12 July 13
ermit me an impertinent question (or three).
Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people
sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and
bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2)
intimidating or bribing many current senators and representatives to
block all proposed legislation, prevent the appointment of presidential
nominees, eliminate funds to implement and enforce laws, and threaten to
default on the nation's debt; (3) taking over state governments in
order to redistrict, gerrymander, require voter IDs, purge voter rolls,
and otherwise suppress the votes of the majority in federal elections;
(4) running a vast PR campaign designed to convince the American public
of certain big lies, such as climate change is a hoax, and (5) buying up
the media so the public cannot know the truth.
Would you call this treason?
If not, what would you call it?
And what would you do about it?
Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public
Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of
Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the
ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has
written thirteen books, including the best sellers "Aftershock" and "The
Work of Nations." His latest is an e-book, "Beyond Outrage." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause.
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