patrick.net

is that a threat? lol. who the fuck are you?

do you have data that says traffic is down, or is down due to the political leaning of the website owner? This is his site, he can do what he wants with it.

he doesn't censor our opinions, you have no right to tell him how to run his site.

Welcome back again Larry! Didn't you swear you'd never read my site again several times now?

I'm flattered you think my super-leftist powers are capable of changing the world! If not, why keep protesting?

My dirty secret (shhhh) is that I'm actually quite the little capitalist, but little capitalists like me and you have no chance against the big ones who defeat the free market every day and get bailouts when they fail in their rigged market anyway. Their secret? Lobbyists!

You don't have a lobbyist for yourself, do you? Didn't think so. HTF are you going to get anywhere on a playing field that's tilted about 89 degrees?

To quote myself from another thread:

There is no fact that will be acceptable to him unless it also allows him to join the ruling class. His reality will be instantly sorted into acceptable facts which promote his tiny but non-zero chance of being dominant, and unacceptable facts which threaten it.

The American Dream is to join that ruling class, and so the ruling class is admired, and seen as worthy of imitation, especially their refrain about the "liberty" to join.

But the ugly fact is that the ruling class is IN THE WAY of anyone else joining. They already have that position, and they're not about to give it up.

America has the highest wealth inequality and lowest social mobility of any industrialized country. Most wealth in America is inherited, not earned. Look it up. The ruling class is permanent, with few exceptions. But those exceptions are critical for gaining the near-religious support of their servants.

The reasoning goes something like "I must protect the ruling class, because I intend to join them one day." But in protecting them from the free market, fair taxation, and labor laws, he makes it nearly impossible for himself to join.

BTW the site is doing fine. Email subscriptions and forum traffic are way up.

Some good background reading and viewing:

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

http://www.kotlikoff.net/sites/default/files/The%20Role%20of%20Intergenerational%20Transfers%20in%20Aggregate%20Capital%20Formation.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=rsL6mKxtOlQ#watch-headline

Patrick,

I read a posting you made, about why you are left.

The problem is, your premise is wrong. The ruling class of our country is not the Republicans, or the right, it is the left.

All those bail outs when to Obama supporters, and financial institutions that bribe Washington (yes Lobbyists ) to pass and bias laws for themselves.

Like Michael Moore, your anger is justified, but it's just misdirected.

The true populist road, leads back to the constitution, and people like Ron Paul.

Many of your views are shared by people like me, and other Tea Party members, but you have fallen prey to the massive lies the left has spewed upon the minds of American thought for three generations.

Oh no! The left is spewing all over our minds.

I check Patrick.net every day and I send a lot of traffic your way. Wink, wink via ZeroHedge. Keep up the good work.