as "undeserving" Americans, especially people of color." target="_blank">Racist Roots of GOP War on Obama</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/McDonnell-Fornicator-Paper-Makes-Race-Interesting-56318427.html" target="_blank" title="The Republican Party's Vision for the Family: The Compelling Issue of the Decade">McDonnell "Fornicator" Paper Makes Race Interesting</a>
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Corporate Governance Is Stifling Dodd-Frank – No Surprise

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Professor Richard D. Wolff, author and self trained Marxist economist, and journalist Hedrick Smith, author of Who Stole the American Dream, have both detailed how we have gone from the Greatest Generation of WWII to the first generation that will … Continue reading →

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Labor Is Dealt Two New Blows – Both Limit NLRB

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Andy Hailey

The following is from Thom Hartmann: You need to know this. For decades, unions have been fighting to preserve workers’ rights, but that fight just got a lot more difficult. [Thursday], two separate events illustrated just how extreme the war … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is it Fixable?

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Andy Hailey

The post 80’s ideas of keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases of the last three decades must stop. The decisions of the supply side free market and most of its leaders, … Continue reading →

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Moral Values of the Left and Right – History Shows Which Works for All Americans

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Throughout this blog, postings have provided details about the strict father and nurturant parent worldviews. Charts in some of those postings show how the dominance of one or the other of these two worldviews affects our economy. Not only did … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/38813/george_lakoff's_freedom_frame" title="The battle to define freedom is being fought by warriors with radically different world views." target="_blank">George Lakoff's Freedom Frame</a>
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Corporate Governance Will Transfer More Wealth If Social Security Is Privatized

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Andy Hailey

(This blog posting comes from portions of Who Stole the American Dream by Hedrick Smith.) The history of the transition from company funded pensions to employee self-directed 401Ks and the limited success of 401Ks shows vividly that the destruction of … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137714796462913.html" title="After watching her account drop 44% last year ..." target="_blank">Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14639-corporations-write-our-laws-and-profit-from-human-misery" title="Corporations write our laws and determine how we structure our society. We have all become victims. " target="_blank">Corporations Write Our Laws and Profit From Our Misery</a>, <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/401k-revolution-and-inequality" title="median retirement savings today stand at a paltry $44,000." target="_blank">How America’s 401(k) Revolution Rewarded the Rich and Turned the Rest of Us Into Big Losers</a>
  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=7099" title="What we need, instead of privatization, is additional revenue" target="_blank">Corporate Governance of Social Security & Medicare – An Abominable Idea for Senior Welfare</a>
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Corporate Governance Erodes Democracy As Education is Privatized

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Corporate governance destroys democracy by replacing accountability to citizens with accountability to a few major stockholders and boards of directors who want reduced costs and increased profits. This change in accountability means moral values, such as protecting and empowering/educating citizens, … Continue reading →

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The Danger of American Fascism – Then and Now

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Back in August 2006, I wrote a post called, “Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?” I think we are much closer to knowing our answer now and President Obama’s progressive inauguration speech provided a glimpse of the beginning of the end of this corporate threat to America. Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/seven-brides-seven-corporations-1359473961" title="The extreme's of corporate governance." target="_blank">Seven Brides for Seven Corporations</a>
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Our Two Major Political Parties – The Illusion and Realities of Their Essences

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Over the years, some have said that there is little difference between our two major political parties. This is certainly a favorite characterization made by third-party members like Libertarians, who actually represent the extremes of both major parties. However, if … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?tag=john-dean" title="Those who finalized the creation of our disfunctional Congress" target="_blank">Conservatives without Conscience</a>
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The Price of Our Freedoms – Our Children’s Lives?, Our Representative Government?

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Based on the recent writings of Professor George Lakoff and the Newtown statements from our President, I posted the following to FB to contrast the conservative without conscience (CWC) and progressive moral values on the recent shootings in Newtown, CT. … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/the-geography-of-gun-deaths/69354/" target="_blank" title="Factors like drug use, stress levels, and mental illness are much less significant than might be assumed">The Geography of Gun Deaths</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9414540/A-history-of-mass-shootings-in-the-US-since-Columbine.html" target="_blank" title="Since 1999 - Columbine">A history of mass shootings in the US since Columbine</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/the-price-of-our-freedom_b_2314658.html" target="_blank" title="Democracy, as the president has said, begins with the people taking care of one another responsibly, importantly through government as an instrument of freedom.">The Price of Our Freedom</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/michigans-new-corporate-law_b_2292001.html" target="_blank" title="the new Michigan law is a corporate servitude law">Michigan's New Corporate Servitude Law: It Takes Away Worker Rights</a>
  • Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/12/20/167694808/assault-style-weapons-in-the-civilian-market" target="_blank" title="turn to the much bigger, much more profitable American civilian market and make a lot more money doing that.">Assault-Style Weapons In The Civilian Market</a>
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