Comments on: From the Deep Irony Zone https://habitablezone.com/2013/11/12/from-the-deep-irony-zone/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/11/12/from-the-deep-irony-zone/#comment-28478 bowser Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:15:08 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=40592#comment-28478 What rightists want is an oligarchy, the resources in the hands of the few, a small middle class to service the technical and medical needs of the wealthy, a reasonably well paid military/police and a huge underclass to supply labor at minimal cost. The Soviet gulags are the ultimate model, but ghettos in American cities are close enough. By extrapolating the policies and results of the policies espoused by Conservative, rightist America this cannot be denied. It can be ignored, it can be danced around, but one may as well claim the Sun rises in the West. The only question is why one would want an America like that unless they were very, very wealthy. Why one would advocate such an existence for their children and grandchildren, or anyone's children is certainly proof that there is one born every second. What rightists want is an oligarchy, the resources in the hands of the few, a small middle class to service the technical and medical needs of the wealthy, a reasonably well paid military/police and a huge underclass to supply labor at minimal cost. The Soviet gulags are the ultimate model, but ghettos in American cities are close enough.

By extrapolating the policies and results of the policies espoused by Conservative, rightist America this cannot be denied. It can be ignored, it can be danced around, but one may as well claim the Sun rises in the West.

The only question is why one would want an America like that unless they were very, very wealthy. Why one would advocate such an existence for their children and grandchildren, or anyone’s children is certainly proof that there is one born every second.

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