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klep·to·crat na·tion
(klep´te krat na´ shen), n. 1. a body of people ruled by thieves. 2. a government characterized by the practice of transferring money and power from the many to the few. 3. a ruling class of moneyed elites that usurps liberty, justice, sovereignty, and other democratic rights from the people. 4. the USA in 2003.
The Kleptocrats have taken over. Look at America's leadership today – not just
political, but corporate, too. Tell me you wouldn't trade the whole mess of them for one
good kindergarten teacher.
Yet, they're in charge! Here we are, living in the wealthiest country in history, a
country of boundless possibilities, a country made up of a people deeply committed to
democratic ideals, a country with the potential for spectacular human achievement – but
we find ourselves ruled (politically, economically, culturally, and ethically) by a
confederacy of kleptocrats.
They have collected up our democratic powers piece by piece, hoarding them in the
privacy of their own fiefdoms. These elites (fully abetted by the governmental elites they
have bought), now effectively control the decisions that affect We the People –
everything from public spending priorities to environmental degradation, wages to war,
what's on the "news" to who gets elected.
This would be terribly depressing except for one thing, which is that one basic has
definitely NOT changed in our land: The people (you rascals!) still have that instinctive
and tenacious belief in our historic democratic principles. The antidote to kleptocracy is
the age old medicine of democratic struggle, agitation, and organization – and all across
our country, the rebellion is on!
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"Where's Tom Paine when we need him? Right here -- wearing a cowboy hat, roaring out of Bush's own state, making all kinds of Common Sense, and pointing the way out of our national embarrassment of a government occupied by thieves and lunatics. Halliburton and John Ashcroft will hate this book, which is why you'll love it. Don't just read it -- take Hightower's message to heart, take action on it, and take your country back!" -- Michael Moore, author of "Stupid White Men" |
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